14 permits · verified 2026-09-14
What permits do you need to open a salon or barber in Casper?
In short
A salon or barber in Casper, WY has 6 permits that apply to every business of this type, plus 8 more that depend on your premises, signage or how you are set up. City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning Division charges $NaN per application for the conditional use permit / variance / site plan review. 2 of the 14 are charged as a range or formula rather than a flat fee. Verified 2026-09-14 against the issuing agencies’ published fee schedules.
Permits particular to a salon or barber in Casper
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salon and Barber Shop — State Board License Applies (Casper; body art is city-licensed)only if it applies to you | City of Casper, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable to a salon; a body art license runs the July 1 to June 30 fiscal year | 2026-09-14 |
| Sign Permit (required; no published fee line)only if it applies to you | City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning Division | No fee | not stated in any readable source | 2026-09-14 |
| Salon License | Wyoming Board of Cosmetology | $75 a year to renew; opening a new salon adds a $225 application fee, the same figure charged to relocate an existing one | annual — every salon license expires December 31 | 2026-09-04 |
| Barber Shop License | Wyoming Board of Barber Examiners | $85 a year to renew; a new shop or a change of location each add a $100 application fee | annual — a shop must apply to renew by June 30, and the license expires outright if not renewed by July 31 | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
Local permits that apply to every type of business in Casper
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conditional Use Permit / Variance / Site Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning Division | $NaN per application | one-time per application | 2026-09-14 |
| Building Permit | City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection Division | Varies — formula on the Casper page | a permit is good for 180 days once issued | 2026-09-14 |
| Fire Inspection (self-inspection programme; fee not published) | Casper Fire-EMS, Community Risk Reduction Division | No fee | self-inspections are completed annually by December 31; on-site inspections run on a rotational basis averaging no more often than once every three years | 2026-09-14 |
| Certificate of Occupancy (required; no fee line in the published schedule) | City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection Division | No fee | one-time, issued on completion | 2026-09-14 |
| General Business License — City of Casper position (seven enumerated categories)only if it applies to you | City of Casper, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable to a general license; the enumerated licenses run either the calendar year or the July 1 to June 30 fiscal year depending on category | 2026-09-14 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
WY registrations that apply to every type of business
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Business License — Wyoming Positiononly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Report License Taxonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | Varies — formula on the WY page | annual — due in the entity's own anniversary month of formation; may be filed up to 120 days early | 2026-09-04 |
| Sales Tax Vendor License | Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division | $60 one-time — reinstating a forfeited license also costs $60 | no expiration — valid without further payment until the department revokes it | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
How much does it actually cost to permit a salon or barber in Casper?
There is no single figure, and any site quoting one is rounding away the part that matters. Of the 14 records listed for a salon or barber in Casper, WY, 6 apply to every business of this type and 8 are conditional. Adding every fee on the page together would overstate what most operators pay, because it would include permits they never need.
Of the 6 that always apply, 3 carry a flat fee, coming to $220.00. That is a floor, not a total. 2 of the 14 are charged as a range or a formula set by the issuing agency, and 6 have no fee published at all.
The other 2 variable fees belong to permits that apply to every type of business here; their formulas are set out on the Casper permits page and the WY state page.
Which offices issue these permits in Casper?
Permits for a salon or barber in Casper, WY come from 8 separate offices: City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning Division, City of Casper, City Clerk's Office, City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection Division, Casper Fire-EMS, Community Risk Reduction Division, Wyoming Board of Cosmetology, Wyoming Board of Barber Examiners, Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division, Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division. No single office issues them all, which is why an opening means filing in several places rather than one.
