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August 9, 2026 Personal Care & Grooming new business activity in Florida

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By NewBiz Alert, from Florida Division of Corporations filings, county and city commission, planning and redevelopment records, and state licensing boards. How we built this.

Almost nobody in this industry works for a big company. A Florida salon is usually one owner, a handful of chairs, and a lease. The barbershop on a corner, the nail studio in a strip center, the lash and brow room rented by the week, the day spa behind a plaza door, and the stylist who rents a suite and runs her own book are each their own registered business. They license with the state, they build out a space that needs plumbing and ventilation most storefronts do not, they buy chairs and mirrors and product, and only then do they open. New ones keep forming across Florida, and the local approvals that decide which storefronts may hold a salon or a barbershop shape where that work shows up.

New personal care and grooming businesses are forming fastest in Southeast Florida. A salon or barbershop is a small business with a build-out bill closer to a restaurant than a clothing shop. Shampoo bowls and pedicure stations need supply lines, drains, and a water heater sized for them. Color and acrylic work needs real ventilation, so a nail or lash room usually needs its own exhaust and make-up air. Then come the chairs, mirrors, cabinetry, flooring that survives water and chemicals, the sign, and the card reader. Once open, the spending does not stop: color and product lines from beauty-supply distributors, laundry and linen service, booking software, card processing, liability insurance, and the state license renewal that the shop and every person working in it carries. Staff are the constant constraint, so the regional cosmetology and barbering programs matter to these owners as much as the suppliers do.

The counts below show where new personal care and grooming businesses are registering, by region, over the last 30, 90, and 365 days. Under them is the recent activity these owners are watching, from salon-suite floors and plaza build-outs to barbershop approvals and new training capacity, with the specific businesses each development puts to work. The state licensing boards and the local training programs and business tax offices live at the bottom, in Personal Care & Grooming Resources.

New in last 30 days

2,633

New in last 90 days

9,390

New in last year

41,662

Counts as of August 9, 2026.

The numbers

Where it is happening, by region

New personal care and grooming businesses by region, over the last 30, 90, and 365 days. Regions are ranked by the last year.

Region30 days90 days1 yearTrend
Southeast FloridaMost active5132,65213,113Cooling off
Central Florida2741,5387,797Cooling off
Tampa Bay2551,2915,848Cooling off
Northeast Florida825022,464Cooling off
Southwest Florida764442,436Cooling off
Northwest Florida553111,629Cooling off
North Central Florida28179843Cooling off
Florida total2,6339,39041,662

Another 7,532 new businesses in the last year did not list a county, so they are counted in the Florida total but not placed in a region.

The news

Recent personal care and grooming developments across Florida

Each item below is a decision, a pending application, or a published record from roughly the last 60 days, with a link to the government page or the organization that published it. Much of this industry reaches the record as a local land use or tenant matter, because a city usually has to sign off on a salon or barbershop in a given storefront before it can open there. One item is older than the window and says so in its own text.

  • Northwest Florida· 2026-08-03

    Destin's sign rewrite keeps traditional barber poles as the one exception to its moving sign ban

    Exhibit A to City of Destin Ordinance 26-07-LC sits on the City Council packet for August 3, 2026. It renumbers and renames the city's sign rules into a new Article 8, Sign Regulations. The draft bans signs with visible moving, revolving, or rotating parts, and any visible mechanical movement of any description, then names traditional barber poles as the only thing that rule does not touch.

    A sign code rewrite sets one standard for the businesses that build, wire, and hang a shop front in Okaloosa County.

    Who this helps

    • sign fabricators
    • electrical sign installers
    • awning shops
    • permit consultants
    • storefront contractors

    Florida keeps the oldest piece of signage in this industry legal, and gives Destin storefronts one clear rule to build to.

    Source: City of Destin City Council

  • Northwest Florida· effective 2026-08-01

    A Gadsden County technical college adds evening barbering classes

    Gadsden Technical College in Quincy says its evening barbering classes start in August 2026, and that they run Monday through Thursday from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. The college says the evening schedule is designed to accommodate students who need one. The program runs 900 hours across 4 courses, and the instruction is designed to qualify students for employment once they pass the Florida barber license examination.

    An evening class opens a licensed trade to people already working days, and every graduate is somebody a Panhandle shop can hire.

    Who this helps

    • barbershops
    • men's grooming lounges
    • salon suite operators
    • barber chair and station suppliers
    • beauty supply distributors

    Florida widens who can train for a licensed trade in the Big Bend without giving up a day job.

