Who needs a pet shop, grooming and boarding business license; animal establishment permit in Nevada?
Issued by Your city or county business license office and animal control (Clark County Code 6.12.792; Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno and Washoe County ordinances), at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Selling, boarding or grooming animals is a licensed category in the local business license, and animal control inspects shops and kennels for the care standards in NRS Chapter 574 and the local code. Clark County’s 2023 animal welfare rules tightened breeding and sale permits; a shop selling dogs and cats should ask animal control which permit applies before signing a lease. Grooming alone needs only the business license.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
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 Your city or county business license office and animal control (Clark County Code 6.12.792; Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno and Washoe County ordinances).
Sources and dates
Clark County Code 6.12.792 (pet shop/service license fee); NRS Chapter 574 (animal care, pet shops); Clark County animal welfare ordinance news release. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Yes. Selling, boarding or grooming animals is a licensed category in the local business license, and animal control inspects shops and kennels for the care standards in NRS Chapter 574 and the local code.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Nevada it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Your city or county business license office and animal control (Clark County Code 6.12.792; Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno and Washoe County ordinances).
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.