- City of Casper, Community Development Department — Planning DivisionIssues 2 permits on this page: Conditional Use Permit / Variance / Site Plan Review, Sign Permit (required; no published fee line)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-8241www.casperwy.gov/services/planning_and_zoning/index.php
- City of Casper, City Clerk's OfficeIssues 2 permits on this page: Salon and Barber Shop — State Board License Applies (Casper; body art is city-licensed), General Business License — City of Casper position (seven enumerated categories)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-7568www.casperwy.gov/government/clerk/index.php
- City of Casper, Community Development Department — Building Inspection DivisionIssues 2 permits on this page: Building Permit, Certificate of Occupancy (required; no fee line in the published schedule)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-8254www.casperwy.gov/services/building_and_inspections/permit_requirements.php
- Casper Fire-EMS, Community Risk Reduction DivisionIssues 1 permit on this page: Fire Inspection (self-inspection programme; fee not published)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-8278www.casperwy.gov/community/fire_ems/index.php
- Wyoming Board of CosmetologyIssues 1 permit on this page: Salon License2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 302, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-3534cosmetology.wyo.gov
- Wyoming Board of Barber ExaminersIssues 1 permit on this page: Barber Shop License2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 302, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-8572cosmetology.wyo.gov/barber-information
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business DivisionIssues 4 permits on this page: General Business License — Wyoming Position, Articles of Organization (LLC), Articles of Incorporation, Annual Report License TaxHerschler Building East, Suite 101, 122 W 25th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-7311sos.wyo.gov/Business/default.aspx
- Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax DivisionIssues 1 permit on this page: Sales Tax Vendor License122 West 25th Street, Suite E301, Cheyenne, WY 82002excise-tax-div.wyo.gov
What does a salon or barber need in Casper that other businesses do not?
3 of the 4 permits particular to a salon or barber here apply to no other business type we cover in Casper: Salon and Barber Shop — State Board License Applies (Casper; body art is city-licensed), Salon License and Barber Shop License.
Salon and Barber Shop — State Board License Applies (Casper; body art is city-licensed)
No fee applies to a hair or nail salon: Casper's enumerated business categories (§5.04.040) and the health license classes on the City's Health Licenses page include neither — a notable contrast with Cheyenne, which charges $65.00 annually for a barber or beauty shop. The state licenses instead: the Wyoming Board of Cosmetology charges $75.00 per year for a salon license with a $225.00 application fee, and barber shops fall to a separate board at $85.00 annually with a $100.00 new shop application. Two adjacent trades do carry Casper obligations. Body art and permanent cosmetic establishments are a $25.00 health license class under §8.04.020(A)(2). Massage therapy licenses and permits exist and the City's Health Licenses page notes that they 'do not require a county health inspection before issuance,' but no amount is published for them on that page or in §8.04.020, so the requirement is noted here without a fee.
Sign Permit (required; no published fee line)
No fee is published for a sign permit. The permit is required — Chapter 17.96 governs sign permitting and §17.96.020(A) lists the signs exempt from both the permit and the fee, which confirms a fee exists for non-exempt signs — but the City publishes no dollar figure for it. The February 2, 2026 Current Fee Schedule's four pages contain a Combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Permit Fee Schedule and a Planning/Engineering Division(s) Development Review Fee Schedule, and neither carries a line titled 'sign' or 'signage.' The City's own Commercial Building Permit Checklist states that projects with 'plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and/or signage components will need to be permitted separately from the Building Permit' with their 'Valuations … included … for the plan review process,' which shows signage is treated as a valued, permitted scope of work alongside the other trades — but the checklist stops short of saying signs are billed on the same Combined table, whose own title omits signs where it names the other three trades. Resolution 17-220 likewise had no sign line, and an older archived document titled 'Fee Schedule_sign permit.pdf' from 2016 is superseded and its figures are not recorded. A business should ask the Planning Division on (307) 235-8241 whether a sign permit is priced from the Combined valuation table or some other schedule.
Salon License
A late renewal adds a penalty on a rising scale — $20, $40 or $60 depending on how many days past December 31 it runs.
Barber Shop License
Barbering is licensed separately from cosmetology, by its own board, even though both share the same Cheyenne office and administrative staff. A combined salon-and-barbershop must hold both licenses at once rather than one covering both trades. A late renewal adds a flat $40 penalty.
