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

2,154 results found (Class A)

4,274 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed) hidden. Show all

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
43-A-6540 Class A Petie Hilty DBA: Ozark Mountain Kennel SEYMOUR, MO Exp: 1/20/2027 Active
43-A-6635 Class A Petie S Zook DBA: Windmill Kennel Seymour, MO Exp: 1/25/2028 Active
43-A-6398 Class A Phantom Hollow Kennel LLC DBA: — TRENTON, MO Exp: 3/11/2029 Active
35-A-0393 Class A Philip Bontrager DBA: North Star Kennel Hillsboro, WI Exp: 3/2/2029 Active
32-A-0765 Class A Philip Imhoff DBA: — Rochester, IN Exp: 5/23/2029 Active
43-A-5673 Class A Philip M. Hoover LLC DBA: SHOW ME PUPPIES MEMPHIS, MO Exp: 8/27/2029 Active
48-A-2183 Class A Philisha Stallbaumer DBA: Playful Paws Centralia, KS Exp: 3/30/2028 Active
43-A-6135 Class A Phyllis Kelley DBA: Aunt Ps Puppy Palace Richland, MO Exp: 10/20/2027 Active
43-A-6852 Class A Phyllis McBride Matthew McBride DBA: — Neosho, MO Exp: 2/16/2027 Active
32-A-0367 Class A Pine Creek Enterprises Inc DBA: — Middlebury, IN Exp: 10/26/2027 Active
32-A-1096 Class A Pine View Pets LLC DBA: — Etna Green, IN Exp: 5/16/2027 Active
43-A-6796 Class A PK Pups LLC DBA: — Dora, MO Exp: 3/23/2029 Active
48-A-2274 Class A PK9 LLC DBA: — Whiting, KS Exp: 8/21/2029 Active
32-A-0915 Class A Playful Paws LLC DBA: — Montgomery, IN Exp: 12/1/2027 Active
31-A-0837 Class A Pleasant Acres Pups DBA: — Fresno, OH Exp: 4/2/2028 Active
41-A-0493 Class A Pleasant View Kennel LLC DBA: — Utica, MN Exp: 1/27/2029 Active
23-A-0782 Class A Pond View Puppies LLC DBA: — Paxinos, PA Exp: 2/24/2029 Active
31-A-0844 Class A Pondside Puppies DBA: — Alexandria, OH Exp: 8/19/2029 Active
43-A-6977 Class A Pop Culture Puppies LLC DBA: — Neosho, MO Exp: 10/13/2029 Active —
43-A-6827 Class A Porter Puppies DBA: — elkland, MO Exp: 9/21/2029 Active
32-A-0965 Class A Poultry Plus, LLC DBA: — Shipshewana, IN Exp: 5/11/2028 Active
43-A-6410 Class A Prairie View Kennels LLC DBA: — West Plains, MO Exp: 4/10/2029 Active
42-A-1593 Class A Prairie View Puppies DBA: — Sheldon, IA Exp: 3/28/2029 Active
93-A-0260 Class A Premier BioSource Inc. DBA: — Ramona, CA Exp: 4/25/2029 Active
32-A-0951 Class A Premier Puppies, LLC DBA: — Colon, MI Exp: 3/24/2028 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.