California market at a glance
Source: US Census Bureau: County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023, ACS 2024 1-year; city populations, Vintage 2024. US = 50 states + DC.
California window tint rules
California allows clear, colorless film on front side windows if the film alone has 88% or more visible light transmittance, the glass with the film meets the federal 70% minimum, plus other conditions. Section 26708 exempts rear side windows, and the rear window when both outside mirrors show 200 feet of road. Windshields allow only transparent, non-red, non-amber material on the topmost portion, at least 29 inches above the driver's seat.
Summary checked against Cal. Veh. Code §§ 26708, 26708.2, 26708.5, 26708.7, 26710, 26701(d), 34500, 34500.7, 415, 40000.1, 42001, 40303.5, 40610, 40611, 40616, 49 C.F.R. 393.60 on 2026-09-19. Verify current statutes before quoting.
California ceramic shop questions
- How many ceramic coating businesses are there in California?
- Census has no ceramic coating category. Its closest, car washes (NAICS 811192), counted 2,231 in California in 2023, most in Los Angeles (591), Orange (230), San Diego (185), San Bernardino (161) and Riverside (147) (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
- How many vehicles are there in California?
- California households had 26,815,625 vehicles available, 1.94 per household (ACS 2024 1-year). By county, the most are in Los Angeles (6,227,551), San Diego (2,296,319), Orange (2,204,912), Riverside (1,700,433), San Bernardino (1,487,226) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year).
Ceramic coating shop software in neighbouring states
Number of car washes, CBP 2023.