Cicero, IL Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

Section 26-101 of the Cicero Code levies an annual license tax on every business operating within the town, and its schedule specifically lists "pet shops and pet groomers and supplies" as a licensed occupation. 00 where it exceeds 25,000 square feet. Like every other business taxed under Section 26-101, a pet shop or grooming business must apply through the town's business license department and pay the tax yearly unless the code specifies otherwise. Cicero's animal-keeping ordinance elsewhere in Chapter 18 caps the number of licensed animals that may be kept in an ordinary residence or business at three, or five if the space exceeds 1,000 square feet, but it expressly exempts "duly licensed pet shops, animal hospitals or animal grooming and training establishments" from that cap under Section 18-40, meaning a properly licensed pet groomer is not held to the household pet-count limit that applies to an unlicensed home or business.

There is no separate certification, inspection or state-registration requirement stated for pet groomers within the sections reviewed here beyond the annual business license tax itself.