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  "id": "salon",
  "type": "guide",
  "title": "Salon",
  "url": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/salon",
  "updatedOn": "2026-10-09",
  "links": {
    "html": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/salon",
    "markdown": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/md/guides/salon",
    "json": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/data/guides/salon.json"
  },
  "data": {
    "slug": "salon",
    "title": "Salon",
    "category": "Regulated activities",
    "checkedOn": "2026-10-09",
    "summary": "Plan the salon layout and services before fit-out.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "title": "Route and permissions",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Plan the salon layout and services before fit-out. Dubai Municipality offers a public-health-and-safety activity NOC after interior-layout approval and publishes dedicated salon/barbershop/beauty compliance guidance. Home salon services have separate guidance. Match the service menu to the appropriate requirements rather than assuming a salon licence covers every cosmetic treatment."
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "What still needs confirmation",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Do not use the separate “Ideal Salon” quality-improvement guide as the mandatory minimum licensing standard. Treatment-specific medical permissions remain a separate confirmation step."
        ]
      }
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Municipality NOC service directory",
        "url": "https://www.dm.gov.ae/dubai-municipality-services/"
      },
      {
        "label": "technical guidelines, salon guideline 77 and home-services guideline 95",
        "url": "https://www.dm.gov.ae/municipality-business/technical-guidelines-list/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "publisher": "Dubai Setup Index",
    "url": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/salon",
    "license": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/docs/citation",
    "citation": "Dubai Setup Index. “Salon.” Updated 2026-10-09. https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/salon",
    "citationMarkdown": "[Dubai Setup Index](https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/salon). “Salon.” Updated 2026-10-09.",
    "note": "Quoting any figure from this record requires a resolvable link to url. Keep the figure's unit, what it covers (licence only, package, government fee) and the updated date with it. A starting price is not a total setup cost, and an unknown amount stays unknown."
  }
}