5,760 barbershops, hair salons, barbers, and licensed schools across Texas ā including real 2026 licensing exam outcomes, with intelligence not available on Google.
431,828 TDLR-licensed statewide
Schools average a 62 2026 score
196 open chairs right now
$180/wk median booth rent
34 cities with enough real, verified businesses for their own directory ā the rest link straight to the search engine until they do.
Houston
1,923 businesses (540 shops, 1383 salons)
Dallas
146 businesses (74 shops, 72 salons)
Katy
129 businesses (52 shops, 77 salons)
Cypress
118 businesses (48 shops, 70 salons)
San Antonio
117 businesses (65 shops, 52 salons)
Austin
96 businesses (56 shops, 40 salons)
Fort Worth
94 businesses (46 shops, 48 salons)
Spring
92 businesses (47 shops, 45 salons)
El Paso
87 businesses (41 shops, 46 salons)
Garland
87 businesses (45 shops, 42 salons)
Humble
86 businesses (37 shops, 49 salons)
Irving
79 businesses (31 shops, 48 salons)
Corpus Christi
73 businesses (41 shops, 32 salons)
Plano
72 businesses (38 shops, 34 salons)
Mckinney
72 businesses (35 shops, 37 salons)
Sugar Land
70 businesses (21 shops, 49 salons)
Brownsville
69 businesses (34 shops, 35 salons)
Baytown
68 businesses (26 shops, 42 salons)
Amarillo
68 businesses (36 shops, 32 salons)
Frisco
68 businesses (33 shops, 35 salons)
Pasadena
65 businesses (25 shops, 40 salons)
Pearland
63 businesses (27 shops, 36 salons)
Waco
62 businesses (24 shops, 38 salons)
Laredo
58 businesses (29 shops, 29 salons)
Missouri City
53 businesses (17 shops, 36 salons)
Tyler
53 businesses (24 shops, 29 salons)
Conroe
51 businesses (22 shops, 29 salons)
Pflugerville
49 businesses (23 shops, 26 salons)
Beaumont
44 businesses (24 shops, 20 salons)
League City
37 businesses (12 shops, 25 salons)
College Station
36 businesses (18 shops, 18 salons)
The Woodlands
34 businesses (10 shops, 24 salons)
Sherman
31 businesses (13 shops, 18 salons)
Eagle Pass
17 businesses (9 shops, 8 salons)
Align Beauty School
Salon & Spa Institute
Toni And Guy Hairdressing Academ (Houston)
Allstar Beauty College Diaz
Ecl Beauty School LLC
Remington College - North Houston Campus
Tools and guides that apply across Texas, not just one city.
Barbering and cosmetology in Texas are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Occupations Code Chapter 1603. See the statewide licence counts.
Everything we've documented from TDLR and the PSI candidate bulletins ā sourced, dated, and separated by licence because the requirements genuinely differ.
What each licence requires ā the hours run from 300 to 1,000 and the pattern is not what the names suggest.
Pass rates where TDLR publishes them, and the full scored rubric where it doesn't.
Every item, and the must-label vs do-not-label rules that cost candidates points.
$50 every two years, and the late bands that double it.
The crossover routes are 300 hours, not 1,000. Reciprocity between states is not what people assume.
Establishments are $78, a mini is $70, a school is $580 including the inspection.