Michigan home and mobile salon rules
Can you run a salon from your home in Michigan?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed as a cosmetology establishment only if it is completely separated from the dwelling by full partitions and doors. Below: what a home salon needs, mobile salons (allowed) and house calls (allowed), each answered from Michigan'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
- Home salon rules
- 1 listed
Licensed by LARA.The board's site Salon license feesThe state's own words
Home salons
Can you have a salon in your home in Michigan?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed as a cosmetology establishment only if it is completely separated from the dwelling by full partitions and doors.
- Salon in your home
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Cosmetology establishment license
- State fee
- $75
What a home salon needs
Completely separated by full partitions and doors from the dwelling
“Ensure that the establishment is completely separated by full partitions and doors from a dwelling or the premises of a school of cosmetology.” legislature.mi.gov
Michigan is one of 47 states whose official pages allow a salon in your home.
Mobile salons
Do you need a mobile salon license in Michigan?
Yes: mobile salons are allowed, with a license. Michigan law treats a mobile salon as a cosmetology establishment, and the state must write rules for mobile salon operation that include sanitation standards.
- Mobile salon
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Cosmetology establishment license
Michigan is one of 39 states whose official pages allow a mobile salon.
House calls
Can you do services at a client's home in Michigan?
Yes, on conditions. A licensed cosmetology establishment may operate as a mobile salon at a client's home or another temporary location, under LARA's mobile salon rules.
The rule and Michigan's own words, on the makeup artist page for Michigan.
Good to know
What else Michigan asks
- The state inspects the establishment and its premises before issuing the establishment license.
- Business may not be conducted in the establishment until after the inspection has occurred and the license is issued.
- A change of location does not void a mobile salon's license.
Sources
What Michigan's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Michigan'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 LARA and your local zoning office before you open.
- Home salons
“Ensure that the establishment is completely separated by full partitions and doors from a dwelling or the premises of a school of cosmetology.”
legislature.mi.gov “The department shall issue a license to a person to operate a cosmetology establishment, at the premises specified in the license application, if all of the following requirements are met:”
legislature.mi.gov “Cosmetology Establishment $75.00”
michigan.gov - Mobile salons
“Cosmetology establishment includes a mobile salon and a cosmetology suite.”
legislature.mi.gov “The department in consultation with the board shall promulgate rules for the operation of mobile salons”
legislature.mi.gov “The department shall issue a license to a person to operate a cosmetology establishment, at the premises specified in the license application, if all of the following requirements are met:”
legislature.mi.gov - Also good to know
“The establishment and its premises have satisfactorily passed an inspection conducted by the department”
legislature.mi.gov - Also good to know
“Business is not permitted to be conducted in the cosmetology establishment until after an inspection has occurred and the license has been issued.”
michigan.gov - Also good to know
“except for a mobile salon, a change in the location of the cosmetology establishment”
legislature.mi.gov
Questions
Michigan home and mobile salons, answered
Can you have a salon in your home in Michigan?
What are the home salon requirements in Michigan?
Do you need a mobile salon license in Michigan?
Can you do house calls in Michigan?
What else do you need to open a salon in Michigan?
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- What Michigan requires to license a salon, with its fees
- What Michigan inspectors check in a salon
- Hours and fees for each Michigan cosmetology license
- Sales tax on salon services in Michigan
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