Home Business in Stafford County, VA (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Stafford County, Virginia.

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

Zoning & Home Occupation Permits

Stafford County's zoning code lets residents run a home occupation or Home Business I/II from a single-family dwelling as an accessory use. Home Business I permits up to five scheduled customer visits a day; Home Business II allows two employees and ten visits. Both cap the business at 25 percent of the home's floor area under Stafford County Code Section 28-25.

Stafford County Home Business Zoning Standards

Some Restrictions

Stafford County Code § 28-25

Home business I. An occupation, profession, business, trade, e-commerce, or handicraft, carried on by the occupant of a single-family dwelling as an accessory use, which meets the following standards:(1)There shall be no employees other than family members who reside in the principal residence.(2)There shall be no substantial increase in vehicular trip generation by the home business I beyond t...

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Customer Traffic Restrictions

Stafford County caps customer visits to a Home Business I at five per day, by appointment only, within set weekday, Saturday and Sunday hours, under Zoning Ordinance § 28-25. A Home Business II, which allows up to two employees, may take up to ten customer visits per day under the same appointment and hours rules.

Stafford County Home Business Visit Limits

Some Restrictions

Stafford County Code § 28-25

Home business I. An occupation, profession, business, trade, e-commerce, or handicraft, carried on by the occupant of a single-family dwelling as an accessory use, which meets the following standards: ... (3)Customer visits may occur:a.By appointment only and shall be scheduled in a manner which does not permit customers to wait for their appointments;b.Up to six (6) days per week between the h...

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Home Daycare

Stafford County treats care for five or fewer children as a "small" family day care home, a by-right accessory use, while care for six to eleven children is a "group" family day care home under Zoning Ordinance § 28-25. A group home needs a certificate of occupancy under § 28-39(g), with written notice to abutting owners and a 30-day objection window before the zoning administrator can issue it.

Stafford County Home Daycare Zoning Rules

Some Restrictions

Stafford County Code §§ 28-25, 28-39(g)

Family day care home, group. A residence where child care is provided for more than five (5), but fewer than twelve (12) children under the age of thirteen (13), exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home as residential occupancy by a single family and which is subject to state licensing on a paid basis. ... (g)Special provisions applicable to group family ...

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