For Shop Owners
You Already Work Hard to Protect Your Customers. Now Prove It.
GKPN certification reviews the liability protection and the care, custody and control safeguards behind your business — then puts that verification in front of the drivers choosing where to go.
Why Become GKPN Certified?
Certification Is a Business Advantage, Not Just a Policy Review
Differentiate your shop
Certification separates you from every competitor who simply says they're insured.
Demonstrate verified standards
Your coverage and practices are reviewed against published requirements.
Build consumer confidence
Drivers can verify your status before they hand over the keys.
Promote your certification
Badges, window decals and digital assets for your site and profiles.
Gain directory visibility
An indexable certified-shop profile page in the GKPN directory.
Document vehicle intake
Show how customer vehicles are received and their condition recorded.
Document key control
Show who may access, move or drive a customer's vehicle.
Identify coverage gaps
Find the exposures before a claim finds them.
Document storage and release
Show how vehicles are stored, secured and released.
Access risk-management resources
Tools and guidance built for repair operations.
Access preferred business partners
Insurance, risk-management and cyber resources.
Access future GKPN technology
Including the GKPN Shop Advisor AI assistant as it launches.
What Certification Reviews
Certification Is Bigger Than a Policy Upload
GKPN certification focuses on how a garage protects a customer's vehicle while it is in the garage's care, custody, and control. The approved GKPN standard defines what qualifies; iRA applies the insurance portion of that standard to the policies provided.
- iRA
Coverage review
Existing garage insurance policies are organized for an iRA review against the approved GKPN insurance standard.
- IN
Vehicle intake
Document how customer vehicles are received and how their condition is recorded before work begins.
- KC
Keys, access, and movement
Identify how keys are controlled and who may access, move, or drive a customer's vehicle.
- SR
Storage and release
Document how customer vehicles are stored, secured, protected, and released back to the customer.
How the decision works
GKPN owns and approves a versioned care, custody, and control certification standard. iRA checks submitted insurance documents against the coverage requirements. Missing information is reported as “unable to determine” — never guessed.
Start my intakeHow It Works
Four Steps From Application to Certified
- 1
Apply
Submit your business, coverage and workplace information through the secure intake form.
- 2
Review
GKPN reviews your submission against the published certification standards.
- 3
Corrections
If something is missing or misaligned, you receive specific corrections to address.
- 4
Certified
Your shop is published in the directory with certification and verification dates.
Certification is reviewed against four pillars: Care, Custody & Control (Garagekeepers) Coverage, Liability Protection, Vehicle Intake, Keys, Access, and Movement, Storage and Release. Read the full standards.
Certification Intake
Start Your Certification Review
This information is used only to evaluate your shop against the GKPN certification standards. Do not include employee medical or health information.