Who needs a dog seller license (pet stores selling dogs) and local kennel license in Wisconsin?
Issued by DATCP Division of Animal Health; your municipality’s clerk, at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
A pet store selling dogs holds the dog seller license, is inspected by the Division and keeps the sale, health and source records the rule requires. Grooming alone needs no license, and boarding alone is not licensed by the state. Ask the clerk whether the municipality licenses kennels or pet shops; many require a kennel license for premises keeping more than a set number of dogs.
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 DATCP Division of Animal Health; your municipality’s clerk.
Sources and dates
ATCP 16.08 (fees) and ATCP 16 (dog sellers and dog facility operators, Wis. Stat. 173.41); municipal kennel ordinances (Wis. Stat. 174.053). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Yes. A pet store selling dogs holds the dog seller license, is inspected by the Division and keeps the sale, health and source records the rule requires.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Wisconsin it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
DATCP Division of Animal Health; your municipality’s clerk.
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 dog seller license and local kennel license in Wisconsin?
