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 2,873 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) .

2,244 Class A Breeders
629 Class B Dealers
2026-06-16 Data as of

71 results found in NC

Including 54 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
55-A-0165 Class A Lois Baker — ANDREWS NC — Formerly Licensed
55-A-0176 Class A Margaret Hooks — TAYLORSVILLE NC 2/21/2027 Active
55-B-0218 Class B MICHAEL CONNOLLY — MOUNT ULLA NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0226 Class B Misty Woodruff — Granite Falls NC 9/6/2028 Active
55-A-0171 Class A NAHOAS HOLE FARM — HAMPSTEAD NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0213 Class B NATIONAL PETLAND — SOUTHPORT NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0221 Class B NATIONAL PETLAND 2014 LLC — SOUTHPORT NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0214 Class B ODD BY NATURE INC — GREENVILLE NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0234 Class B Phil Simpson — Monroe NC 7/24/2026 Expired
55-B-0239 Class B Phoenix Landing Foundation — Alexander NC 1/14/2028 Active
55-B-0190 Class B ROBIN CRABTREE — SALISBURY NC — Formerly Licensed
55-A-0109 Class A ROBINSON SERVICES INC — MOCKSVILLE NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0237 Class B Roland and Valerie Bowyer — LAURINBURG NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0219 Class B S & L PET SHOP — ROANOKE RAPIDS NC — Formerly Licensed
55-A-0167 Class A S R INDUSTRY SERVICES INC — HUBERT NC — Formerly Licensed
55-A-0166 Class A SCOTTIE CONE — WENDELL NC — Formerly Licensed
55-A-0156 Class A SHANNON ORTH — SHELBY NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0180 Class B SMITH FARMS — STONEVILLE NC — Formerly Licensed
55-B-0240 Class B SOF Landing LLC — Sanford NC 8/22/2028 Active
55-B-0182 Class B Wake Forest University — Winston Salem NC 1/26/2028 Active
55-A-0160 Class A WAYNE BATEMAN — CRESWELL NC — Formerly Licensed
55-A-0165 Class A — Breeder
Lois Baker
ANDREWS, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
20 inspections 2 direct
2024-03-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 2 non-critical PDF
2023-12-01 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-05-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
2023-03-23 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-05-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-03 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 20.

55-A-0176 Class A — Breeder
Margaret Hooks
TAYLORSVILLE, NC Exp: 2/21/2027 Active
9 inspections clean
2025-01-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-06 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-06-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-08-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-13 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
55-B-0218 Class B — Dealer
MICHAEL CONNOLLY
MOUNT ULLA, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2017-09-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-05-26 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
55-B-0226 Class B — Dealer
Misty Woodruff
Granite Falls, NC Exp: 9/6/2028 Active
12 inspections clean
2025-09-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-08-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-09-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-09-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-08 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-05-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2020-02-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 12.

55-A-0171 Class A — Breeder
NAHOAS HOLE FARM
HAMPSTEAD, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2017-12-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-20 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
55-B-0213 Class B — Dealer
NATIONAL PETLAND
SOUTHPORT, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-06-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
55-B-0221 Class B — Dealer
NATIONAL PETLAND 2014 LLC
SOUTHPORT, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2017-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-21 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
55-B-0214 Class B — Dealer
ODD BY NATURE INC
GREENVILLE, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2014-08-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-02-07 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
55-B-0234 Class B — Dealer
Phil Simpson
Monroe, NC Exp: 7/24/2026 Expired
4 inspections clean
2025-03-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-30 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-18 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
55-B-0239 Class B — Dealer
Phoenix Landing Foundation
Alexander, NC Exp: 1/14/2028 Active
2 inspections clean
2025-05-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-07 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
55-B-0190 Class B — Dealer
ROBIN CRABTREE
SALISBURY, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
12 inspections clean
2025-01-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-12-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-11 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-04-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-04-11 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 12.

55-A-0109 Class A — Breeder
ROBINSON SERVICES INC
MOCKSVILLE, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections 1 direct
2022-03-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-02-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-11-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-07-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-06-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 1 non-critical PDF
55-B-0237 Class B — Dealer
Roland and Valerie Bowyer
LAURINBURG, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
10 inspections clean
2024-01-22 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-09-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-11-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-03-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-06-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-07-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-01-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-01-20 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
55-B-0219 Class B — Dealer
S & L PET SHOP
ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2015-12-21 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
55-A-0167 Class A — Breeder
S R INDUSTRY SERVICES INC
HUBERT, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2015-01-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-21 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
55-A-0166 Class A — Breeder
SCOTTIE CONE
WENDELL, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2015-08-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-01-09 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-07-16 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
55-A-0156 Class A — Breeder
SHANNON ORTH
SHELBY, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2018-01-09 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-11-16 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-11-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-13 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-10-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
55-B-0180 Class B — Dealer
SMITH FARMS
STONEVILLE, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2020-11-04 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-12-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-04-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-02-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-12-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
55-B-0240 Class B — Dealer
SOF Landing LLC
Sanford, NC Exp: 8/22/2028 Active
2 inspections clean
2026-03-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-08-22 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
55-B-0182 Class B — Dealer
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC Exp: 1/26/2028 Active
17 inspections clean
2025-01-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-10-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-11-03 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-09-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 17.

55-A-0160 Class A — Breeder
WAYNE BATEMAN
CRESWELL, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2014-08-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-13 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-06-17 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

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.