Who needs a city kennel or pet shop license in Oklahoma?
Issued by Your city’s animal welfare or licensing office; Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry for breeders and shelters, at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Selling or boarding animals needs the city kennel or pet shop license, issued after an animal welfare inspection. Grooming alone needs no animal license. A store that breeds eleven or more intact females, or shelters animals, also needs the state breeder or shelter license from the Department of Agriculture.
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’s animal welfare or licensing office; Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry for breeders and shelters.
Sources and dates
Oklahoma City code Title 8 (animals) and Animal Welfare fee page; Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act (4 O.S. 30.1 and following) and OAC 35:55. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Yes. Selling or boarding animals needs the city kennel or pet shop license, issued after an animal welfare inspection.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Oklahoma it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Your city’s animal welfare or licensing office; Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry for breeders and shelters.
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 kennel or pet shop license in Oklahoma? | DoorWorthy