    Source: Gadsden Technical College

  • North Central Florida· announced 2026-08-05

    Ocala's arts commission takes up a $2,000 mural grant for a salon and spa

    The Ocala Municipal Arts Commission met at 4:00 PM on August 5, 2026 in the council chambers at Ocala City Hall, 110 SE Watula Avenue. Item 2026-1843 on that agenda is a mural grant application for $2,000 for a salon and spa. The city's record for that meeting shows no motion and no result for the item.

    A storefront mural is a small job that still needs a crew, a lift, and materials bought locally.

    Who this helps

    • muralists
    • public artists
    • surface prep crews
    • exterior painting contractors
    • lift and scaffold rental yards
    • paint and coating suppliers

    Florida gets a better looking storefront in Ocala, which helps hold foot traffic for the small businesses around it.

    Source: Ocala Municipal Arts Commission

  • North Central Florida· 2026-06-09

    Ocala approves a parking lot rebuild at an East Ocala hair salon

    City of Ocala Growth Management staff approved Certificate of Appropriateness COA26-0038 on June 9, 2026 for 703 East Fort King Street. The approved work is resurfacing and repairing the existing asphalt parking lot and driveway, removing and replacing deteriorated asphalt sections, installing a new asphalt overlay, and restriping the pavement markings. The local business tax receipt in the same case file lists that address as a general business with the subtype beauty or barbershop, and the property record in the file names the site a hair salon. Redevelopment application CRA26-0015 in the same file puts the low bids at $6,700 for the parking lot and $4,755.95 for painting, $11,455.95 together, and caps the city's grant at a 60% match not to exceed $6,874. The approval is valid for 6 months, and work has to start inside that time.

    Work like this is bid out to local crews and bought from local yards.

    Who this helps

    • asphalt paving contractors
    • sealcoating crews
    • pavement striping crews
    • site grading and drainage subcontractors
    • commercial painters
    • asphalt and traffic paint suppliers

    Florida keeps a long running small business in place inside an Ocala redevelopment district and holds the property's value on the tax roll.

    Source: City of Ocala Growth Management Department

  • Northeast Florida· announced 2026-07-23

    A nail salon is set to open at the new Marketplace at Nocatee center in Ponte Vedra

    Nocatee's master developer posted on July 23, 2026 that a nail salon will open in late October 2026 at Marketplace at Nocatee, the center west of Nocatee Town Center along Valley Ridge Boulevard. The shop will offer manicures and pedicures along with eyebrow and eyelash services. A supermarket is already open at the center, and a restaurant, a gas station and convenience store, a pilates studio, a wine and spirits shop, and a further phase are all listed as coming.

    Fitting out a nail salon is a plumbing and ventilation job before it is a retail one, so the trade list runs long.

    Who this helps

    • commercial general contractors
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • salon fixture and millwork suppliers
    • sign fabricators
    • flooring installers
    • mirror installers

    Florida fills new retail space on the First Coast with a licensed service business rather than leaving it dark.

    Source: Nocatee

  • Northeast Florida· 2026-06-23

    Florida State College at Jacksonville opens a second barbering lab at its Kent Campus

    The college held a ribbon cutting on June 23, 2026 to unveil the new barbering lab at Kent Campus. The barbering program had been housed in a dedicated lab at the college's North Campus. A $40,000 grant the program was awarded at the 2024 National Association of Community College Entrepreneurs Pitch for the Skilled Trades competition paid for the expansion. The college says its barbering career certificate is designed to qualify students for employment once they pass the Florida barber license examination.

    Building and fitting out a training lab runs the same trade list as a shop, at a larger scale.

    Who this helps

    • commercial general contractors
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • barber station and millwork suppliers
    • mirror installers
    • flooring installers

    Florida turns out more licensed barbers for First Coast shops, and more graduates who go on to open their own.

    Source: Florida State College at Jacksonville

  • Central Florida· 2026-07-16

    St. Cloud's council takes up a barbershop's request to serve beer and wine in a 13th Street plaza

    Resolution 2026-079R came before the St. Cloud City Council on July 16, 2026. It would grant a conditional use for an alcoholic beverage establishment at 4415 13th Street, in the Highway Business district on the roughly 13.53 acres known as Dylan Plaza, so the applicant can serve beer and wine as an accessory to barbershop services. The agenda records the request and does not record an outcome, and the city has posted no minutes for that meeting.

