Madison
City of Madison Clerk's Office
In short
City of Madison Clerk's Office issues 2 permits we publish for Madison, last verified 2026-09-06. 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 and Barbershop Licensing — City of Madison Positiononly if it applies to you | City of Madison Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-06 |
| General Business License — City of Madison Positiononly if it applies to you | City of Madison Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-06 |
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 and Barbershop Licensing — City of Madison Position
The City Clerk's Licensing Fee Schedule lists no salon, barbershop, cosmetology or nail-salon license category, so under that schedule there is no city license fee for a salon. The only adjacent personal-service licenses that schedule lists are the Body Art, Tattoo, and Tattoo & Body Piercing Establishment licenses, which cover a distinct activity. Salon owners still need the City's ordinary zoning, building and occupancy approvals.
General Business License — City of Madison Position
The City Clerk's Opening a Business in Madison page states: 'The City of Madison does not have a generic business license.' Per that page, there is no general license fee payable to the City; licensing is entirely activity-specific — the Clerk's own fee schedule covers roughly 30 categories (alcohol, amusement devices, auto salvage, body art, food, hotel/motel, secondhand dealer, and more), plus separate Fire Department and PHMDC categories.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Madison
- Phone
- (608) 266-4601
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.
- City of Madison — Opening a Business in MadisonCity of Madison Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-06
- City of Madison Clerk's Office — Licensing Fee ScheduleCity of Madison Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-06
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