Home Occupation Permit: State-by-State Guide
Home Occupation Permit applies to anyone running a business from their residence. Who issues it is the first thing that changes at the state line — sometimes a state agency, often a city or county. Each state page below names the office we verified for that state, or says plainly that we could not.
Typical cost (US range)
$25–$300
Typical timeline
3–30 days
Renewal
Annual in some cities, one-off in others.
Who issues this across the US
51 jurisdictions issue this locally.
What varies: whether a permit exists at all, which activities are barred outright, and whether customers may visit.
Choose your state
- Home Occupation Permit in Alabama · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Alaska · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Arizona · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Arkansas · local
- Home Occupation Permit in California · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Colorado · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Connecticut · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Delaware · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Florida · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Georgia · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Hawaii · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Idaho · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Illinois · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Indiana · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Iowa · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Kansas · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Kentucky · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Louisiana · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Maine · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Maryland · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Massachusetts · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Michigan · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Minnesota · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Mississippi · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Missouri · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Montana · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Nebraska · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Nevada · local
- Home Occupation Permit in New Hampshire · local
- Home Occupation Permit in New Jersey · local
- Home Occupation Permit in New Mexico · local
- Home Occupation Permit in New York · local
- Home Occupation Permit in North Carolina · local
- Home Occupation Permit in North Dakota · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Ohio · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Oklahoma · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Oregon · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Pennsylvania · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Rhode Island · local
- Home Occupation Permit in South Carolina · local
- Home Occupation Permit in South Dakota · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Tennessee · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Texas · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Utah · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Vermont · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Virginia · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Washington · local
- Home Occupation Permit in West Virginia · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Wisconsin · local
- Home Occupation Permit in Wyoming · local
- Home Occupation Permit in District of Columbia · local
Related filings
Most businesses that need a home occupation permit end up needing at least one of these too.