    A grooming lounge fit-out runs the same trades as a salon, plus the counter and cooler work that beverage service adds.

    Who this helps

    • commercial general contractors
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • salon fixture and millwork suppliers
    • commercial refrigeration installers
    • sign fabricators
    • flooring installers

    Florida keeps an occupied storefront in an established plaza and lets a small service business widen what it can sell.

    Source: City of St. Cloud City Council

  • Central Florida· reported 2026-07-28

    Three beauty salons show up in Melbourne's June business tax receipts

    The City Manager's Activity Report for June 2026, presented to the Melbourne City Council on July 28, 2026, lists the business tax receipts the city issued that month alongside the date each was applied for. Three of the businesses on the list are typed beauty salon, at commercial addresses on North Wickham Road, Highland Avenue, and South Babcock Street. The report gives the type, the address, and the date, and nothing further about the shops.

    A local receipt is the last box a shop ticks before it opens, so this list is the closest thing to an opening calendar a city publishes.

    Who this helps

    • salon fixture suppliers
    • beauty supply distributors
    • commercial cleaning services
    • linen and laundry services
    • booking software providers
    • card payment processors
    • business insurance agencies

    Florida gets a plain public record of where new personal care businesses are actually opening, month by month.

    Source: City of Melbourne City Council

  • Tampa Bay· effective 2026-08-01

    A Citrus County technical college starts a barbering program in August

    Withlacoochee Technical College in Inverness lists a 900 hour barbering program, and its own program page says the class starts in August 2026 and runs August through June. Classes meet Monday through Thursday evenings from 5 to 10 PM, with Saturdays as needed. The college says a student who finishes will be fully prepared to sit for the Florida barber license examination.

    Standing up a barbering lab buys chairs, plumbing, and power, and every class that finishes feeds the shop fit-outs that come after.

    Who this helps

    • barber chair and station suppliers
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • mirror installers
    • flooring installers

    Florida adds a public training route for a licensed trade, so Citrus County residents can earn the license close to home.

    Source: Withlacoochee Technical College

  • Tampa Bay· announced 2026-08-27

    A St. Petersburg salon suites floor marks its first year

    The St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce lists a ribbon cutting from 2:00 to 3:00 PM on August 27, 2026 at a salon suites floor at 11 7th Street North. The listing describes the site as high end, turnkey salon suites where local beauty, health, and wellness professionals rent their own mini salon, and says the hour includes a tour of the studio, time with the people renting the suites, and refreshments.

    A suites floor turns over tenant by tenant, so the fit-out work repeats instead of happening once.

    Who this helps

    • commercial general contractors
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • salon fixture and millwork suppliers
    • mirror installers
    • flooring installers

    Florida gets a building where licensed stylists and barbers run their own small businesses, which spreads the work across many operators instead of one employer.

    Source: St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce

  • Southwest Florida· announced 2026-06-30

    A Bonita Springs nail salon changes hands within the family and sets a ribbon cutting

    A chamber release dated June 30, 2026 says three sisters took on the full service nail salon at 26795 South Bay Drive, unit 164, at The Promenade at Bonita Bay after their parents decided to retire, and that a ribbon cutting was set for 9:30 AM on Friday, July 10.

    A handover usually comes with a refresh, and it always comes with a restock.

    Who this helps

    • commercial general contractors
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • salon fixture suppliers
    • sign fabricators
    • beauty supply distributors

    Florida keeps a licensed personal care business open and staffed in a Gulf coast retail center rather than losing the storefront when the family's older generation steps back.

    Source: Above Board Chamber of Southwest Florida

  • Southeast Florida· announced 2026-07-07

    Dania Beach's redevelopment agency builds a week around its downtown salons, barbershops and spas

    The executive director's administrative report to the Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board on July 7, 2026 says the agency will promote Dania Beach Self-Care Week, set for August 1 to 8, 2026, to highlight and support downtown businesses in the health, wellness, beauty, and personal care sectors, including salons, barber shops, spas, gyms, medical professionals, and providers of wellness related products, services, foods, and beverages. Participating businesses and their offers go on the agency website, its social media, and the Dania Beach Press, and each one gets a temporary window decal for its storefront. The participation form in the same packet set a July 15, 2026 submission deadline.

    A promotion built around one sector sends its shops to the suppliers who make a storefront look ready for it.

