Madison County
Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering
In short
Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering issues 1 permit we publish for Madison County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABOC Class I Barber Exemption and Madison County Reciprocityonly if it applies to you | Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering | Alabama's Board of Cosmetology and Barbering exempts 'Class I Barbers' — practitioners who only shave or trim the beard or hair — from ABOC's licensing authority entirely, so a shop employing only Class I barbers needs no state shop license or fee. This exemption traces directly to Madison County's own former local-law Barber Board (Act 466 of 1939 and Act 435 of 1978); ABOC's own website still maintains a dedicated Madison County page explaining it. A 'Class II Barber,' offering the fuller range of services (treatments, singeing, shampooing, dyeing, permanent waving or straightening), and any shop employing one, needs the standard ABOC shop license: $200.00 new, $150.00 to renew, or $50.00 to relocate. ABOC also grants a Madison-County-specific reciprocity path: a barber licensed in Madison County for five years or more qualifies for direct reciprocity into the state system, while one licensed under five years must pass ABOC's own practical exam. | the Class I exemption has no license to renew; where the standard ABOC shop license applies, it renews annually at $150.00 | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
ABOC Class I Barber Exemption and Madison County Reciprocity
This is a state-administered mechanism specific to Madison County, distinct from Jefferson and Mobile Counties, which still run their own independent, currently active county barber commissions today — Madison County's own local barber board is history, but ABOC continues to publish current guidance for the county because of it. This record is separate from the county's own chair-based business-privilege tax on salons and barbershops (classification codes 0058, 0124 and 0C12, recorded above) and from Huntsville's own municipal barbershop/beauty-shop license schedule for shops inside city limits — a Madison County shop can owe all three: the state ABOC fee (or exemption), the county classification tax, and, if inside a city, that city's own license.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Madison County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- aboc.alabama.gov/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- ABOC Licensing Fees — shop license: $200 new, $150 renewal, $50 relocationAlabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Madison County Barber Information — Class I/Class II distinction and reciprocity pathAlabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
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