Michigan — statewide
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing
In short
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing issues 3 permits we publish for Michigan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology Establishment License | Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing | $75 application and first two-year license; $50 to renew | 2 years | 2026-09-03 |
| Barbershop Licenseonly if it applies to you | Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing | $130 application and first two-year license; $80 to renew | 2 years | 2026-09-03 |
| Veterinary Facility Registration — Michigan state positiononly if it applies to you | Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Professional Licensing | No fee | not applicable | 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
Cosmetology Establishment License
A barbershop and a cosmetology establishment are licensed by different boards at very different prices, which catches anyone running a combined shop: $75 to open and $50 to renew here, against $130 and $80 for a barbershop — seventy-three per cent more at the start. The license issues only after inspection. There is a sixty-day grace period after expiry, and relicensing costs $95. Expiration dates vary between licensees rather than falling on a common date, so the date printed on the license is the one that matters; the renewal window opens ninety days before it. Payment is by card only.
Barbershop License
Michigan keeps barbering and cosmetology apart, with separate boards and separate prices, and the barbershop is much the dearer: $130 to open against $75, and $80 to renew against $50. Inspection is required before issue. Relicensing costs $150. For scale, the practitioners themselves pay far less than their premises — a barber's own license is $60 for two years and a cosmetologist's $48.
Veterinary Facility Registration — Michigan state position
Under the veterinary general rules (Mich. Admin. Code R 338.4901 to R 338.4933), there is no premises fee: the facility standards those rules once contained at R 338.4913 through R 338.4918 each now read 'Rescinded.' The state clearly does license premises where it wants to, listing controlled substance facilities, cosmetology establishments and barbershops among its license types, and there is no veterinary equivalent. The agriculture department does not register clinics either; its animal shelter registration, which is free and does not expire, is triggered by housing stray or surrendered animals, so a clinic boarding its own patients is outside it while one running a rescue is not. The nearest thing to a premises requirement is the controlled substance license, which is needed separately for each location a veterinarian dispenses from, though it is issued in the individual's name.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Michigan — statewide
- Phone
- (517) 241-0199
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.
- Michigan Administrative Code — veterinary medicine general rules, in which the former facility rules are all rescindedMichigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Michigan LARA — barbershop licensing guideMichigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Michigan LARA — cosmetology establishment licensing guideMichigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Michigan statewide offices
- Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations, Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau
- Michigan Department of State, Business Licensing Section
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Construction Codes
- Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential, Child Care Licensing Bureau
- Michigan Department of Treasury
Michigan jurisdictions
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