    Who this helps

    • sign and decal printers
    • window graphics installers
    • commercial photographers
    • marketing and social media agencies
    • commercial cleaning services
    • exterior painting contractors

    Florida gets a downtown promoting the small service businesses already sitting in its storefronts instead of only chasing new tenants.

    Source: Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Agency

  • Southeast Florida· 2026-06-02

    Port St. Lucie's zoning board approves a building that can be filled mostly with personal service shops

    This one is dated June 2, 2026, a little older than the roughly 60 days the rest of this list covers, and it is kept because it is the region's clearest recent decision to build space for these shops. The Port St. Lucie Planning and Zoning Board took up special exception use application P26-004, the Riverview Plan, on June 2, 2026, for the southwest corner of SW Sultan Drive and SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard, north of the C-24 Canal. The request allows retail or personal services uses to exceed 50% of the building's gross square footage, and allows any one use to exceed 5,000 square feet, in the Limited Mixed Use zoning district. The board's record shows the action as approved and the result as pass.

    A shell built for personal service tenants gets fitted out suite by suite, so the same trades come back for each one.

    Who this helps

    • commercial general contractors
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • salon fixture and millwork suppliers
    • sign fabricators
    • flooring installers
    • mirror installers

    Florida gets a small commercial center that puts everyday services within reach of the neighborhoods around it.

    Source: City of Port St. Lucie Planning and Zoning Board

  • Central Florida· announced 2026-08-01

    A salon suites operator lists an Altamonte Springs location as coming this month

    Salons by JC lists a location it calls Salons by JC Oak Grove at 995 N State Rd 434, suite 1006, in Altamonte Springs, and the company's own page for the site says it is coming in August 2026. The page gives no suite count and no square footage.

    A suites building is fitted out once and then refitted every time a tenant changes, so the trades keep coming back to it.

    Who this helps

    • commercial general contractors
    • plumbers
    • electricians
    • ventilation installers
    • salon fixture and millwork suppliers
    • mirror installers
    • flooring installers
    • sign fabricators

    Florida gets more space where a licensed stylist, barber, or esthetician can run a business alone instead of working for someone else.

    Source: Salons by JC

So what

What it means for you

This industry almost never reaches the public record as its own project. It reaches it as a tenant inside somebody else's building, or as a use a city has to decide it will allow. That is why the items above are mostly plazas, shells, sign rules, use approvals, and receipt lists rather than salon announcements. Watching for salon news misses most of the work. Watching which storefronts get cleared for personal services finds it months earlier.

Formation is running slower than it was. In all 7 regions, the last 30 days came in under the average 30 days across the 60 day span before them. That is a direction, not a cliff, and it changes nothing about what a shop costs to open. It does mean the trades and suppliers who sell into this industry are working a thinner stream of brand new owners right now, so the repeat work in the items above, the fit-outs, the suite turnovers, and the handovers, is the steadier side of the business.

Training capacity is the constraint this whole sector shares, and it is the one thing here that keeps visibly growing. Three of the developments above are new or expanded barbering training, on the First Coast, on the Gulf coast, and in the Big Bend. Barbering and cosmetology are licensed trades, so a shop cannot staff up faster than the nearest program turns out licensed workers. The regional programs in the resources below are a better map of where this industry can grow than a storefront count is.

Licensing runs on two tracks and both have to clear. The state licenses the PLACE, a cosmetology salon through one board and a barbershop through another, and it separately licenses every person working in it. A shop that adds massage picks up a third license, from the health department rather than from the same agency. Most counties and cities then add a local business tax receipt on top, and several of them will not issue it until zoning signs off on the address. None of it is optional, and the order it happens in is what decides how long a finished space sits waiting before it can open.

The build-out is heavier than the storefront suggests. Shampoo bowls and pedicure stations need supply lines and drains. Color, acrylic, and lash work need real ventilation, which means exhaust and make-up air a plain retail bay does not have. That is why a salon fit-out pulls in plumbers, electricians, and mechanical trades, and why these spaces get permitted and inspected rather than simply leased. It is also why a landlord who builds a shell for personal services, as Port St. Lucie approved, is making a bet on a specific and expensive kind of tenant.

