Missouri home and mobile salon rules
Can you run a salon from your home in Missouri?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if it has a separate entrance that does not open off the living quarters, a restroom separate from the living quarters, and solid floor-to-ceiling partitions, and it has no beds. Below: what a home salon needs, mobile salons (allowed) and house calls (allowed), each answered from Missouri'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
- 5 listed
Licensed by the Missouri Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners.The board's site Salon license feesThe state's own words
Home salons
Can you have a salon in your home in Missouri?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if it has a separate entrance that does not open off the living quarters, a restroom separate from the living quarters, and solid floor-to-ceiling partitions, and it has no beds.
- Salon in your home
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Full Service Establishment
- State fee
- $100
What a home salon needs
A separate entrance that does not open off the living quarters
“must have a separate entrance which shall not open off the living quarters” sos.mo.gov
Solid floor-to-ceiling partitions separating the salon from the living quarters
“must be separate and apart from living quarters by solid floor to ceiling partitions” sos.mo.gov
Restroom facilities located separate and apart from the living quarters
“must have restroom facilities located separate and apart from the living quarters” sos.mo.gov
Doorways from the salon area into the home kept closed at all times
“Doorways from within the establishment area shall be kept closed at all times” sos.mo.gov
No beds in the salon
“Beds of any description are not permitted” sos.mo.gov
Missouri is one of 47 states whose official pages allow a salon in your home.
Mobile salons
Do you need a mobile salon license in Missouri?
Yes: mobile salons are allowed, with a license. A mobile salon can be licensed in Missouri as a mobile establishment, a self-contained facility that can be moved, towed or transported, and it must document where it operates by GPS tracking, a monthly itinerary or similar records.
- Mobile salon
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Mobile establishment
What a mobile salon needs
Provide GPS tracking, a monthly itinerary, or similar documentation of your location(s)
“Global position satellite tracking, monthly itinerary, or similar documentation regarding location(s)” pr.mo.gov
Missouri is one of 39 states whose official pages allow a mobile salon.
House calls
Can you do services at a client's home in Missouri?
Yes, on conditions. Licensed practitioners may work away from a licensed salon at a location other than their principal establishment, giving each client a certificate of identification before services.
The rule and Missouri's own words, on the makeup artist page for Missouri.
Good to know
What else Missouri asks
- The board must inspect and approve any new establishment before it opens.
- The establishment license covers only the current location and owners, so a location change requires a new license.
Sources
What Missouri's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Missouri'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 Missouri Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners and your local zoning office before you open.
- Home salons
“must be separate and apart from living quarters by solid floor to ceiling partitions”
sos.mo.gov “Full Service Establishment $100”
pr.mo.gov “must have a separate entrance which shall not open off the living quarters”
sos.mo.gov “must have restroom facilities located separate and apart from the living quarters”
sos.mo.gov “Doorways from within the establishment area shall be kept closed at all times”
sos.mo.gov “Beds of any description are not permitted”
sos.mo.gov - Mobile salons
“Check this box if you are applying for a mobile establishment (self-contained facility that may be moved, towed or transported from one”
pr.mo.gov “Global position satellite tracking, monthly itinerary, or similar documentation regarding location(s)”
pr.mo.gov - Also good to know
“No establishment shall open in Missouri until the board receives a completed application, on a form supplied by the board, the biennial establishment fee is paid, the establishment passes a board inspection, and the application is approved by the board.”
sos.mo.gov - Also good to know
“The establishment license issued is only valid for the current location and current establishment owner(s).”
pr.mo.gov
Questions
Missouri home and mobile salons, answered
Can you have a salon in your home in Missouri?
What are the home salon requirements in Missouri?
Do you need a mobile salon license in Missouri?
Can you do house calls in Missouri?
What else do you need to open a salon in Missouri?
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