The other 5 local permits in the tables apply to every type of business in Casper, WY; what each one involves is set out on the Casper permits page. The 5 state-level registrations apply to every type of business across WY and are covered on the WY state page.
How does a salon or barber compare with other businesses in Casper?
The closest match is a fitness studio, which shares 1 of these permits. A salon or barber also needs Salon and Barber Shop — State Board License Applies (Casper; body art is city-licensed), Salon License and Barber Shop License. A fitness studio needs Fitness Studio — Pool Health License Only Where a Pool Is Operated (Casper), which a salon or barber does not.
| Business | Its own permits | Shared with a salon or barber | Only a salon or barber needs | Only it needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitness studios | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Retail stores | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Auto repair shops | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Veterinary clinics | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Coffee shops | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Restaurants | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Childcare centres | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Contractors and trades | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Food trucks | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Sources
Every figure for the permits explained on this page was read from one of these government pages on the date shown. Sources for the permits that apply to every type of business are listed on the Casper permits page and the WY state page. Confirmed by Editorial Team.
- Health Licenses — the City's own current fee table for businesses affecting the public health, listing restaurants at $100 plus $25 with alcohol, bars at $100 plus $25 with food, groceries and food processors at $75 with $25 additions, child day cares at $50, swimming pools at $75, body art at $25, lodging at $25 and school food service at no feeCity of Casper · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Business Licenses — the City's own current table of the seven enumerated business licenses and their fees and terms, establishing that Casper has no general business licenseCity of Casper · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Permit Requirements — the Building Inspection Division's own current page, stating that a permit is good for 180 days and linking the Current Fee Schedule dated February 2, 2026 (see the casperfeeschedules source for that document's content)City of Casper Community Development Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Casper Municipal Code, Supplement 96, codified through Ordinance 03-26 (4-21-2026) — §5.04.040 (the seven enumerated license categories), §5.08.170 and §5.08.050 (alcohol fees), §5.38.020 (itinerant merchants), §8.04.010(B) (the mobile food vehicle exclusion added by Ordinance 06-25, 6-3-2025), §8.04.020 (health license fee classes), §8.04.030 (hardship license), §8.04.040 (fiscal year term), §8.12.020 and §8.12.040 (day-care standards and zoning), §10.36.031 (mobile vendor parking permits), §15.04.090 and §15.08.040 (certificate of occupancy), §15.04.100 (fees set by resolution), §15.12 (contractor licensing), §15.40.010 and §15.40.105 (fire code and self-inspection) and §17.96 (signs)City of Casper · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Fee Schedules — the City's own index page for Community Development fee schedules, linking the operative 'Current Fee Schedule February 2, 2026' PDF (four pages). The same file is served by casperwy.gov's content host, Revize CMS, at cms2.revize.com/revize/casperwy/Community Development/Fee Schedules/Current Fee Schedule February 2, 2026.pdf, a four-page scan containing the Combined Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Permit Fee Schedule (a per-bracket valuation table from $70 at $1 up to $841 at $100,000, then $806 for the first $100,000 plus $5.60 per additional $1,000, with a 65% plan check on commercial/multi-family valuations over $25,000 and a flat $280 on new one- and two-family residential, demolition, erosion control, code compliance, re-inspection, research and initial permit fees) and the Planning/Engineering Division(s) Development Review Fee Schedule (preliminary plat, final plat, boundary adjustment, right-of-way vacation, zone change, conditional use permit at $600.00, variance/exception, site plan by size, PUD, annexation, zoning research and city-owned property license/lease, all as one-time flat or per-hour figures). The four pages contain no certificate-of-occupancy line and no standalone sign permit line.City of Casper · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Wyoming Board of Cosmetology rules — salon license fees and annual December 31 expirationWyoming Board of Cosmetology · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Wyoming Board of Barber Examiners rules — barbershop license fees and the June 30 renewal deadlineWyoming Board of Barber Examiners · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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