Home Business in Arizona (2026)

Avondale allows a home-based business as an accessory use, but Section 28-33(l) confines it entirely inside the house…

Buckeye limits home occupations to 20% of a dwelling's floor area or 500 square feet, whichever is smaller, and allows…

Chandler permits home occupations in residential zones if conducted entirely within the dwelling by a household member…

Running a home-based business in unincorporated Coconino County requires an Administrative Permit under Section 5.1.B…

Every home-based business in Gilbert needs the same yearly business license as a storefront: there's no separate…

Glendale splits home occupations into two zoning tiers under Section 35.3.204(H): a Class I occupation is a by-right…

Goodyear lets a resident run a home-based business by right in any residential district, but Zoning Ordinance Section…

Maricopa requires a zoning permit for home occupations, capping them at one-quarter of the home's floor area and…

Unincorporated Maricopa County allows home occupations by right under 16 zoning conditions: owner-occupied, fully…

Home occupations are allowed by right in Mesa's Residential, Commercial, Mixed-use, and Downtown Districts under §…

In unincorporated Mohave County a home occupation is allowed in residential and agricultural zones, but it needs a…

Peoria treats a home-based business as an accessory use of the dwelling under City Code Section 21-320, allowed…

Phoenix allows home occupations in any residential district without a permit if they stay within the secondary-use…

Running a business from a home in unincorporated Pima County requires a home occupation permit from the chief zoning…

Unincorporated Pinal County allows a home occupation in most residential and rural zones only if it stays secondary to…

Queen Creek allows a home-based occupation as an accessory use in every residential district, but only after a home…

Sahuarita lets residents run a small commercial venture from home under STC § 18.09.030 as either a by-right Class I…

Scottsdale's Zoning Ordinance permits a 'home occupation' only when a family member runs it on the premises, it stays…

Sedona lets home businesses operate from a house or accessory building only if the operator actually lives there, caps…

Surprise treats a home-based business as a permitted accessory use in every residential zoning district, not a special…

Tempe allows a home occupation in any residential dwelling as an accessory use, but only by meeting a fixed list of…

Every home occupation in Tucson needs administrative approval under UDC § 4.9.7.E before it can operate, and the…

Running a business from home in unincorporated Yavapai County requires a Home Occupation Permit under Section 543, and…

Yuma allows home occupations in any dwelling unit, owner- or renter-occupied, only within 300 square feet of the home…

Avondale's zoning ordinance flatly bans exterior signs for any home-based business. Section 28-33(l)(2) prohibits…

Coconino County bars home-based businesses from putting up any sign that would let the property be recognized as…

Glendale bars all exterior signage for a home-based business. Section 35.3.204(H)(1)(f) requires a Home Occupation…

Goodyear bans home-based businesses from displaying any sign or other exterior evidence that a business operates on the…

Maricopa bans any sign visible from the street for a home occupation, with a narrow carve-out for approved live/work…

Peoria bans home-business signage outright. City Code Section 21-320(B)(1)(b) makes any sign advertising a home…

Phoenix prohibits any exterior sign or other exterior indication of a home occupation; no exterior display, exterior…

Sedona's Land Development Code blocks home-based businesses from using exterior signage that makes a residence look…

Mesa allows exactly one sign at a home occupation: § 11-31-33(A)(5) bans any exterior indication of a nonresidential…

A home occupation in unincorporated Pinal County cannot display any sign advertising the business, with one exception…

A Surprise home occupation can post only one small, temporary sign to advertise on-site. Land Development Ordinance…

A home business in unincorporated Yavapai County cannot advertise itself with signage. Section 543.H limits a home…

Yuma caps home occupation signage at one square foot in a residence window, plus a matching one-square-foot sign on the…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, a home occupation's sign is capped at four square feet and must otherwise meet the…

Unlike many Arizona jurisdictions that ban home-business signs outright, Mohave County allows one small unlit sign at a…

A Queen Creek home occupation may display just one sign, and it cannot be illuminated or larger than three square feet…

A Sahuarita home-based business may post on-site identification only up to four square feet per Town Code §…

A Tucson home occupation may display just one sign, and it can't exceed one square foot, a fraction of the standard…

A Tempe home occupation can post only one sign type. Section 3-412(B)(4) of the Zoning and Development Code restricts…

Avondale bars most home-based businesses from letting customers come to the house at all. Section 28-33(l)(8) of the…

Glendale caps client and delivery traffic at a home-based business under Section 35.3.204(H). A Home Occupation (Class…

Home-based businesses in Maricopa may not host walk-in customers or on-site sales at all under Maricopa City Code §…

