Virginia — statewide
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology
In short
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology issues 1 permit we publish for Virginia — 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, Shop, Spa or Parlor License | Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology | $234.50 every two years — a $220 fee plus a $7.25-a-year technology charge | 2 years from the last day of the month of issue | 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, Shop, Spa or Parlor License
The regulation says $220 and the counter charges $234.50, because a technology fee of $7.25 a year was added from 1 July 2026 and runs until 30 June 2030, after which the figure drops back. One license covers a barber shop, cosmetology salon, nail salon or waxing salon, but an esthetics spa is licensed under a separate chapter at the same price — so a salon adding master esthetics services pays twice. There is no late fee at all, which sounds generous and is not: you get thirty days, and from day thirty-one you owe the full $440 reinstatement. After two years past expiry reinstatement is impossible and you reapply from scratch. The license belongs to the firm and does not transfer, so dissolving or converting the company voids it. The owner need not be a licensed practitioner.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia — statewide
- Phone
- (804) 367-8509
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.
- 18VAC41-20-140 — Board for Barbers and Cosmetology fee scheduleVirginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- 18VAC41-20-160 — expiration of barber and cosmetology licensesVirginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Virginia statewide offices
- Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk
- Virginia Department of Health, Division of Food and Environmental Services
- Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Contractors
- Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Health Professions
- Virginia Department of Education, Child Care Licensing
- Virginia Department of Taxation
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