Mississippi home and mobile salon rules
Can you run a salon from your home in Mississippi?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed in Mississippi if it has a solid wall to the ceiling, either an outside entrance or a door to the house that stays closed during services, and the salon space is not used for living or other residential purposes. Below: what a home salon needs, mobile salons (not stated) and house calls (allowed), each answered from Mississippi'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
- Not stated
- House calls
- Allowed
- Home salon rules
- 5 listed
Licensed by the Mississippi State 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 Mississippi?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed in Mississippi if it has a solid wall to the ceiling, either an outside entrance or a door to the house that stays closed during services, and the salon space is not used for living or other residential purposes.
- Salon in your home
- Allowed
- License it needs
- salon/barber shop license
What a home salon needs
A wall between the salon and the home that is of ceiling height
“The wall between the salon and home must be of ceiling height.” sos.ms.gov
An outside entrance, or if a door connects to the house, that door kept closed
“wall to the ceiling with an outside entrance, or if a door exists” billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
The door to the house must be kept closed at all times while services are being rendered
“door must be kept closed at all times while service is being” billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
Any restroom inside a home salon is subject to inspection
“If a restroom is within a home salon, it shall be subject to inspection.” sos.ms.gov
The licensed salon space may not be used for living purposes or other residential use
“A licensed establishment must not be used for living purposes or other residential use.” sos.ms.gov
Mississippi is one of 47 states whose official pages allow a salon in your home.
Mobile salons
Do you need a mobile salon license in Mississippi?
Not stated. Mississippi's official pages we read do not say whether a mobile salon can be licensed. Ask the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology before you set one up.
- Mobile salon
- Not stated
House calls
Can you do services at a client's home in Mississippi?
Yes, on conditions. Licensed cosmetologists and barbers may work outside a salon only for clients confined by illness, such as at home or in a hospital.
The rule and Mississippi's own words, on the makeup artist page for Mississippi.
Good to know
What else Mississippi asks
- A 2026 law requires the board to adopt rules by January 1, 2027 to license mobile salons and barber shops.
- A licensed mobile salon must be affiliated with a permanently located salon and may serve only within a defined distance of it.
- Licensees may practice only within the physical confines of a licensed salon, with exceptions such as services to people confined by illness.
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What Mississippi's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Mississippi'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 Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology and your local zoning office before you open.
- Home salons
“A home salon/barber shop must have a solid”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “salon/barber shop license and shall pay to the board the required”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “The wall between the salon and home must be of ceiling height.”
sos.ms.gov “wall to the ceiling with an outside entrance, or if a door exists”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “door must be kept closed at all times while service is being”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “If a restroom is within a home salon, it shall be subject to inspection.”
sos.ms.gov “A licensed establishment must not be used for living purposes or other residential use.”
sos.ms.gov - Also good to know
“regulations to enable licensure of mobile salon/barber shops.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us - Also good to know
“permanently located salon/barber shop and may provide services”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us - Also good to know
“confines of a salon/barber shop possessing”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
Questions
Mississippi home and mobile salons, answered
Can you have a salon in your home in Mississippi?
What are the home salon requirements in Mississippi?
Do you need a mobile salon license in Mississippi?
Can you do house calls in Mississippi?
What else do you need to open a salon in Mississippi?
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- What Mississippi inspectors check in a salon
- Hours and fees for each Mississippi cosmetology license
- Sales tax on salon services in Mississippi
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