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Home Business in Palm Beach County, FL (2026)

5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 4 cities in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

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

Zoning & Home Occupation Permits

Unincorporated Palm Beach County allows home-based businesses by right in any residential zoning district, but the use must stay incidental to the home, skip retail storefronts, and cap on-site non-resident staff at two.

Home-Based Business Rules in Palm Beach County

Some Restrictions

Palm Beach County Unified Land Development Code, Art. 4.B.1.E.11

Home-based Businesses on residential properties are Permitted by Right unless otherwise regulated by this Article. Home-based Businesses within certain zoning districts may be approved subject to additional standards and approval processes for Home-based Businesses with Limited Pet Boarding, limited Landscape Service, or limited Contractor Storage Yard pursuant to this Article. [Ord. 2018-018] ...

Signage Rules

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bars any outdoor sign or advertising evidence for a home-based business, including the address in print or broadcast ads.

Palm Beach Home Business Sign Ban

Heavy Restrictions

Palm Beach County Unified Land Development Code, Art. 4.B.1.E.11.f

No external evidence or sign shall advertise, display, or otherwise indicate the presence of the Home-based Business, nor shall the street address of the Home-based Business be advertised through signs, billboards, television, radio, or newspapers. Advertising on vehicles shall be limited to the minimum necessary to meet requirements mandated by F.S. ch. 489 or Chapter 67-1876 of the PBC Contra...

Customer Traffic Restrictions

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bars on-premise sales or services for home businesses except instructional lessons or incidental retail; instructional visits are capped at three students at a time, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Palm Beach County Home Business Client Visits

Some Restrictions

Palm Beach County Unified Land Development Code, Art. 4.B.1.E.11.h & Art. 4.B.1.E.11.i.3-4

On-Premise Sale of Goods and Services A Home-based Business shall not involve the sale of any stock, trade, supplies, products, or services on the premises, except for instructional services or incidental retail sales. [Ord. 2024004] i. Instructional Services Instructional services shall meet the following additional regulations: 1) Home Instruction, Inside Teaching which takes place inside the...

Cottage Food Operations

Cottage food operations in unincorporated Palm Beach County are governed by FL FS §500.80, which preempts local regulation. Producers may sell up to 250,000 dollars annually of approved non-hazardous foods made in a home kitchen without a state food permit or local BTR for the food activity.

Home Business: Cottage Food

Few Restrictions

Fla. Stat. § 500.80

500.80  Cottage food operations. — (1)(a)  A cottage food operation must comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter but is exempt from the permitting requirements of s. 500.12 if the cottage food operation complies with this section and has annual gross sales of cottage food products that do not exceed $250,000. (2)  A cottage food operation may sell, of...

Home Daycare

Family day care homes in unincorporated Palm Beach County must be licensed by the Florida Department of Children and Families under FL §402.313 and registered with the County. Maximum 10 children allowed including operator children under 13. Zoning allows in residential districts as accessory use under PBC ULDC Article 4.B.

Home Business: Daycare Home

Some Restrictions

Fla. Stat. § 402.313

402.313  Family day care homes. — (1)  Family day care homes shall be licensed under this act if they are presently being licensed under an existing county licensing ordinance or if the board of county commissioners passes a resolution that family day care homes be licensed. (a)  If not subject to license, family day care homes shall register annually with the depart...

Home Business by City in Palm Beach County

4 cities in Palm Beach County have their own home business rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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