What permits do you need to open a salon or barber in Castle Hills?

Permits for a salon or barber in Castle Hills, TX come from 4 separate offices: City of Castle Hills, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Texas Secretary of State, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. No single office issues them all, which is why an opening means filing in several places rather than one.

$150 for a commercial certificate of occupancy; a residential one is free. Cheap against Plano's $140 and Amarillo's $151 for a comparable step — Castle Hills is a small city and prices accordingly. Work in the right of way and a curb cut are $50 each, plus any engineering fees incurred.

Establishment licences are valid for two years from the date of issue, so the $78 is a two-year cost rather than an annual one — worth halving before you compare it with a yearly permit elsewhere. The fee applies to standard and specialty establishments; a mini-establishment licence is $70. It covers full-service, mobile and specialty establishments, and applies to licences expiring on or after 1 September 2023. Individual practitioners are licensed separately from the establishment, so a salon needs both its own licence and a licence for each operator working in it.

Required to form an LLC or corporation, not to trade as a sole proprietor. Texas has no statewide general business licence, so for many businesses this filing plus a sales and use tax permit is the entire state-level obligation.

Only needed if you trade under a name different from the one on your formation filing. The certificate is effective for a term not exceeding ten years from the date of filing and does not roll over by itself — it must be actively renewed, and a new certificate can be filed within six months of the original expiring. The $25 is the Secretary of State fee; sole proprietors and general partnerships file with the county clerk instead, at county rates.

There is no fee for this permit — the Comptroller says so directly, which is worth stating because a blank fee reads as though nobody knows. It does not expire on a date, but it is not permanent either: it is valid only while you are actively engaged in business as a seller, and the Comptroller's office may cancel it on finding that you are not. Filing obligations keep it alive, so a return must be filed for every period even when there were no taxable sales or purchases to report. Apply through Comptroller eSystems and allow two to three weeks.