Who needs a city pet shop or kennel license in North Dakota?
Issued by Your city auditor and animal control (Bismarck City Code Title 3; Fargo Municipal Code), with the State Board of Animal Health for animal health rules, at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Ask the city before signing whether selling animals, boarding or keeping more than the household limit of dogs and cats at the shop needs a license and an inspection; cities cap how many animals may be kept and zone kennels away from homes. Grooming alone needs no animal license. Animals brought in from another state for sale travel on the health certificate the Board of Animal Health requires.
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 auditor and animal control (Bismarck City Code Title 3; Fargo Municipal Code), with the State Board of Animal Health for animal health rules.
Sources and dates
Bismarck City Code Title 3 (pet shop operators); City of Fargo licensing and pet pages; N.D.C.C. 36-01 (Board of Animal Health). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Yes. Ask the city before signing whether selling animals, boarding or keeping more than the household limit of dogs and cats at the shop needs a license and an inspection; cities cap how many animals may be kept and zone kennels away from homes.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In North Dakota it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Your city auditor and animal control (Bismarck City Code Title 3; Fargo Municipal Code), with the State Board of Animal Health for animal health rules.
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 city pet shop or kennel license in North Dakota?
