USDA breeder records · Missouri
Missouri has 680 dog breeders and dealers with a federal license, a third of the national total. This is what USDA inspectors found when they visited, from every inspection report published since 2014.
Source: USDA APHIS license list of Sep 15, 2026 and inspection reports to Sep 18, 2026.33% of the 2,063 active USDA dog licenses in the US are in Missouri.
| # | State | Share | Licenses | Dogs counted | Clean, 2023 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri | 680 | 46,635 | 96.3% | |
| 2 | Indiana | 379 | 17,172 | 93.8% | |
| 3 | Ohio | 247 | 21,357 | 75.2% | |
| 4 | Iowa | 152 | 11,055 | 86.5% | |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 82 | 4,265 | 91% | |
| 6 | Kansas | 77 | 5,921 | 89% | |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 77 | 4,747 | 63.8% | |
| 8 | Arkansas | 67 | 3,929 | 92.9% | |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 52 | 4,482 | 82.8% | |
| 10 | Illinois | 37 | 1,236 | 91.2% |
Share of inspections with at least one citation. Visits where nobody was home are left out.
| Year | Inspections | Found a problem |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 961 | 22.2% |
| 2015 | 1,024 | 18.2% |
| 2016 | 1,113 | 11.2% |
| 2017 | 1,081 | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 913 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 952 | 4.4% |
| 2020 | 416 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 941 | 5% |
| 2022 | 1,197 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 1,260 | 4.6% |
| 2024 | 859 | 3.1% |
| 2025 | 833 | 2.8% |
| 2026 | 593 | 3.7% |
The rules behind Missouri's citations since 2014. Separately, inspectors arrived 879 times and found nobody available to let them in.
| Rule | What it requires | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| 2.40(b)(2) | Methods to prevent, control, diagnose and treat disease and injury | 357 |
| 3.1(c)(3) | Hard surfaces must be spot-cleaned daily and sanitized | 117 |
| 3.11(d) | Pest control | 73 |
| 3.11(a) | Excreta and food waste removed from enclosures daily | 68 |
| 3.4(b)(4) | Shelter from the elements in outdoor housing | 60 |
| 3.4(b) | Shelter from the elements in outdoor housing | 56 |
| 3.6(a)(2)(i) | Enclosures must have no sharp points or edges that could injure dogs | 51 |
| 2.50(a)(2) | Identification of puppies under 16 weeks held by Class A breeders | 51 |
Licensed breeders print their number on their website or sales contract. Enter it to see whether the license is active and when USDA last inspected.
USDA only licenses breeders with more than four breeding females who sell to pet stores, to brokers, or to buyers they never meet, which includes most online sales. A breeder who sells only to people who visit in person is exempt. So a breeder missing from these records may be unlicensed or simply exempt, and a clean USDA record covers only what an inspector saw on the day.