North Carolina — statewide
North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners
In short
North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners issues 1 permit we publish for North Carolina — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetic Art Shop License | North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners | $25 inspection plus a $10 processing charge plus $3 per chair to open, then $3 per active booth a year to renew | annual — renew by 1 February, expires 1 March | 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
Cosmetic Art Shop License
There is no single headline number here, because the fee is genuinely per chair: a six-chair salon pays $53 to open and $18 a year after that, which is among the cheapest premises licenses anywhere. The statute frames the $25 as an inspection fee for a newly established shop while the board's application page calls it registration — same money. You may trade for thirty days while the board inspects. The license does not transfer between locations or owners, so either change means a new one. Note the clocks differ: the shop renews annually by 1 February and expires on 1 March, while a cosmetologist's own license runs three years to 1 October.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina — statewide
- Phone
- (919) 736-6123
- Website
- www.nccosmeticarts.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.
- G.S. 88B-20 — NC Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners fees, including $25 for inspection of a newly established cosmetic art shop and $3.00 per active booth per yearNorth Carolina General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
- North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners — initial salon licenseNorth Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
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