Nevada home and mobile salon rules
Can you run a salon from your home in Nevada?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home in Nevada can be licensed if the practice rooms are completely separate from the living quarters, sealed off so the only entrances are from the street, and located in an area where local zoning allows cosmetology. Below: what a home salon needs, mobile salons (allowed) and house calls (salon only), each answered from Nevada'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
- Salon only
- Home salon rules
- 5 listed
Licensed by the Nevada 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 Nevada?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home in Nevada can be licensed if the practice rooms are completely separate from the living quarters, sealed off so the only entrances are from the street, and located in an area where local zoning allows cosmetology.
- Salon in your home
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Cosmetological establishment license
What a home salon needs
The practice rooms must be completely separate from any rooms used for living quarters
“Cosmetology may be practiced in private residences only when the rooms used for the practice are completely separate from any rooms used for living quarters.” leg.state.nv.us
The practice rooms must be permanently sealed off from the living quarters, with the only entrances and exits from the street
“The rooms used for the practice must be completely and permanently sealed off from the living quarters so that the only entrances to and exits from that portion of the residence used for the practice of cosmetology are from the street.” leg.state.nv.us
The practice room ceiling must be at least 8 feet high
“Have a ceiling that is not less than 8 feet in height;” leg.state.nv.us
Toilets used by the salon must be separate from any toilets used by residents
“Have toilets which are separate from any toilets used by residents;” leg.state.nv.us
The home must be in an area where local zoning allows the practice of cosmetology
“A private residence in which cosmetology is practiced must be located in a geographical area in which the practice of cosmetology is allowed by local zoning ordinances.” leg.state.nv.us
Nevada is one of 47 states whose official pages allow a salon in your home.
Mobile salons
Do you need a mobile salon license in Nevada?
Yes: mobile salons are allowed, with a license. A mobile salon in Nevada can be licensed as a self-contained, enclosed unit with its own water tanks, restroom and generator, and it needs a work permit from each county and city where it operates plus a monthly itinerary filed with the Board.
- Mobile salon
- Allowed
- License it needs
- Mobile cosmetological establishment license
What a mobile salon needs
A fresh-water holding tank of at least 100 gallons, permanently labeled for that use
“A holding tank which holds at least 100 gallons of self-contained fresh water and which is permanently and distinctly labeled for such use;” leg.state.nv.us
A gray-water holding tank of at least 100 gallons, permanently labeled for that use
“A holding tank which holds at least 100 gallons of self-contained gray water and which is permanently and distinctly labeled for such use” leg.state.nv.us
Restrooms inside the unit with a self-contained, recirculating, flush chemical toilet with holding tank
“A mobile cosmetological establishment must have restrooms within its perimeter including a self-contained, recirculating, flush chemical toilet with holding tank.” leg.state.nv.us
A generator with a capacity of at least 6,500 watts
“A capacity of at least 6,500 watts;” leg.state.nv.us
A monthly itinerary of dates, locations and times of service, submitted to the Board
“The holder of a license to operate a mobile cosmetological establishment shall submit to the Board a monthly itinerary showing the dates, locations, and times of service to be provided throughout the State.” leg.state.nv.us
Work permits or approvals from each county and city where the unit operates
“Copies of work permits or approvals from each county and city of operation granting the owner of the establishment permission to conduct mobile cosmetological services within that county and city” leg.state.nv.us
Nevada is one of 39 states whose official pages allow a mobile salon.
House calls
Can you do services at a client's home in Nevada?
Only in a licensed salon. Licensed cosmetologists and estheticians may practice only in a licensed salon, apart from Board-approved emergencies and donated charity work.
The rule and Nevada's own words, on the makeup artist page for Nevada.
Good to know
What else Nevada asks
- The Board conducts an opening inspection before it issues a license for a cosmetological establishment.
- A mobile salon application must be filed at least 10 days before the proposed opening date.
- Removing equipment from a mobile salon makes its license null and void.
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What Nevada's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Nevada'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 Nevada State Board of Cosmetology and your local zoning office before you open.
- Home salons
“Cosmetology may be practiced in private residences only when the rooms used for the practice are completely separate from any rooms used for living quarters.”
leg.state.nv.us “the owner must receive a variance from the appropriate local governing body before applying to the Board for a license for the cosmetological establishment.”
leg.state.nv.us “The rooms used for the practice must be completely and permanently sealed off from the living quarters so that the only entrances to and exits from that portion of the residence used for the practice of cosmetology are from the street.”
leg.state.nv.us “Have a ceiling that is not less than 8 feet in height;”
leg.state.nv.us “Have toilets which are separate from any toilets used by residents;”
leg.state.nv.us “A private residence in which cosmetology is practiced must be located in a geographical area in which the practice of cosmetology is allowed by local zoning ordinances.”
leg.state.nv.us - Mobile salons
“means a self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit where one or more persons engage in the practice of cosmetology.”
leg.state.nv.us “means any premises, mobile unit, building or part of a building where cosmetology is practiced.”
leg.state.nv.us “An application for a license to operate a mobile cosmetological establishment must be filed with the Board not less than 10 days before the proposed opening date.”
leg.state.nv.us “A holding tank which holds at least 100 gallons of self-contained fresh water and which is permanently and distinctly labeled for such use;”
leg.state.nv.us “A holding tank which holds at least 100 gallons of self-contained gray water and which is permanently and distinctly labeled for such use”
leg.state.nv.us “A mobile cosmetological establishment must have restrooms within its perimeter including a self-contained, recirculating, flush chemical toilet with holding tank.”
leg.state.nv.us “A capacity of at least 6,500 watts;”
leg.state.nv.us “The holder of a license to operate a mobile cosmetological establishment shall submit to the Board a monthly itinerary showing the dates, locations, and times of service to be provided throughout the State.”
leg.state.nv.us “Copies of work permits or approvals from each county and city of operation granting the owner of the establishment permission to conduct mobile cosmetological services within that county and city”
leg.state.nv.us - Also good to know
“Before issuing a license for a cosmetological establishment, the Board shall conduct an opening inspection of the proposed cosmetological establishment”
leg.state.nv.us - Also good to know
“An application for a license to operate a mobile cosmetological establishment must be filed with the Board not less than 10 days before the proposed opening date.”
leg.state.nv.us - Also good to know
“If equipment is removed from a mobile cosmetological establishment, the license to operate the establishment becomes null and void.”
leg.state.nv.us
Questions
Nevada home and mobile salons, answered
Can you have a salon in your home in Nevada?
What are the home salon requirements in Nevada?
Do you need a mobile salon license in Nevada?
Can you do house calls in Nevada?
What else do you need to open a salon in Nevada?
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