Response 3992049
Response to request for information
Reference
3992049
Response date
21 April 2026
Request
I am requesting the following information for your local authority area, as held at the date this request is processed:
- The total number of currently licensed businesses authorised to sell animals as pets.
- Of those currently licensed businesses, how many are licensed to sell:
- Mammals
- Birds
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
- Fish
- Invertebrates
For the avoidance of doubt: I am requesting the number of premises licensed to sell animals as pets, not the number of specimens.
We understand many stores will be licensed to sell several of the taxa listed below. If the information is not held in exactly that format, please provide the closest recorded breakdown available.
Response
The information you require can be viewed on our website by going to Applications Search and using the advance search function. For licensing details use the licensing option, scroll down to the ‘activities’ section for the selections detailed below. For applications use the application option. Select AWL - The Selling of Animals as Pets.