Search USDA-Licensed Dog Breeders and Dealers

Verify any USDA Class A breeder or Class B dealer against our mirror of the USDA APHIS public database. Search 2,783 active licensees by name, DBA, certificate number, or city. Every result links to a full profile with USDA inspection history since 2014.

What This Tool Does

This lookup mirrors the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab) , refreshed monthly. Use it to confirm a dog breeder holds an active federal license under the Animal Welfare Act before buying a puppy, selling to a dealer, or inspecting the facility's compliance record.

Two USDA license classes appear in results:

  • Class A (Breeder): Breeds and raises dogs on their own premises for sale. Required for breeders with more than 4 breeding females who sell dogs sight-unseen (online, by phone, or by mail).
  • Class B (Dealer): Buys and resells dogs, typically brokers who purchase from breeders and sell to pet stores, research facilities, or directly to consumers.

Certificate format: USDA certificate numbers follow the pattern XX-Y-NNNN: two-digit state code, license class letter (A, B, C, or R), and a sequence number (e.g., 43-A-6252).

Not finding the breeder? They may be exempt from federal licensing (four or fewer breeding females, or face-to-face sales only), licensed only at the state level, or operating without a required license. Check the state-level breeder licensing rules that also apply.

About these licenses: USDA Class A (breeder) and Class B (dealer) licenses are issued under the federal Animal Welfare Act and cover many kinds of animals, not just dogs (for example cats, rabbits, and other regulated species). A licensee shown here holds a USDA license but may breed or deal in animals other than dogs, so inclusion in this database does not necessarily mean the licensee breeds dogs. Always verify a breeder's species, status, and details directly with the licensee and with USDA APHIS (opens in new tab) .

2,163 Class A Breeders
620 Class B Dealers
2026-10-21 Data as of

107 results found in PA

270 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed) hidden. Show all

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
23-A-0408 Class A Marcus K Lantz DBA: Slate Hill Farm Newburg, PA Exp: 5/21/2028 Active
23-A-0666 Class A Marlin Sauder DBA: — Denver, PA Exp: 4/25/2028 Active
23-A-0715 Class A Marvin Lee Oberholtzer DBA: Mountain Trail Kennel Shippensburg, PA Exp: 2/12/2028 Active
23-B-0226 Class B May Family Enterprises Inc DBA: — Manns Choice, PA Exp: 8/28/2028 Active
23-B-0213 Class B Meck Swine LLC DBA: — Willow Street, PA Exp: 3/13/2027 Active
23-A-0773 Class A Michael Fisher DBA: — Loysville, PA Exp: 8/10/2028 Active
23-A-0553 Class A Michael Tice DBA: — Myerstown, PA Exp: 10/25/2029 Active
23-A-0771 Class A Miriam Stoltzfus Matthew Stoltzfus DBA: — New Holland, PA Exp: 7/27/2028 Active
23-A-0562 Class A Norman Burkholder DBA: — Denver, PA Exp: 3/21/2028 Active
23-B-0245 Class B Norman Stoltzfus DBA: Gully Valley Farm Narvon, PA Exp: 7/27/2028 Active
23-B-0234 Class B Oxford Care Facilities, LLC DBA: — Limerick, PA Exp: 1/25/2028 Active
23-B-0238 Class B Patricia Starr DBA: — Allenwood, PA Exp: 8/11/2029 Active
23-A-0767 Class A Peaceful Acres Puppies LLC DBA: — Millerstown, PA Exp: 5/25/2028 Active
23-B-0183 Class B Pocono Rabbit Farm & Laboratory Inc. DBA: — Canadensis, PA Exp: 1/25/2027 Active
23-A-0782 Class A Pond View Puppies LLC DBA: — Paxinos, PA Exp: 2/24/2029 Active
23-A-0784 Class A Raymond Z Lapp DBA: Stonington Farms Sunbury, PA Exp: 4/11/2029 Active
23-B-0200 Class B Real Pets Corp DBA: — Reading, PA Exp: 4/5/2029 Active
23-A-0786 Class A Rockefeller Doodles DBA: — Sunburry, PA Exp: 5/9/2029 Active
23-A-0508 Class A Rodney Bauman DBA: R B HAMSTERS ETC Loysville, PA Exp: 1/3/2027 Active
23-A-0789 Class A Roy Fisher DBA: — Drumore, PA Exp: 9/7/2029 Active
23-B-0220 Class B Samuel F Stoltzfus DBA: — Gordonville, PA Exp: 5/29/2029 Active
23-A-0724 Class A Samuel Fisher DBA: — Loganton, PA Exp: 1/26/2027 Active
23-A-0737 Class A Samuel K Zook DBA: Crowwoods Homestead Manheim, PA Exp: 6/2/2027 Active
23-A-0781 Class A Samuel M Esch DBA: — Quarryville, PA Exp: 2/9/2029 Active
23-B-0057 Class B SOS Rodent Express Inc DBA: — Oley, PA Exp: 10/7/2027 Active

Data sources: Licensee data comes from the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab) . Inspection reports are sourced from the Data Liberation Project (opens in new tab) (CC BY-SA 4.0), which compiles USDA APHIS inspection data from 2014 to present. Both are updated monthly. For the most current information, verify directly with USDA APHIS. This is not an official USDA tool.