Kansas home and mobile salon rules
Can you run a salon from your home in Kansas?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if it has a separate, outside entrance and a solid partition between the salon and the living quarters, and it passes a Board compliance inspection before opening. Below: what a home salon needs, mobile salons (allowed) and house calls (allowed), each answered from Kansas'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 the Kansas Board of Cosmetology.The board's site Salon license feesThe state's own words
Home salons
Can you have a salon in your home in Kansas?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if it has a separate, outside entrance and a solid partition between the salon and the living quarters, and it passes a Board compliance inspection before opening.
- Salon in your home
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Cosmetology Profession Establishment License (Home location)
- State fee
- $60
What a home salon needs
A separate, outside entrance
“All salons must have a separate, outside entrance.” kansas.gov
A solid partition separating the salon from the living quarters, with any door kept closed during business hours
“The partition may contain a door, but the door must remain closed during business hours.” kansas.gov
The restroom may be located in the living quarters
“The restroom may be located in the living quarters.” kansas.gov
Kansas is one of 47 states whose official pages allow a salon in your home.
Mobile salons
Do you need a mobile salon license in Kansas?
Yes: mobile salons are allowed, with a license. A mobile salon can be licensed in Kansas if it is a self-contained, enclosed unit with a securely anchored setup, 20-gallon water and holding tanks, and a recirculating flush chemical toilet, and it may not perform services while moving.
- Mobile salon
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Cosmetology Profession Establishment License (Mobile location)
- State fee
- $60
What a mobile salon needs
All equipment securely anchored to the unit
“All equipment shall be securely anchored to the mobile establishment.” kansas.gov
No services while the unit is in motion
“No services shall be performed while the mobile establishment is in motion.” kansas.gov
Water tank of at least 20 gallons
“Water tank with at least a 20-gallon capacity” kansas.gov
Holding tank of at least 20 gallons
“Holding tank with at least a 20-gallon capacity” kansas.gov
A recirculating, flush chemical toilet with a holding tank
“Recirculating, flush chemical toilet with holding tank” kansas.gov
Kansas is one of 39 states whose official pages allow a mobile salon.
House calls
Can you do services at a client's home in Kansas?
Yes, on conditions. Licensed cosmetologists and estheticians may work at a client's home or office if they work at least 51% of their weekly hours in a licensed salon or clinic and sign the board's affidavit.
The rule and Kansas's own words, on the makeup artist page for Kansas.
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What else Kansas asks
- The salon must be set up and ready at the time of the Board's compliance inspection, and it may open once it passes.
- The Board conducts a routine (annual) inspection of all salons.
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What Kansas's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Kansas'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 the Kansas Board of Cosmetology and your local zoning office before you open.
- Home salons
“Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any licensed cosmetologist, manicurist, esthetician or electrologist from practicing in the field for which licensed in such licensee's private home or residence”
ksrevisor.gov “All salons must have a separate, outside entrance.”
kansas.gov “COSMETOLOGY PROFESSION ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE APPLICATION”
kansas.gov “$60 Non-refundable Fee (check, money order or Credit Card)”
kansas.gov “The partition may contain a door, but the door must remain closed during business hours.”
kansas.gov “The restroom may be located in the living quarters.”
kansas.gov - Mobile salons
“(k) "Mobile establishment" means a self-contained, enclosed mobile unit”
kansas.gov “MOBILE ESTABISHMENTS (in addition to above)”
kansas.gov “COSMETOLOGY PROFESSION ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE APPLICATION”
kansas.gov “$60 Non-refundable Fee (check, money order or Credit Card)”
kansas.gov “All equipment shall be securely anchored to the mobile establishment.”
kansas.gov “No services shall be performed while the mobile establishment is in motion.”
kansas.gov “Water tank with at least a 20-gallon capacity”
kansas.gov “Holding tank with at least a 20-gallon capacity”
kansas.gov “Recirculating, flush chemical toilet with holding tank”
kansas.gov - Also good to know
“If you pass the compliance inspection, you are permitted to immediately open the salon.”
kansas.gov - Also good to know
“The Board conducts a routine (annual) inspection of all salons.”
kansas.gov
Questions
Kansas home and mobile salons, answered
Can you have a salon in your home in Kansas?
What are the home salon requirements in Kansas?
Do you need a mobile salon license in Kansas?
Can you do house calls in Kansas?
What else do you need to open a salon in Kansas?
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