Nursery Plant Seller-Installer Licensing

A nursery plant seller/installer license is an endorsement on your business license, permitting you to sell horticultural plants in the state of Washington.  Fees are based on gross sales of horticultural plants, and whether the business is retail or wholesale.  The license must be renewed annually.
 

CLASS	ANNUAL GROSS SALES	COST
Retail	$100 - $2,500	$80.64*
	$2,501 - $15,000	$176.64*
	Over $15,000	$350.40*
Wholesale	$15,000 or under	$176.64*
	Over $15,000	$350.40*

* Per location

• Wholesale and retail nurseries, growers and garden centers.
• Landscapers and maintenance companies who buy, hold or grow plants to install.
• Brokers located in Washington who buy and sell plants.
• Grocery and warehouse stores that sell plants.
• Pet and aquarium stores that sell aquatic plants.
• Reforestation companies and contractors.
• Individuals who sell more than $100 worth of plants in a calendar year.

Essentially, any person who handles or sells horticultural plants; and any business who holds, grows, sells or installs plants for customers in Washington State.

• To apply or renew your nursery plant seller/installer license online visit the Washington State Department of Revenue Business Licensing Service (DOR BLS) website.
• Or to find the nearest office location or get an application by mail, call the DOR BLS at (360) 705-6741.

Nursery plant seller/installer licenses must be renewed annually.

The fees obtained from licensing provide funding for the Plant Services Program, which assists in the fair and orderly trade of horticultural plants in Washington.  Plant Services Environmental Specialists (inspectors) do outreach and enforcement of agricultural quarantines to keep out exotic pests, and provide certification of Washington nursery products for export.   For more information, see our Licensing Requirements (Requisitos de Licencia - en Español) brochure.

A portion of the fees also go to support research projects which benefit the nursery industry and are recommended by the Nursery Advisory Committee.  See Nursery Research for more information.

• Non-profit garden clubs, charitable and educational organizations and conservations districts are exempt under certain conditions, but they are required to have a plant sale permit.
• Persons selling only cut plant material or who make plant sales of less than $100 annually are exempted from licensing and permit requirements.

• Plant sale permit applications are submitted through PISCES.
• The permit fee is $20.00.

Visit our Plant Sale Permit page for more information.