Home Business in Georgia (2026)

Augusta-Richmond County requires a Special Use Permit before running any home-based business, restricting home…

Unincorporated Fayette County allows home occupations only as a conditional use, available across most residential…

Marietta caps a home occupation at 750 square feet or 25% of the dwelling's floor space, whichever is less, and…

Running a business from home in Paulding County's residential districts, A-1, ER, R-1 through R-3, MPR, OSRD, RD, MHP…

Warner Robins allows home occupations only as an incidental, secondary use of a residence under Section 95 of the…

Acworth allows home occupations in a dwelling only if the use stays incidental to residential life. No more than 25% of…

Atlanta lets residents run a home-based business without a public hearing, but caps it at two workers, 500 square feet…

Unincorporated Bartow County allows a home occupation in a residential or A-1 district only as a use that is clearly…

Carroll County allows customary home occupations in every agricultural and residential zoning district through an…

Chatham County's zoning ordinance allows a home occupation carried on inside a dwelling, using no more than 25% of the…

Cherokee County allows home occupations as an accessory use in every residential and AG zoning district, but Zoning…

Clayton County home businesses must hold the appropriate occupational licensing, including a Clayton County business…

Cobb County allows home occupations as a zoning-permitted accessory use only if they stay inside the dwelling, employ…

You can run a business from a Columbia County home if it stays incidental to living there: it occupies under 20 percent…

Columbus, Georgia's Unified Development Ordinance treats a home occupation as an accessory use inside a dwelling…

Coweta County lets residents run a business from home only as a use subordinate to the house itself. Section 60A caps a…

Decatur's UDO Sec. 6.8.3.B lists fifteen standards a home occupation must meet, capping it at 25% of the dwelling's…

Unincorporated DeKalb County splits home businesses into no-contact Type I home occupations, approved administratively…

Dunwoody's zoning code recognizes two kinds of home-based work: Type A, with no employees or visitors, allowed by…

Running a business from home in unincorporated Floyd County is allowed as a customary accessory use, but the Unified…

Forsyth County lets you run a business from home under two tiers: a Professional Home Office gets staff-level…

Unincorporated Fulton County allows home occupations as an accessory use in any zoning district, but only for resident…

Unincorporated Gwinnett allows customary home occupations as a conditional use in every residential zoning district…

Hall County zones a home occupation as an accessory use conducted entirely inside a dwelling by its resident…

Henry County classifies any business run from a private home in a residential area as a home occupation under Code of…

Houston County allows a home occupation only if the applicant owns the property (or has the owner's written approval as…

Johns Creek limits home occupations to 25% or 750 square feet of a dwelling's floor area, resident-family-only…

Running a business from a Macon-Bibb County home requires meeting the Section 23.01.06 standards before the county will…

Unincorporated Rockdale County allows a home occupation only as a use clearly incidental to a dwelling's residential…

Roswell, Georgia allows up to two home occupations per dwelling as a limited use, capping the space used at 750 square…

South Fulton allows home-based businesses only under Section 303.11 of the zoning code, which restricts them to…

In unincorporated Walton County, a home-based business must operate as a home occupation under LDO Section 6-1-420: no…

Whitfield County lets residents run a home occupation without a permit, but Article VIII of the Unified Zoning…

Acworth's home occupation rule does not cap signage, it eliminates it: Section 73-7.8.3(B)(2) bars any exterior…

Augusta-Richmond County prohibits any sign for a licensed home occupation in Agricultural or Residential zones, and…

Unincorporated Bartow County bars any exterior sign or visible evidence of a home occupation. Zoning Ordinance § 6.2(D)…

Home occupations in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia may not display any external sign advertising the product or…

Cobb County's zoning code bans any exterior sign or evidence of a home-based business in unincorporated areas…

A home business in unincorporated Columbia County cannot change how the house looks. Section 90-142 requires no change…

Columbus, Georgia flatly bars any on-premises sign or other advertising of a home occupation's address and location…

Coweta County flatly bars any exterior sign or visible trace of a home-based business. Zoning and Development Ordinance…

DeKalb County bans any exterior evidence of a home occupation, meaning no business signage, displays or visible…

A home occupation in unincorporated Fulton County cannot have any sign identifying it, and nothing tied to the…