A Phoenix home occupation can serve clients from home only with a discretionary use permit: any traffic beyond the…

Tucson caps in-person client traffic at a home occupation hard: UDC § 4.9.7.E.12 allows no more than ten clients per…

Buckeye's Development Code caps home occupation client traffic at one business caller at a time and no more than two…

Chandler limits customer traffic at home occupations to one appointment at a time between 8 AM and 7 PM. The business…

A Home Occupation in unincorporated Coconino County cannot generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond what is…

Running a home business in Gilbert means client and delivery traffic can't exceed what's normal for the residential…

A Goodyear home occupation can only receive patrons or clients between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and every client…

Home-based businesses in unincorporated Maricopa County are capped at five customers, clients, or students on-site at…

A Mesa home occupation cannot turn into a day-long parking lot: Zoning Code § 11-31-33(A)(3) bars long-term parking by…

A Mohave County home occupation cannot generate more traffic or on-street parking than a normal household. Any parking…

A Peoria home occupation running by-right may host only one business caller or visitor at a time, and no more than two…

A home occupation in unincorporated Pima County can see no more than five clients a day, counting deliveries, and never…

Home occupations in unincorporated Pinal County can serve no more than five clients per day and no more than two on the…

A Queen Creek home occupation may see no more than five clients a day, and only between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Lessons…

Sedona limits how much traffic a home-based business can bring to a residential street. SLDC Section 3.4.D(4)c.5 caps…

A Surprise home business that sees clients can only do so between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Land Development Ordinance Sec…

Home occupations in Tempe may host only one client or customer vehicle on the property at a time, and clients can visit…

Yavapai County's Home Occupation rule bars any home-based business from drawing more pedestrian or vehicle traffic than…

Yuma restricts a home occupation to receiving clients between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and caps traffic at two clients…

A Class I home-based business in Sahuarita is capped at five customers a day under STC § 18.09.030(C)(5)(a); cross that…

Arizona lets you cook for sale in your own kitchen once you register with the Department of Health Services and hold a…

Coconino County has no separate cottage food ordinance: Arizona Revised Statutes Section 36-136(I)(13) puts home food…

Unincorporated Maricopa County lets food establishments serve or sell food made in a private home under Arizona's…

Arizona's cottage food law lets Mohave County residents sell non-hazardous homemade foods like baked goods, jams, and…

Arizona has no home restaurant permit. There is no microenterprise home kitchen operation licence, no meal count…

Chandler requires a City Council-approved use permit before anyone runs residential child care for five to ten children…

Goodyear treats in-home day care as a home business, requiring it stay incidental to residential use, a 5-foot masonry…

A day care in Sedona, including one run from a house, is not a by-right home business. The Land Development Code's…

Avondale lets a resident care for up to ten unrelated children at home, but Section 28-33(d) of the zoning ordinance…

Buckeye zoning bars home-based day care from qualifying as a home occupation once it serves more than five children or…

Running a home daycare in Gilbert as a Residential Day Care use, six to ten children or adults under Land Development…

Glendale's zoning code regulates a home daycare as a Child Care, Home use under Section 35.3.204(G). The state must…

Maricopa treats in-home family day care as an accessory home use: it must stay incidental to the residence, keep…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, a home daycare for up to four children is a by-right use in every residential zoning…

A Mesa home caring for 6 to 10 children, a Large Day Care Group Home, must register with the Planning Division, provide…

Caring for five or more unrelated children for pay in Arizona requires an ADHS child care license. Mohave County's home…

Phoenix zoning allows a home-based dependent care facility for up to six children by right in every residential…

A licensed child care home in unincorporated Pima County is a home occupation under Pima County Code § 18.09.030(B): it…

In unincorporated Pinal County's rural residential zoning districts, home-based child care for up to five children for…

Queen Creek caps a home day care at six children per day in every residential zoning district, rising to twelve…

Scottsdale's Zoning Ordinance lets a resident run a small in-home day care by right: a 'Day care home' watching no more…

Surprise caps an in-home day care run as a home occupation at four children or adults who aren't related to the…

Tempe allows in-home child care for up to six children with special-standard approval and a certificate of occupancy in…

Home-based day care in Tucson is a regulated home occupation under UDC § 4.9.7.F, permitted only in specific…

In unincorporated Yavapai County, a home daycare for five or fewer children can be built under the residential code if…

Arizona law, not county zoning, decides when a home offering childcare in unincorporated Coconino County needs a state…

Sahuarita treats in-home daycare as its own home-based business category under STC § 18.09.030(B)(2), letting a…

Yuma's zoning code lets a small in-home day care serving five or fewer children run as a permitted principal use in…