Methodology

How we count

  • The formation counts on this page come from Florida Division of Corporations records, counted by region over the last 30, 90, and 365 days, and refreshed daily. They count businesses classified into the personal care and grooming group, which covers beauty salons, spas and nail shops, and barbershops.
  • The three windows all end on the same day, and each one contains the shorter ones. The 90 day count includes the 30 day count, and the 365 day count includes the 90 day count. They are not a period and the period before it.
  • The developments come from primary sources only: county and city commission, planning, redevelopment, and board records, official public notices, public college pages, and chamber of commerce listings. Each link points to the exact page that states the claim, and every one of them was fetched and read again for this edition. Where the source was an agenda file rather than a web page, the document text itself was extracted and read.
  • News articles were used only to find leads. Where an article described a development, the underlying government record or the organization's own page was located and cited instead. Anything that could not be traced to a primary page was left out.
  • State records post about 2 weeks behind, so the last week or two will keep rising as more filings arrive.
  • Items are drawn from roughly the last 60 days. One item is older than that and says so in its own text, along with the reason it was kept. No item was added to fill a gap.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a personal care and grooming business in these numbers?
Beauty salons, spas, and nail shops, plus barbershops. That is where salon suites, day spas, and blow-dry, brow, lash, and waxing studios register as well. It does not count medical spas run by a physician group, which are counted under health care.
What licenses does a new salon or barbershop need in Florida?
Two separate things get licensed: the place and the person. A salon licenses with the Florida Board of Cosmetology and a barbershop with the Barbers' Board, and every cosmetologist, barber, nail specialist, and facial specialist working there holds an individual license too. A shop that offers massage adds a massage establishment license from the health department, renewed every 2 years. Most cities and counties add a local business tax receipt on top.
Why do these developments show up as zoning and tenant matters?
Many Florida cities treat a salon or barbershop as a personal services use that has to be allowed in a given district, and some require a certificate of use or a conditional use before a shop opens in a storefront. The plumbing and ventilation a salon needs also mean a build-out permit, so the work reaches a public record well before the doors open.
Where do Florida salons and barbershops find licensed staff?
Mostly from the public technical and state colleges in their own region. Florida cosmetology programs run 1,200 clock hours and barbering programs commonly run 900, and a graduate then sits the state examination. The regional programs listed in the resources below are the practical hiring pool for shops near them, so a shop opening far from one usually has a longer wait to staff up.
How current is this page?
The formation counts refresh daily from state records. The developments are reviewed on a rolling basis and cover roughly the last 60 days of public record at the time of the update.

Reference

Personal Care & Grooming Resources

The statewide licensing boards come first, because the shop and every person working in it are licensed by the state before opening day. Under those are the local training programs that supply this industry its workers, and the county business tax offices a new shop registers with, by region.

Statewide

  • LicensingFlorida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Cosmetology

    Cosmetology salon and specialist licensing

    Licenses both the people and the place. Cosmetologists, nail specialists, facial specialists, and full specialists hold individual licenses here, and the salon itself holds a separate cosmetology salon license for the facility.

  • LicensingFlorida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Barbers' Board

    Barbershop and barber licensing

    Barbers and barbershops license through their own board, separate from cosmetology. It issues the barber, restricted barber, and barbershop licenses, and it meets regularly to consider applications and review disciplinary cases.

  • LicensingFlorida Department of Health, Board of Massage Therapy

    Massage establishment and therapist licensing

    A day spa that offers massage licenses the establishment here, through the health department rather than the professional regulation department, and renews it every 2 years. It is a common second license for a spa that also holds a salon license.

  • AssociationFlorida Retail Federation, Beauty Industry Council

    Statewide beauty industry advocacy council

    Represents cosmetology students, licensed professionals, and salon owners, and works alongside the Legislature and both state boards to analyze legislation and take part in rulemaking.

  • AssociationFlorida Spa Association

    Statewide spa and wellness association

    Has united spa and wellness professionals since 2009, with education sessions, product and service updates, and employment connections across the state.

  • AssociationFlorida Association of Cosmetology & Technical Schools

    Statewide beauty and wellness school association

    Represents Florida beauty and wellness schools, educators, and students statewide, and works to raise educational standards. It is the body behind the training standards that decide how many licensed workers reach the hiring pool each year.

Northwest Florida

  • ProgramPensacola State College

    Cosmetology program

    A twelve month, 1,200 clock hour program on the Pensacola and Milton campuses. Students may add the nails specialty and facials specialty certificates to qualify for manicure, pedicure, nail extension, and skin care work.