UDO § 210-140.9(E) bars any exterior evidence that a residence is running a Customary Home Occupation in unincorporated…

Johns Creek bans all signage for home-based businesses, § 4.12.C prohibits any sign identifying a home occupation, plus…

Marietta bars any signage for a Type A home occupation from being posted on the property, and forbids advertising in…

Paulding County's zoning code does not allow a yard sign, window sign, or any other exterior advertising for a…

Unincorporated Rockdale County allows no signage of any kind for a home occupation. Sec. 218-13(dd)(5) of the Code also…

Roswell prohibits any sign identifying a home-based business at the residence, the strictest item in the UDC's home…

Unincorporated Walton County bars any sign or advertising on the property for a home occupation. LDO Section 6-1-420(F)…

Warner Robins bans business signage entirely for home occupations. Section 95.2.6 of the zoning ordinance says no…

Atlanta bars illumination on any sign advertising a home occupation, including signs mounted inside windows or doors…

A home occupation in Chatham County must involve no display of articles or products or signs. On-premise business signs…

Decatur, Georgia's Unified Development Ordinance limits a home occupation in a residential district to one small…

A home office or residential business in unincorporated Floyd County cannot advertise itself with exterior signage the…

Forsyth County bans exterior signage entirely for professional home offices and tightly limits it for home occupations…

A sign advertising a permitted home occupation in unincorporated Hall County cannot exceed 1 square foot, cannot be…

A Houston County home occupation may display only a business sign of two square feet or less, and it must be unlighted…

A business in a Macon-Bibb residential district, including a home business, can install one freestanding sign per…

A home-based business in unincorporated Whitfield County's residential zoning districts gets one sign, and it cannot be…

A home business in unincorporated Clayton County may post one sign, but it cannot exceed 2 square feet and must be…

Augusta-Richmond County requires a Special Use Permit for any home occupation, and caps customer traffic: home…

Bartow County limits how a home occupation handles customers and vehicles under Zoning Ordinance § 6.2. On-street…

Cobb County's zoning code bars home-based businesses in unincorporated areas from hosting clients or customers, except…

Columbus, Georgia lets a home occupation operate only if it does not draw more vehicle traffic than an ordinary…

A Hall County home occupation may not allow customers or the public to come to the premises at all. The resident is…

Type A home occupations in Marietta cannot have any clients, employees or customers visit the property at all. Type B…

In unincorporated Rockdale County, a home occupation under Sec. 218-13(dd) of the Code cannot involve group assembly or…

A home occupation in unincorporated Walton County cannot receive customers on the property at all unless the Board of…

Atlanta caps home occupation customer traffic to no more than what's normal for the neighborhood, and requires any…

Home occupations in unincorporated Carroll County cannot host more than ten clients or customers in the aggregate at…

Cherokee County's home-occupation rules cap the traffic a residential business can generate: Zoning Ordinance § 9.3-6…

Running a home-based business in unincorporated Clayton County means keeping only one customer on-site at a time, since…

Columbia County caps every home occupation at 12 additional vehicle trips to the residence per day under section…

Decatur's Unified Development Ordinance caps a home occupation's contact with the public at two visitors in the…

In unincorporated DeKalb County, a home business with any customer or client visits is a Type II home occupation and…

Type B home occupations in Dunwoody, the category covering tutors, therapists and photographers who see clients at…

Fayette County limits how many clients, customers or students can visit a home-based business in unincorporated Fayette…

A licensed residential business operating out of a home in unincorporated Floyd County cannot turn into a walk-in…

Forsyth County limits every home-based business to two customers on the premises at any given time under UDC Section…

A home occupation in unincorporated Fulton County can host no more than two clients or patrons on the property at once…

Gwinnett County caps in-home client visits under UDO § 210-140.9(C): a Customary Home Occupation can serve no more than…

Houston County bars home occupations from generating excessive traffic, odors, glare, noise, vibration, or electrical…

Johns Creek caps home-based businesses at two clients or patrons on the premises at the same time: the limit rises to…

Paulding County caps client visits to a home business at two per hour, with up to four per hour during a peak season…

Roswell caps client visits to a home-based business at 5 per week under UDC § 9.7.11(B)(6), with narrow carve-outs for…

South Fulton caps in-home businesses at two clients or patrons on the property at any one time under Section 303.11(i)…

