Kentucky — statewide
Kentucky Board of Barbering
In short
Kentucky Board of Barbering issues 1 permit we publish for Kentucky — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barber Shop License | Kentucky Board of Barbering | $100 to open; renewal is $50 | annual — expires 1 July every year | 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
Barber Shop License
Kentucky did not merge its barbering and cosmetology boards, so a barber shop is a separate license from a salon, with its own cost pattern running the opposite way — $100 to open and only $50 to renew, and renewed every single year rather than every two. A barber shop license is not transferable between locations or owners; a move or a sale means a fresh application at the full fee, and a new or relocating shop needs a state plumbing inspector's signature before it can open.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky — statewide
- Phone
- (502) 782-0778
- Website
- barbering.ky.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.
- 201 KAR 14:180 — Board of Barbering fee schedule, effective 5 July 2022Kentucky Board of Barbering · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Kentucky Revised Statutes section 317.450 — barber shop licences expire annually on 1 JulyKentucky Legislative Research Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Kentucky statewide offices
- Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Kentucky Department of Revenue, Division of Registration
- Kentucky Secretary of State, Business Filings Division
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Food Safety Branch
- Kentucky Board of Cosmetology
- Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Regulated Child Care
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