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Supporting online licensing, renewals and compliance

Most cities license a fraction of their real pet population. Recovering the gap is process, not luck.

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In most municipalities, the number of licensed pets is far below the number of pets that actually live there. That gap is recoverable revenue — and closing it is a process problem, not a promotion problem.

Where the gap comes from

  • Owners who never registered because it required a counter visit
  • Lapsed renewals that nobody followed up
  • Adopted and newly acquired pets that never entered the register
  • Moves in and out of the territory that were never reconciled

The recovery levers

Frictionless renewal. Automatic email and mail reminders with online payment can reduce manual follow-up on lapsed licences.

Point-of-adoption licensing. Where the shelter is integrated with municipal licensing, adopted pets can leave already licensed.

Field canvassing. Door-to-door census with a mobile app records unlicensed pets and sells on the spot — the highest-yield lever in under-registered districts.

Error checking on batch runs. Renewal batches validated before mailing eliminate returned mail and dead records.

Measure it honestly

Track licensed animals against a realistic estimate of the pet population, not against last year's register. Validate your own numbers with us in a demo.

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