Wyoming home and mobile salon rules

Can you run a salon from your home in Wyoming?

Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if it has a separate, clearly marked salon entrance, toilet and hand-washing facilities used only by the salon, and no route through living quarters. Below: what a home salon needs, mobile salons (allowed) and house calls (allowed), each answered from Wyoming's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 31, 2026, with the state's own words.

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Home salons

Can you have a salon in your home in Wyoming?

Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if it has a separate, clearly marked salon entrance, toilet and hand-washing facilities used only by the salon, and no route through living quarters.

Salon in your home
Allowed
License it needs
Salon License
State fee
$300

What a home salon needs

  • A separate, clearly marked salon entrance that does not pass through living quarters

    “clearly marked salon entrance. Entrance way into the salon area shall not pass through any” drive.google.com

  • Toilet and hand-washing facilities designated for salon use only

    “facilities that are designated for salon use only and be kept clean and in good repair.” drive.google.com

  • Restrooms may not require passage through living quarters

    “Restrooms shall not require passage through living quarters of the residence.” drive.google.com

  • Salon area adequately heated, lighted, and ventilated

    “In-home salons shall be adequately heated, lighted, and ventilated.” drive.google.com

Wyoming is one of 47 states whose official pages allow a salon in your home.

Mobile salons

Do you need a mobile salon license in Wyoming?

Yes: mobile salons are allowed, with a license. A mobile salon needs its own Board license and must pass a Board inspection or receive verbal approval before opening, with self-contained water and waste tanks and no services while the unit is moving.

Mobile salon
Allowed
License it needs
Mobile Salon License

What a mobile salon needs

  • Pass a Board inspection or receive verbal approval before opening

    “Mobile salon must pass Board inspection, or receive verbal approval from the” drive.google.com

  • Submit a detailed floor plan of the work space, restrooms, entrances and exits

    “A detailed floor plan of the mobile salon work space, location of” drive.google.com

  • All equipment securely anchored to the mobile unit

    “All equipment shall be securely anchored to the mobile unit.” drive.google.com

  • No services performed while the unit is in motion

    “No services shall be performed while unit is in motion.” drive.google.com

  • Self-contained potable water supply and waste water collection tanks

    “A self-contained, potable water supply, and waste water collection tanks” drive.google.com

Wyoming is one of 39 states whose official pages allow a mobile salon.

House calls

Can you do services at a client's home in Wyoming?

Yes, on conditions. Licensed cosmetologists and estheticians may work at a client's home, or at a hotel or care facility where the client is staying, if infection control standards are followed.

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Good to know

What else Wyoming asks

  • The salon must have an inspection or verbal approval, and its license posted, before it opens
  • Applications must be received at least 15 days before the opening date
  • Home salons must also meet city rules; city business licensing is separate

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What Wyoming's official pages say

Each answer above, in the words of Wyoming'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 Wyoming Board of Cosmetology and your local zoning office before you open.

Home salons
“In-home salons, in compliance with city ordinances, must have a separate”
drive.google.com
“Commercial Building or Space In-Home Salon Existing Barber Shop”
drive.google.com
“Salon License Fee:”
drive.google.com
“$300.00 Check or Money Order only”
drive.google.com
“clearly marked salon entrance. Entrance way into the salon area shall not pass through any”
drive.google.com
“facilities that are designated for salon use only and be kept clean and in good repair.”
drive.google.com
“Restrooms shall not require passage through living quarters of the residence.”
drive.google.com
“In-home salons shall be adequately heated, lighted, and ventilated.”
drive.google.com
Mobile salons
“No person shall establish or operate a mobile salon until such person has obtained”
drive.google.com
“a mobile salon license from the Board. Applications shall be received a minimum of fifteen (15)”
drive.google.com
“Mobile salon must pass Board inspection, or receive verbal approval from the”
drive.google.com
“A detailed floor plan of the mobile salon work space, location of”
drive.google.com
“All equipment shall be securely anchored to the mobile unit.”
drive.google.com
“No services shall be performed while unit is in motion.”
drive.google.com
“A self-contained, potable water supply, and waste water collection tanks”
drive.google.com
Also good to know
“Salon must have inspection or verbal approval and salon license posted prior to opening.”
drive.google.com
Also good to know
“Applications shall be received a minimum of fifteen (15)”
drive.google.com
Also good to know
“Cities have different requirements for a business license, contact your local city, business licensing division.”
drive.google.com

Questions

Wyoming home and mobile salons, answered

Can you have a salon in your home in Wyoming?
Yes, with conditions. A salon in your home can be licensed if it has a separate, clearly marked salon entrance, toilet and hand-washing facilities used only by the salon, and no route through living quarters.
What are the home salon requirements in Wyoming?
Wyoming's official pages set these: a separate, clearly marked salon entrance that does not pass through living quarters; toilet and hand-washing facilities designated for salon use only; restrooms may not require passage through living quarters; salon area adequately heated, lighted, and ventilated.
Do you need a mobile salon license in Wyoming?
Yes: mobile salons are allowed, with a license. A mobile salon needs its own Board license and must pass a Board inspection or receive verbal approval before opening, with self-contained water and waste tanks and no services while the unit is moving.
Can you do house calls in Wyoming?
Yes, on conditions. Licensed cosmetologists and estheticians may work at a client's home, or at a hotel or care facility where the client is staying, if infection control standards are followed.
What else do you need to open a salon in Wyoming?
A license for your own work and, in most states, a license for the salon as a business. See what Wyoming requires to open a salon, with its fees and inspection rules.

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