Florida home and mobile salon rules
Can you run a salon from your home in Florida?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if its salon space is walled off from the living quarters, has its own entrance, and has toilet facilities the household does not use. Below: what a home salon needs, mobile salons (allowed) and house calls (allowed), each answered from Florida's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 31, 2026, with the state's own words.
- Salon in your home
- Allowed
- Mobile salon
- Allowed
- House calls
- Allowed
Licensed by DBPR.The board's site Salon license feesThe state's own words
Home salons
Can you have a salon in your home in Florida?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if its salon space is walled off from the living quarters, has its own entrance, and has toilet facilities the household does not use.
- Salon in your home
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Cosmetology Salon License (COSMO 6)
- State fee
- $40
What a home salon needs
Salon space walled off from the living quarters by a permanent wall
“Salon facilities must be separated from the living quarters by a permanent wall construction.” flrules.org
A separate entrance to the salon, other than through the living quarters
“A separate entrance shall be provided to allow entry to the salon other than from the living quarters.” flrules.org
Toilet and lavatory with an entrance from the salon, not from the living quarters
“Toilet and lavatory facilities shall comply with subparagraph (c)2. above and shall have an entrance from the salon other than the living quarters.” flrules.org
Toilet and lavatory separate from those the household uses
“The toilet and lavatory facilities must be separate than those used by the household.” myfloridalicense.com
Meets all other salon requirements
“The home salon must also meet all other salon requirements.” myfloridalicense.com
Florida is one of 47 states whose official pages allow a salon in your home.
Mobile salons
Do you need a mobile salon license in Florida?
Yes: mobile salons are allowed, with a license. A mobile salon can be licensed as a Mobile Cosmetology Salon if it files a monthly itinerary with the Board, keeps a permanent business address, has a functional restroom and at least 35 gallons of clean water per cosmetologist.
- Mobile salon
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Mobile Cosmetology Salon (COSMO 6)
- State fee
- $40
What a mobile salon needs
Written monthly itinerary filed with the Board before each month
“Prior to the beginning of each month, each mobile salon license holder shall file with the Board a written monthly itinerary which lists the locations where and the dates and hours when the mobile salon will be operating.” flrules.org
Permanent business address in the inspection area of the local district office
“Each mobile salon license holder shall maintain a permanent business address in the inspection area of the local district office” flrules.org
A functional restroom with a self-contained, flush chemical toilet and holding tank
“Each mobile salon shall be equipped with a functional restroom which includes a self-contained, flush chemical toilet with a holding tank.” flrules.org
Storage for at least 35 gallons of clean water per cosmetologist
“Each mobile salon shall have storage capacity for at least 35 gallons of clean water for each cosmetologist working in the mobile salon” flrules.org
Salon name and license number in lettering at least five inches high on two exterior sides
“The salon name and salon license number shall be in lettering at least five inches in height and shall be visibly displayed and clearly legible on at least two exteriors sides of each mobile salon.” flrules.org
No services or patrons while the mobile salon is in motion
“No cosmetology services shall be performed and no patrons shall remain within a mobile salon while it is in motion.” flrules.org
Florida is one of 39 states whose official pages allow a mobile salon.
House calls
Can you do services at a client's home in Florida?
Yes, on conditions. Licensed cosmetologists and specialists may work outside a salon at weddings and other special events of up to three consecutive days.
The rule and Florida's own words, on the makeup artist page for Florida.
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What else Florida asks
- Salons are inspected after the license is issued (flea market salons are inspected before)
- Home salons must also comply with local building and fire codes
- Mobile salons may not perform services while the vehicle is moving
Sources
What Florida's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Florida's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 31, 2026. Your city or county may add its own rules for a home business: confirm with DBPR and your local zoning office before you open.
- Home salons
“Yes. You can operate the salon out of your home as long as the salon facilities are separated from the living quarters by a permanent wall.”
myfloridalicense.com “A salon, or specialty salon may be located at a place of residence.”
flrules.org “A Florida cosmetology salon license must be issued and available for posting before a salon can open for business.”
myfloridalicense.com “Cosmetology Salon License (COSMO 6)”
myfloridalicense.com “The salon license fee shall be forty dollars ($40.00).”
flrules.org “Salon facilities must be separated from the living quarters by a permanent wall construction.”
flrules.org “A separate entrance shall be provided to allow entry to the salon other than from the living quarters.”
flrules.org “Toilet and lavatory facilities shall comply with subparagraph (c)2. above and shall have an entrance from the salon other than the living quarters.”
flrules.org “The toilet and lavatory facilities must be separate than those used by the household.”
myfloridalicense.com “The home salon must also meet all other salon requirements.”
myfloridalicense.com - Mobile salons
“The board shall adopt rules governing the licensure, operation, and inspection of mobile cosmetology salons, including their facilities, personnel, and safety and sanitary requirements.”
leg.state.fl.us “A mobile cosmetology salon is a salon that operates from a mobile vehicle.”
myfloridalicense.com “Mobile Cosmetology Salon (COSMO 6)”
myfloridalicense.com “Applicants for licensure of a mobile salon shall be subject to and shall pay the same fees which licensed salons at fixed locations are subject to.”
flrules.org “The salon license fee shall be forty dollars ($40.00).”
flrules.org “Prior to the beginning of each month, each mobile salon license holder shall file with the Board a written monthly itinerary which lists the locations where and the dates and hours when the mobile salon will be operating.”
flrules.org “Each mobile salon license holder shall maintain a permanent business address in the inspection area of the local district office”
flrules.org “Each mobile salon shall be equipped with a functional restroom which includes a self-contained, flush chemical toilet with a holding tank.”
flrules.org “Each mobile salon shall have storage capacity for at least 35 gallons of clean water for each cosmetologist working in the mobile salon”
flrules.org “The salon name and salon license number shall be in lettering at least five inches in height and shall be visibly displayed and clearly legible on at least two exteriors sides of each mobile salon.”
flrules.org “No cosmetology services shall be performed and no patrons shall remain within a mobile salon while it is in motion.”
flrules.org - Also good to know
“All salons will be inspected, with the exception of flea market salons, after the license has been issued.”
myfloridalicense.com - Also good to know
“Comply with all local building and fire codes.”
flrules.org - Also good to know
“No cosmetology services shall be performed and no patrons shall remain within a mobile salon while it is in motion.”
flrules.org
Questions
Florida home and mobile salons, answered
Can you have a salon in your home in Florida?
What are the home salon requirements in Florida?
Do you need a mobile salon license in Florida?
Can you do house calls in Florida?
What else do you need to open a salon in Florida?
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