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

2,153 results found (Class A)

4,275 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed) hidden. Show all

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
31-A-0603 Class A Wayne I Mast DBA: — Walhonding, OH Exp: 8/1/2027 Active
31-A-0820 Class A Wayne Kuhns DBA: — Dalton, OH Exp: 3/9/2029 Active
31-A-0673 Class A Wayne P Burkholder DBA: — Baltic, OH Exp: 9/21/2027 Active
31-A-0391 Class A Wayne R Troyer DBA: — Sugarcreek, OH Exp: 8/23/2028 Active
71-A-1144 Class A Wayne Sluder DBA: — Roland, AR Exp: 7/28/2029 Active
57-A-0123 Class A Wayne Wood DBA: — Buchanan, GA Exp: 1/8/2029 Active
31-A-1048 Class A Weavers Quality Bulldawgs DBA: — Wooster, OH Exp: 9/2/2029 Active
74-A-1528 Class A Weda Pyburn DBA: Red Wire Wildlife Ranch VOSS, TX Exp: 12/12/2028 Active
88-A-0030 Class A Weifang Xu DBA: — Las Vegas, NV Exp: 4/30/2028 Active
96-A-0005 Class A Wendy Caldwell DBA: — Copper Center, AK Exp: 11/19/2026 Active
43-A-6896 Class A Wendy Cotton DBA: Wendy's Loveable Pets Purdy, MO Exp: 1/6/2028 Active
43-A-6381 Class A Wendy Crim DBA: Seven Valley Paws Cassville, MO Exp: 12/17/2029 Active
46-A-0427 Class A Wendy Skogen DBA: Pure Country Kennels Keystone, SD Exp: 2/28/2028 Active
35-A-0419 Class A Wes Smith Katrina Smith DBA: Sunset Ridge Puppies Boyceville, WI Exp: 5/9/2027 Active
74-A-1563 Class A West Texas Wildlife Preserve DBA: — Merkel, TX Exp: 7/2/2027 Active
92-A-0263 Class A Western Oregon Rabbit Company DBA: — Philomath, OR Exp: 6/20/2027 Active
43-A-6909 Class A Whipperwillridge LLC DBA: — Pomona, MO Exp: 3/31/2028 Active
35-A-0540 Class A Whispering Pine Paws DBA: — Hillsboro, WI Exp: 1/2/2028 Active
42-A-1571 Class A Whispering Pines Puppies Inc DBA: — Hull, IA Exp: 6/2/2027 Active
43-A-6591 Class A Whistle Time LLC DBA: — Edina, MO Exp: 8/30/2027 Active
35-A-0498 Class A Wilbur L Bontrager DBA: River Run Kennels Dalton, WI Exp: 3/29/2028 Active
43-A-6069 Class A Willard Borntrager Esther Borntrager DBA: Stagecoach Run Kennels Brashear, MO Exp: 4/26/2028 Active
32-A-0746 Class A Willard Graber DBA: Black Star Puppies Odon, IN Exp: 3/29/2029 Active
33-A-0568 Class A Willard Helmuth DBA: — Arthur, IL Exp: 5/16/2027 Active
42-A-1748 Class A Willard W Miller DBA: — Seymour, IA Exp: 5/15/2029 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.