Who needs a pet shop license (state), kennel license (local) in Massachusetts?
Issued by Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Division of Animal Health (pet shops); your city or town clerk (kennels), at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Selling animals needs the state pet shop license: request the application from the Division, return it with the fee, pass the animal health inspector’s visit, and bring no animals into the store until the license is approved. Boarding or daycare for dogs needs the town’s kennel license, which comes with a local inspection. Grooming alone needs no animal license. Questions to the Division at 617-626-1795.
Draft. This row was drafted from the agency’s own page and has not yet been confirmed against it. Confirm it with the agency before you pay anything.
Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Division of Animal Health (pet shops); your city or town clerk (kennels).
Sources and dates
MDAR pet shop licensing and inspection program; 330 CMR 12.00 (pet shops); M.G.L. c. 129, section 39A; M.G.L. c. 140, section 137A (kennels). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Yes. Selling animals needs the state pet shop license: request the application from the Division, return it with the fee, pass the animal health inspector’s visit, and bring no animals into the store until the license is approved.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Massachusetts it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Division of Animal Health (pet shops); your city or town clerk (kennels).
Step 4 of 6, get the permits for your kind of business. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax and approve the space.
Who needs a pet shop license, kennel license in Massachusetts?
