Licence verification
Is a plant nursery licensed in Tennessee? How to check
Does Tennessee publish a public registry?
Yes. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture maintains a public register of licensed nursery dealers and growers. View the registry .
What we hold
- Records on file
- 2,196
- As of
- 2026-08-04
Fields captured: licence number, business name, address, county, phone, source URL, and this as-of date, for every record.
A "State-licensed" badge only asserts current licensure while its registry file is 90 days old or less; past that, the badge on an affected listing states its as-of date instead of claiming current status.
We do not claim every nursery listed on this site in Tennessee is licensed. Only the 2,196 businesses matched against this exact registry carry a "State-licensed" badge on their own listing page, each linking back to this registry as its citation.
Licensed by regulatory role
- Dealer: 1,505
- Grower: 1
- Unclassified: 690
How to verify a specific business
Search our Tennessee directory for the business by name. A "State-licensed" badge on its listing page means we matched it against this exact registry, with the date we checked. If it isn't in our directory yet, check the state's own list directly.
Format
A public, paginated web listing of plant/nursery dealer contact information.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture publishes a public, paginated web listing of plant and nursery dealer contact information, covering both nursery and dealer program participants.
We matched the Tennessee businesses shown above against that listing, more than in any other state we hold a registry for. We pulled it directly on our own check date, and every current match falls inside the 90-day cap described above and shows "State-licensed." A Tennessee business with no badge at all may hold a real, current registration we simply have not matched against this listing, whether from a name difference or a participant the listing does not carry under that name.
The department's own plant and nursery dealer listing above is the record to check or correct first. This directory's own correction link, on any listing page, lets you flag a wrong or missing match for us to re-check.
Other states we hold a registry for
Only these 11 states publish (or make bulk-extractable) a public licensed-nursery registry we've verified directly. Every other state is silent here on purpose, not overlooked.
Sources
Tennessee Department of Agriculture, as of 2026-08-04.