Kentucky — statewide
Kentucky Board of Cosmetology
In short
Kentucky Board of Cosmetology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salon License | Kentucky Board of Cosmetology | $100 to open; renewal is $200 | biennial — every salon license expires 31 July of an even-numbered year regardless of issue date | 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
Salon License
A hundred dollars to open a beauty, nail or esthetic salon, or a limited facility covering threading, eyelash artistry or makeup services, and $200 to renew — the renewal costs double the original, which is unusual. The expiry date is fixed rather than tied to when the license was issued: every salon license expires on 31 July of an even-numbered year no matter when in the cycle it was granted, so a salon licensed in early 2027 still renews at the same time as one licensed years earlier. A change of salon manager is a separate $50 filing, and a transfer of ownership is $100.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky — statewide
- Phone
- (502) 564-4262
- Website
- kbc.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 12:030 — salon licenses expire 31 July of even-numbered yearsKentucky Board of Cosmetology · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- 201 KAR 12:260 — Board of Cosmetology fee schedule, effective 2 December 2025Kentucky Board of Cosmetology · 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 Barbering
- Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Regulated Child Care
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