Florida — statewide
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Cosmetology and Barbers' Board
In short
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Cosmetology and Barbers' Board issues 2 permits we publish for Florida — statewide, last verified 2026-09-03. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershop License | Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Cosmetology and Barbers' Board | $125 application and original license | 2 years | 2026-09-03 |
| Cosmetology or Specialty Salon License | Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Cosmetology and Barbers' Board | $90 application and initial license | 2 years | 2026-09-03 |
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
Barbershop License
$125 to open — $75 application plus $50 for the original license — and $105 every two years to renew. That renewal is more than two and a half times what a cosmetology salon pays, which is the sharpest difference between Florida's two personal-care regimes and the reason the distinction is worth getting right before you apply. Moving a barbershop to a new location carries a $125 transfer fee set by statute. Renewing late adds $25.
Cosmetology or Specialty Salon License
$90 to open — a $50 non-refundable application fee plus a $40 salon license fee — then $40 every two years to renew. Renewing late within twenty-four months adds a $25 delinquency fee on top of the renewal. Do not assume a barbershop costs the same: Florida licenses barbershops through a different board at $125 initially and $105 biennially, so a shop offering both may need to think about which license it holds. A mobile cosmetology salon may not be charged more than a fixed location.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Florida — statewide
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.myfloridalicense.com/
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.
- Florida Administrative Code rules 61G3-20.003, 61G3-20.0035 and 61G3-20.010 — barbershop application, original license and biennial renewal feesFlorida Department of State, Administrative Code · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Florida Administrative Code rules 61G5-24.005 and 61G5-24.009 — cosmetology salon license and biennial renewal feesFlorida Department of State, Administrative Code · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
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- Florida Department of Children and Families, Child Care Licensure
- Florida Department of Revenue
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