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Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS)

Breeding Group Pet Licence

How to apply for a breeding group pet licence for cats and dogs

Last updated 9 December 2025

Pets kept for breeding or sale in pet breeding establishments

All cats/dogs that are currently kept in pet breeding establishments for breeding purposes have to be licensed under a breeding group pet licence via the Pet Animal Licensing System (PALS) (opens in new tab). 

All cats/dogs aged nine weeks and above that are intended for sale by pet breeding establishments must be licensed under a retail group pet licence via PALS. 

When a cat/dog is sold, pet breeding establishments are required to perform the transfer of licensing, be they to individuals or other pet businesses via PALS (opens in new tab). 

For step-by-step instructions for the following on pet licensing e-services, please refer to the Pet Animal Licensing System (PALS) user guide.  

Download it here:  

Pet Animal Licensing System (PALS) user guide for pet businesses [PDF, 5.4MB] (opens in new tab) 

Applying for a breeding and retail group pet licence  

To obtain the group pet licences, you first need to have a pet breeding licence. We will process the group pet licences for you after you have obtained a valid pet breeding licence.

You must update your group pet licence (opens in new tab) via PALS if there are any changes to the licence owner and/or cat/dog details. 

Type of group pet licences

Type of licence  

What is it for?  

Breeding group pet licence 

Licensing of cats/dogs intended for breeding in pet breeding establishments. 

Retail group pet licence 

Licensing of cats/dogs intended for sale in pet breeding establishments. 

Licence fees  

Breeding group pet licence fees

Number of animals

Licence fees

More than 300 animals

S$3,500 per annum

201 - 300 animals

S$1,700 per annum

101- 200 animals

S$1,100 per annum

100 animals or fewer

S$650 per annum

Retail group pet licence fees

Number of animals

Licence fees

101 - 200 animals 

 S$1,000 per annum  

51 - 100 animals 

 S$500 per annum 

21 - 50 animals 

S$250 per annum 

11 - 20 animals 

  S$100 per annum 

10 animals or fewer  

 S$50 per annum  

Note: The group pet licence tier is not an approval for pet breeding establishments to keep up to the maximum number in the respective tier. Pet breeding establishments would still need to comply with the breeding licensing conditions.