Texas Barbershops, Hair Salons & Barber Schools

5,760 barbershops, hair salons, barbers, and licensed schools across Texas — 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

Browse Texas Cities

34 cities with enough real, verified businesses for their own directory — the rest link straight to the search engine until they do.

Statewide Resources

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.

Licensing, exams and opening a shop in Texas

Everything we've documented from TDLR and the PSI candidate bulletins — sourced, dated, and separated by licence because the requirements genuinely differ.

Getting licensed

What each licence requires — the hours run from 300 to 1,000 and the pattern is not what the names suggest.

Passing the exam

Pass rates where TDLR publishes them, and the full scored rubric where it doesn't.

Packing the kit

Every item, and the must-label vs do-not-label rules that cost candidates points.

Keeping your licence

$50 every two years, and the late bands that double it.

Changing trade or state

The crossover routes are 300 hours, not 1,000. Reciprocity between states is not what people assume.