Hairdresser registration (England)

What this covers

You may have to register with your local council in England if you run a hairdressing or barbers business, so that they can check you're following health and safety rules

It applies in England — but not uniformly within them, because no single national statute governs it. Other UK nations run their own regimes — check the equivalent for the nation you trade in.

Why you need it

We hold no national enabling statute for this licence. See the note above for why. Rather than cite an Act that does not create it, we say so plainly — your council remains the authority on whether you need it.

Who issues it

Your local council runs this, and it runs it under its own byelaws or a local Act rather than a national statute. That means requirements vary more between authorities than they do for a licence Parliament defined for the whole country — what one council requires, its neighbour may not, and some may not license it at all.

Where to apply

Our guidance on this

Everything below is written out in full elsewhere on Guvnor — this page points at it rather than repeating it.

Licences that often go with this one

Businesses in the same activities usually need one or more of these too.

Duty, penalty and exemption labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the enabling instrument, not the instrument itself. Fees, forms and conditions are set by the issuing authority — always check the linked source.

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