Home Business in Sarasota County, FL (2026)

FS 559.955(3)(a)

The employees of the business who work at the residential dwelling must also reside in the residential dwelling, except that up to a total of two employees or independent contractors who do not reside at the residential dwelling may work at the business.

Fla. Stat. § 559.955(1), (2)(b), (3)(c), (3)(e)

(1) Local governments may not enact or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or policy or take any action to license or otherwise regulate a home-based business in violation of this section.... (2)(b) May not be prohibited, restricted, regulated, or licensed in a manner that is different from other businesses in a local government's jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided in this section.... (3...

FS 500.80(1)

A cottage food operation... is exempt from the permitting requirements... if the cottage food operation complies with this section and has annual gross sales of cottage food products that do not exceed $250,000.

F.S. § 402.313(1), (4), (12)

(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. ... (4) Operators of family day care homes must successfully complete an approved 30-clock-hour introductory course in child care, as evidenced by passage o...