Warner Robins limits when a home-based business can see customers or accept deliveries: Section 95.2.7 of the zoning…

A home occupation in unincorporated Whitfield County cannot generate more traffic or parking than the house would…

Coweta County limits how much traffic a home-based business can bring to a residential street. Section 60A caps a home…

A home-based business in a Macon-Bibb County house cannot turn the street into a parking lot. Section 23.01.06[A][1](g)…

Since July 1, 2025 a Georgia cottage food operator needs no state license and pays no state fee. House Bill 398 added…

Georgia lets residents make non-hazardous baked goods, jams, jellies, and preserves in a home kitchen as a cottage food…

Georgia lets residents make non-potentially-hazardous foods in their home kitchen and sell them directly to consumers…

Forsyth County requires a county Cottage Food Permit, renewed every year, before anyone can sell food made in a home…

Georgia's HB 398 removed the state cottage food license and the sales cap, so you can bake and sell non-hazardous foods…

Georgia's cottage food program changed in July 2025. HB 398 removed the state cottage food license and there is no…

Georgia dropped its statewide cottage food license, so you can bake and sell non-hazardous foods from a Paulding County…

Georgia has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no exemption that lets a private house serve cooked meals. The…

Georgia law requires registration or licensure of family day care homes through the Department of Early Care and…

Augusta-Richmond County lets a private home care for 3 to 6 unrelated children if the operator gets a Special Use…

Houston County treats a home daycare as a Special Exception use, not a by-right home business. In the R-1, R-2, R-AG…

Family Day Care Homes in Johns Creek must register with the State of Georgia, stay 1,000 feet from any other such home…

Macon-Bibb County caps an in-home day care at six children under 17, including the operator's own kids, and Section…

A family day care run out of an Acworth home needs Georgia Department of Human Resources certification before the city…

In-home childcare is allowed as a home occupation in unincorporated Bartow County, but Zoning Ordinance § 6.2(H)(6)…

Unincorporated Carroll County permits paid in-home child care for up to four children as an administratively approved…

A Georgia family child care learning home cares for at least three but not more than six unrelated children under 13…

A family day care home caring for up to six children is a permitted home occupation in Cherokee County's AG, R-80…

Clayton County zoning permits family day care homes in residential districts subject to state licensing plus local…

Unincorporated Cobb County allows in-home day care as a permitted use in every single-family residential zoning…

A home daycare in Columbia County is capped at six pupils at a time under section 90-142(f)(4), and unlike other home…

Columbus, Georgia treats a home daycare as a 'Day Care, Type I' accessory use, capped at six clients, run only by a…

Coweta County allows in-home child care as a permitted home occupation, but caps it at six children at a time, counting…

A family day care home is a permitted use only in Decatur, Georgia's residential zoning districts under UDO Section…

In unincorporated DeKalb County, a family day care home serving up to six children can operate as a home occupation…

A child day care facility in a Dunwoody home may serve up to six children and cannot use more than 50 percent of the…

A home daycare counts as a home occupation in unincorporated Fayette County, and the zoning ordinance caps it at three…

In unincorporated Forsyth County, a family day care home caring for three to six children or adults is a permitted…

Fulton County bans family day care homes in multifamily buildings, requires them to sit at least 1,000 feet apart, and…

Family day care homes for 4-6 children in unincorporated Gwinnett must get fire plan approval, inspections, and a…

Marietta lets a resident care for up to 3 unrelated children in a private home, unregistered by the state and…

Running a licensed family child care learning home from a residence in Paulding County requires Special Exception…

Unincorporated Rockdale County zones a small in-home daycare as a family day care home if it serves three to six…

South Fulton's Zoning Ordinance Sec. 303.08 bars family day care homes from multifamily buildings, limits hours to…

A home-based day care in unincorporated Walton County must meet the Land Development Ordinance's Day Care Facility…

Warner Robins allows childcare for up to six children as a home occupation, but a resident running one must obtain an…

A family home day care serving six or fewer children is an accessory use permitted by right, with no special use…

Hall County treats an in-home day care as a "family day care facility" under Sec. 7.5.2.D: a private residence…

Roswell, Georgia allows a family day care home caring for 3 to 6 children as a limited use in every residential…

Whitfield County's Unified Zoning Ordinance defines a family day care home as a private residence where a resident…