  • ProgramLively Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    Tallahassee's 1,200 clock hour program, covering Florida cosmetology law and rules alongside lab work in chemistry, bacteriology, anatomy, and make-up. It turns out the cosmetologists and skin care workers Big Bend salons hire.

  • LicensingEscambia County Tax Collector

    Business tax receipts

    Every business in Escambia County needs a county receipt, and a shop inside Pensacola city limits needs a city one too. They renew in July, August, and September, expire September 30, and run $26.25 a year.

North Central Florida

  • ProgramMarion Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    A 1,200 clock hour program in Ocala, about 40 weeks in the morning session or 60 in the evening. Its on campus learning lab and salon is open to the public, so students work real clients before the state exam.

  • ProgramFlorida Gateway College

    Cosmetology program

    A 1,200 clock hour program on the main campus in Lake City, and the main source of newly licensed cosmetologists, manicurists, and skin care specialists for salons across the Suwannee Valley.

  • LicensingColumbia County Tax Collector

    Business tax receipts

    Issues the local business tax receipt for Lake City area shops, at $30 for a business, occupation, or profession. Local business taxes are set county by county in Florida, so a new shop confirms what its own county and city require.

Northeast Florida

  • ProgramFirst Coast Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    St. Augustine's 1,200 hour, 37 week program. Students take paying clients in the college's own salon, and the school reports a 97% licensure rate and a 100% completion rate.

  • ProgramFlorida State College at Jacksonville

    Cosmetology career certificate

    A 1,200 clock hour career certificate that takes about 12 months across 3 terms, and Jacksonville's main source of newly licensed cosmetologists for First Coast salons and barbershops.

  • LicensingDuval County Tax Collector

    Local business tax receipt

    Required before a business starts selling goods or services. Receipts run October 1 through September 30, renewal opens July 1, and every Jacksonville salon and barbershop holds one on top of its state license.

Central Florida

  • ProgramOrange Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    A 1,200 hour program at the West Campus covering Florida cosmetology laws and rules, hair, nail, and facial work, and business and entrepreneurship. Graduates can carry up to 24 articulated credits into an associate degree at Valencia College.

  • ProgramTraviss Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    The Polk County program salons draw new staff from. It runs 1,200 hours of instruction in a core plus 3 levels, the total Florida licensing requires.

  • LicensingOrange County Tax Collector

    New business tax receipt

    The local receipt an Orlando area salon applies for once its state license is in hand. The county zoning division has to approve every proposed new business in unincorporated Orange County, and a shop inside a city gets that city's receipt first.

Tampa Bay

  • ProgramPinellas Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    The 1,200 hour program at the St. Petersburg campus on 34th Street South, and the path behind most newly licensed cosmetologists working in Pinellas County salons.

  • ProgramManatee Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    Bradenton's 1,200 hour program, about 11 months full time or 20 months part time, day or evening. It supplies the salons and barbershops filling in around the Manatee County growth corridor.

  • LicensingHillsborough County Tax Collector

    Business tax services

    Where a Tampa area salon, barbershop, or spa applies for a new business tax account, renews it, and updates or transfers it after a move or a change of owner.

Southwest Florida

  • ProgramFort Myers Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    A 1,200 hour program of about 11 months. Students work real clients in the college's own salon and spa, open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 9 AM to 1 PM.

  • ProgramLorenzo Walker Technical College

    Cosmetology program

    Naples' 1,200 hour cosmetology program on Estey Avenue, with a separate facials specialty program for Collier County owners adding skin care services to an existing shop.

  • LicensingLee County Tax Collector

    Business tax guide and applications

    The account a new salon or barbershop opens before doing business in Lee County. The same page covers city zoning approval inside the municipalities and the 10% transfer fee when a shop changes owner or location.

Southeast Florida

  • ProgramLindsey Hopkins Technical College

    Facials specialty program

    A 220 hour skin care program in Miami, and a shorter path than full cosmetology for a Miami-Dade spa or studio staffing up on facial services.

  • ProgramPalm Beach State College

    Cosmetology career certificate

    A 1,200 clock hour certificate that runs 12 to 14 months, offered at the Lake Worth and Belle Glade campuses, and Palm Beach County's main training route for licensed cosmetologists.

  • LicensingBroward County Tax Collector

    Business tax receipt

    Required for every business operating in Broward County, including home based ones. Renewal runs July 1 through September 30, and a receipt not renewed by then goes delinquent on October 1 with penalties that climb from 10% to 25%.

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