Licence verification
Is a plant nursery licensed in Virginia? How to check
Does Virginia publish a public registry?
Yes. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services maintains a public register of licensed nursery dealers and growers. View the registry .
What we hold
- Records on file
- 920
- As of
- 2026-07-13
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. 1 of the 920 records on file here are older than that cap: those listings currently show the unconfirmed, as-of-date form of the badge, not "State-licensed."
We do not claim every nursery listed on this site in Virginia is licensed. Only the 920 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: 919
- Unclassified: 1
How to verify a specific business
Search our Virginia 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 dated PDF roster of active Category 89 Nursery Stock Dealer permit holders.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services publishes an annual PDF roster of active Category 89 Nursery Stock Dealer permit holders.
We matched the Virginia businesses shown above against that roster. The document is dated July 13, 2026, printed on its own header, comfortably inside the 90-day cap described above, so nearly every current match shows "State-licensed"; a small number carry an older match date from an earlier roster and show the plain as-of-date form instead. A Virginia business with no badge at all may hold a real, current permit we simply have not matched against this roster.
The department's own Category 89 roster 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 This directory's own correction link, on any listing page, lets you flag a wrong or outdated match for us to re-check against Virginia's next published roster.
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
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, as of 2026-07-13.