Nursery Plant Seller-Installer License

A nursery plant seller/installer license is required for businesses that:

• Sell or hold live plants or turf for planting, breeding, or decoration.
• Perform landscaping and lawn maintenance which provides planting or installing new plants or turf.

Here are some examples of businesses that are required to be licensed: 

• Wholesale and retail nurseries, growers, and garden centers.
• Landscapers who buy plants to install.
• Landscapers who hold or grow plants for later sale or installation.
• Maintenance companies who install plants for customers.
• Brokers located in Washington who buy and sell, but do not hold plants.
• Grocery and warehouse stores that offer plants for sale.
• 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.

Complete a Business License Application and Agriculture Addendum and submit, along with fees, to the Department of Revenue at: http://bls.dor.wa.gov/.

Nursery plant seller/installer license fees are based on gross sales in horticultural plants and whether a person is a retail or wholesale nursery or plant seller/installer. Persons who conduct both retail and wholesale business are required to obtain a license for the class of sales with the highest gross business. For the current fee, refer to the chart listed below: 
 

CLASS (annual gross sales)	FEE
Retailer
$100 - $2,500	$80.64
$2,501 - $15,000	$176.64
Over $15,000	$350.40
Wholesaler
15,000 or under	$176.64
Over $15,000	$350.40

Payment is required with application.

Only payment of the licensing fee.

The application processing is through the Department of Revenue Business Licensing Service.  It typically takes 3-4 days to receive your license through the mail, and 24 hours for the Department of Revenue to post your license to their public website.

1 year from the date of issuance.

Chapter 15.13 RCW http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=15.13

You have the right to appeal the decision in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW.

For further assistance, call:  (360) 902-1874 or (360) 902-1922
Email:   Nursery@agr.wa.gov

Also visit our Nursery Plant Seller-Installer Licensing and Nursery Plant Seller-Installer Inspection pages for more information