Home Business in Guadalupe County, TX (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Guadalupe County, Texas.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Guadalupe County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Cottage Food Operations

Texas cottage food law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Guadalupe County home with no permit, no license, and no health inspection. Annual cottage food sales are capped at $150,000, and no local health department may require a permit or fee.

Guadalupe County Cottage Food Rules

Few Restrictions

Tex. Health & Safety Code §437.001(2-b)

"Cottage food production operation" means an individual, operating out of the individual's home, who: (A) produces at the individual's home

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Home Daycare

Caring for children for pay in a Guadalupe County home requires a listing, registration, or license from Texas Health and Human Services under Human Resources Code Chapter 42. The county itself neither licenses nor zones home daycares in unincorporated areas.

Guadalupe County Home Daycare Rules

Light Restrictions

Tex. Human Resources Code §42.041

No person may operate a child-care facility or child-placing agency without a license issued by the department.

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