# Every kind of licence the New York DMV issues to a facility

> The Department licenses 21 different activities under three-letter codes. What each one means, and how many hold it.

## What the codes mean

The Department’s record shows a three-letter code and nothing else. Here is what each one permits.

*The codes as the Department defines them*

| Code | Licensed as | Current | What it permits |
|---|---|---|---|
| `RS` | [Repair Shop](/type/repair-shop.md) | 13,539 | the general licence to repair motor vehicles for the public. New York requires it: under the Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Registration Act, a shop may not even display the sign of an official repair shop without a currently valid registration. |
| `ISP` | [Public Inspection Station](/type/public-inspection-station.md) | 8,021 | the one that matters to a driver. This is the licence that lets a station carry out the annual New York State safety and emissions inspection on a vehicle you bring in. |
| `DLU` | [Used Car Dealer](/type/used-car-dealer.md) | 7,661 | a dealership selling used vehicles to the public — the commonest dealer licence in the state. |
| `ATV` | [ATV only dealership](/type/atv-only-dealership.md) | 2,627 | a dealership limited to all-terrain vehicles. |
| `RSB` | [Repair Shop Body](/type/repair-shop-body.md) | 2,503 | a repair shop registration for collision and body work. It is the same Act and the same obligation, recorded under its own code. |
| `TRS` | [Transporter](/type/transporter.md) | 1,354 | a licence to move vehicles, including towing, without repairing or selling them. |
| `DLN` | [New Car Dealer](/type/new-car-dealer.md) | 1,035 | a franchised new-vehicle dealership. The count also includes fewer than 20 Qualified Car Dealers, who may sell new cars without a manufacturer franchise because they pre-dated the Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealer Act and were grandfathered in. |
| `DLW` | [Wholesale Dealer](/type/wholesale-dealer.md) | 1,001 | a dealer selling to other dealers rather than to the public. |
| `DLB` | [Boat Dealer](/type/boat-dealer.md) | 674 | a dealership selling boats. |
| `DIS` | [Dismantler](/type/dismantler.md) | 400 | a facility taking vehicles apart for parts — the licence behind what most people call a salvage yard. |
| `IVC` | [Itinerant Vehicle](/type/itinerant-vehicle.md) | 342 | a licence for vehicle sales without a fixed lot. |
| `ABK` | [Automobile Broker](/type/automobile-broker.md) | 276 | a broker arranging vehicle sales rather than holding stock. |
| `ISD` | [Dealer Inspection Station](/type/dealer-inspection-station.md) | 222 | an inspection licence limited to the dealer’s own business. It is not the licence that lets someone inspect a car you drive in — that is the Public Inspection Station. |
| `SCP` | [Scrap Processor](/type/scrap-processor.md) | 191 | a processor of vehicle scrap. |
| `ISF` | [Fleet Inspection Station](/type/fleet-inspection-station.md) | 181 | an inspection licence for an operator inspecting its own fleet. Again, not a station open to the public. |
| `YTB` | [Yacht Broker](/type/yacht-broker.md) | 155 | a broker arranging yacht sales. |
| `DLS` | [Snowmobile Dealer](/type/snowmobile-dealer.md) | 138 | a dealership selling snowmobiles. |
| `SCC` | [Scrap Collector](/type/scrap-collector.md) | 94 | a collector of vehicle scrap. |
| `DIA` | [Drive-in Appraiser](/type/drive-in-appraiser.md) | 54 | a facility appraising vehicle damage, typically for insurance. |
| `SLP` | Salvage Pool | 26 | a facility holding salvage vehicles for auction. |
| `MCC` | Mobile Car Crusher | 20 | a crusher operating on site rather than at a yard. |

The wording of each code is the Department’s own, taken
from the published field definition; what each permits is described from that
definition and from what the register shows. Where a code carries a
consequence for a driver — the three inspection stations — that
consequence is set out on [its own page](/inspection.md).

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Fonte: Facilities Licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles — New York State DMV
Recolha: 2026-08-21