Wisconsin — statewide
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board
In short
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board issues 1 permit we publish for Wisconsin — 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 or Barbering Establishment License | Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board | $11 for a cosmetology establishment, initial and renewal alike; a barbering establishment renews at $63 | biennial — renews on 31 March of each odd-numbered year | 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 or Barbering Establishment License
Eleven dollars is among the cheapest premises licenses in the country, and it is not an extraction error: the whole cosmetology family — practitioner, establishment, school, aesthetics, manicuring, electrology — sits at $11 while the whole barbering family sits at $63, and every late fee in the schedule is exactly the renewal plus $25, which is a clean internal check. A license is needed before opening, before relocating and before a change of ownership. Because renewal falls on a fixed date rather than an anniversary, an establishment licensed in, say, February of an odd year must still renew the following month — the first term can be a few weeks. The department's credential fee table lists a barbering establishment at $63 for both the initial license and renewal.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin — statewide
- Phone
- (608) 266-2112
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.
- Wisconsin DSPS — cosmetology establishment, the renewal date and when a license is requiredWisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Wisconsin DSPS — credential fees and renewal dates (business and health credentials)Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Wisconsin DSPS form 1397 — instructions for cosmetology establishment licensure, stating the $11 feeWisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Wisconsin statewide offices
- Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services
- Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Division of Food and Recreational Safety
- Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Industry Services
- Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection
- Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Care Regulation
- Wisconsin Department of Revenue
- Wisconsin Veterinary Examining Board
Wisconsin jurisdictions
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