Home Business in Indiana (2026)

Running a home-based business in the City of Bloomington almost always means getting a certificate of zoning compliance…

Clark County zones home-based businesses as Home Occupation, Special Use 31, meaning a resident needs Board of Zoning…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana limits home occupations to 25 percent of a dwelling's gross floor area, bars outside…

In unincorporated Allen County a qualifying home occupation is a permitted accessory use, so no special standalone…

Anderson allows a home occupation that is incidental to residential use, conducted only by resident family members, and…

Boone County allows home-based businesses in unincorporated areas only as a home occupation under zoning Code §…

Carmel home occupations must use no more than 15% of the dwelling's floor area, employ no more than one non-family…

Evansville, Indiana caps home businesses to a closed list of office and service professions across its A, R-1, R-2…

Gary Municipal Code § 123-1 defines 'home occupation' as work clearly incidental to residential use, with no employees…

Indianapolis allows home occupations as an accessory use in residential dwelling districts so long as the dwelling…

Unincorporated Lake County allows two home-occupation types under UDO 154-9-090: suburban (permitted by right, in the…

Under § 150.05's definition of HOME OCCUPATION OR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, only family members living on the premises may…

In the City of Muncie, running a business from a house is a zoning special use, not a by-right activity. Muncie City…

Home occupations are a permitted use in all Noblesville residential zoning districts, but § 159.122(B) requires a…

Every home-based business in Porter County needs a Certificate of Zoning Compliance and must be run by a resident from…

Running a business from a house in unincorporated St. Joseph County is allowed as a home occupation, but the zoning…

Tippecanoe County allows home occupations by right in most zones under UZO § 5-5-2, but only if the operator lives on…

In Vanderburgh County's R-1 Residential district, a home occupation is only a lawful accessory use if it stays inside…

Unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana zones home occupations by three levels tied to the underlying district: Level 1 is…

Home occupations in the City of Greenwood, Indiana may not have any sign at all. Sec. 10-03-12.A.10 states no sign…

A home occupation in Indianapolis may have no display of goods or external evidence of the business other than a single…

St. Joseph County bars home occupations from using any exterior sign or display that identifies the property as…

In the City of Muncie, Muncie City Code § 150.222(C)(5) limits a home business to a single sign of one square foot or…

Home occupations in Noblesville may not display goods or other external evidence of the business. Section…

A Porter County home occupation may display just one non-illuminated sign, capped at two square feet, mounted on the…

A home occupation in unincorporated Allen County may not display external evidence of the business, but a single…

A home occupation in Anderson may have no exterior sign except one approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals. A permitted…

The City of Bloomington's zero-permit category for home activity comes with a hard no-sign rule. Section…

A home occupation in unincorporated Boone County cannot display goods or other outward evidence of the business, per…

A Carmel home occupation may not display any sign other than those normally permitted in its zoning district, and the…

Evansville, Indiana caps home-occupation signage at two square feet, flush-mounted to the residence and limited to the…

Lake County's suburban home occupation rules bar any external change that alters the residential character of the lot…

A home occupation or professional office in unincorporated LaPorte County may display only one sign, and that sign…

A home occupation in unincorporated Vanderburgh County may display only one sign, capped at two square feet, showing…

A home occupation sign in unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana follows the same tier the business itself operates…

A home occupation or rural home occupation sign in unincorporated Tippecanoe County needs no sign permit in the…

The City of Bloomington limits when clients can show up at a home-based business. Section 20.03.030(g)(6)(M) of the…

Home occupations in the City of Greenwood, Indiana may have no more than one non-resident employee and two non-resident…

A home occupation in Indianapolis may not regularly attract more than 4 individuals onto the premises simultaneously…

Standard (4) of § 150.05 caps a home occupation's client and delivery traffic at no more than what a normal residential…

In the City of Muncie, Muncie City Code § 150.222(C)(6) caps a home occupation's client traffic at what a residential…

Noblesville caps traffic generated by a home occupation at what a normal residential neighborhood would see, and…

A home occupation in unincorporated St. Joseph County can serve no more than two customers on the premises at once…

Tippecanoe County caps in-home instruction and counseling businesses at small group sizes: 4 pupils per class or 5…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, a Level 1 home occupation lets one resident see clients inside the dwelling…

Porter County's home occupation rule bars any home-based business from generating more vehicle traffic than would…

Indiana's cottage food scheme is Ind. Code § 16-42-5.3, the home based vendor chapter added by P.L.49-2022. Section…

Anderson has no separate cottage-food ordinance. Home food sales in Anderson follow Indiana's Home Based Vendor law (IC…

Carmel has no separate cottage-food ordinance; home bakers follow Indiana's Home Based Vendor law, IC 16-42-5.3. Only…

Indianapolis's Zoning Ordinance lists 'home based food production or brewing of alcoholic beverages for sale' as a use…

Indiana lets home based vendors sell non-hazardous homemade foods without a license under IC 16-42-5.3, exempt from…

Indiana's Home Based Vendor law lets you sell non-potentially-hazardous homemade foods, like baked goods and jams…

Hamilton County's food-establishment permit law does not reach cottage food producers. Section 16-20-8-1 excludes an…

Indiana's Home Based Vendor Law lets you make and sell approved non-hazardous foods from a St. Joseph County home with…

Indiana never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, so there is no license to apply for and no inspection to…

Indiana law under IC 12-17.2-5 establishes statewide licensing for family child care homes serving more than five…

Boone County's zoning table for home occupations names a day care center as a prohibited use. Under Table 10 to Code §…

In-home child care in Carmel is licensed by Indiana FSSA, not the city. A licensed Class I child care home may serve up…

Clark County's zoning code classifies an in-home daycare serving six or more unrelated children as a Child Care Home…

Running a home preschool or adult day care in Evansville for up to 12 people requires special use approval from the…

In unincorporated Floyd County, the County Health Department can shut down an unlicensed home daycare it suspects is…

Running a nursery school or day care out of a home in Gary's R1 or R1A district is not allowed outright; §…

Vanderburgh County only allows a resident-run preschool or adult day care in a home through a Board of Zoning Appeals…

In-home child care in Allen County is licensed by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), not the…

Anderson has no separate home-daycare ordinance. In-home child care follows Indiana law under FSSA (IC 12-17.2): a…

Indianapolis zoning lets a family child care operation run inside a home only as an accessory use, never as a home…

Indiana licenses family child care homes through FSSA under 470 IAC 3: a Class I home serves up to 12 children and a…

A licensed child care home operated inside a Noblesville dwelling is regulated as a home occupation under City Code…

In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, a household caring for 6 to 10 children is a licensed 'Child Care Home,' its own…

St. Joseph County lets a licensed child care home operate as a permitted primary use in both the agricultural and…

The City of Bloomington's Unified Development Ordinance carves home-based childcare out of its home occupation rules…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana exempts child-home daycare businesses from its home occupation standards entirely. Sec…

In the City of Muncie, watching five or fewer children in your own residence for pay sits entirely outside the zoning…