Home Business in Maryland (2026)

Home occupations are a conditional use across every Anne Arundel County residential zoning district, capped at 25% of…

Rockville splits home occupations into two tiers: light businesses need no permit, but 'Material Impact' operations…

Annapolis limits home-based businesses to 25% of a dwelling's floor area, one non-resident employee, and a fixed list…

The Baltimore County Zoning Regulations (BCZR) permit a home occupation as an accessory use in residence zones. It must…

Carroll County allows a home occupation as an accessory use in residential and agricultural zoning districts only after…

Running a business from home in Charles County requires a home occupation (HO) permit, confines the business to 200…

Gaithersburg permits home-based businesses under section 24-5.5 as either a no impact, minor impact, or material impact…

Harford County allows home occupations and professional offices as an accessory zoning use under § 267-27D(4), but only…

Howard County's Zoning Regulations let residents run small home-based businesses as accessory uses. Home-based…

Montgomery County zoning caps home occupations at 33% of dwelling floor area or 1,500 sq ft, whichever is less, and…

Prince George's County allows home occupations as an accessory use under Zoning Ordinance Section 27-5203(b)(6). The…

Washington County, Maryland allows a "Home Occupation" as an accessory use in residential zoning districts, without a…

In unincorporated Wicomico County, home-based businesses are classified as Type I, II or III by the Zoning…

A home occupation in Prince George's County may show no exterior evidence of the business other than a single permitted…

A home-based business in Harford County's residential districts gets one lighted sign, capped at 2 square feet, mounted…

Annapolis limits home-based professional office or studio signs to one two-square-foot sign per lot (two on corner…

A home occupation in unincorporated Anne Arundel County may post just one freestanding sign, capped at 2 square feet…

Baltimore County limits home-occupation signage in residence zones to a total of two square feet in area, not…

A home business in unincorporated Carroll County may post a sign up to three square feet naming the occupation without…

Home-based businesses in Charles County may post one sign advertising the home occupation under Zoning Ordinance §…

A Gaithersburg home-based business may display exactly one non-illuminated, permanent building sign, capped at 9 inches…

Howard County lets a single-family home run up to two home occupation signs, but each one is capped at two square feet…

Washington County, Maryland caps a home business sign at one sign of ten square feet, and that single sign needs no…

Carroll County lets residents run a home occupation as an accessory use in Residence and Agricultural Districts, but…

A Gaithersburg home business classified as minor impact may host no more than 20 client, customer or business-associate…

A home-based business in unincorporated Harford County cannot be open to the public between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m…

A registered Home Occupation (Low Impact) in Montgomery County may host at most 20 client visits a week and 5 a day…

Prince George's County zoning caps how much traffic a home-based business can generate. Under Sec. 27-5203(b)(6) of the…

Rockville zoning caps home-based businesses at two customers on-site at any time and bans customer visits between 9…

Washington County, Maryland lets a home business operate as a zoning-exempt "Home Occupation" only if it does not…

In unincorporated Wicomico County, a Type I home-based business may not have any customers or employees come to the…

Charles County requires that traffic from a home occupation, including customer and third-party delivery vehicles, not…

Maryland lets you sell homemade food from a residential kitchen without any licence or inspection, provided the…

Cottage food is governed by the State, not Baltimore County. Under COMAR 10.15.03.27, a cottage food business may sell…

Maryland lets Howard County residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods, such as baked goods, jams, jellies…

Selling homemade food from a Prince George's County home follows Maryland's cottage food law (COMAR 10.15.03), overseen…

Maryland has no microenterprise home kitchen permit. The word microenterprise does not appear anywhere in COMAR…

Annapolis zoning allows family and large family child care homes as a residential use, but only if the provider…

Anne Arundel County treats in-home child care as a home occupation, capping it at 12 children under County Code Section…

Maryland fixes home daycare capacity directly through COMAR, and Baltimore County zoning lets the business operate as…

Charles County's zoning code defines a "day-care home" as a paid provider's own residence caring for children in place…

Gaithersburg zones small family day care as a by-right accessory use in every residential district, permitted by right…

Montgomery County zoning caps in-home family day care at 12 people and requires the provider to live on-site (or that…

Family child care in a Prince George's County home is licensed by the Maryland State Department of Education, Office of…

In unincorporated Wicomico County, family day care is a permitted use on any R-30 Residential District lot of at least…

Carroll County zones family day care as an accessory use in its Residence Districts under § 158.075.02(A)(7), requiring…

Rockville zoning defines a Child Care Home as a residence serving up to eight children for pay, requiring full…

Washington County, Maryland lets any residence operate as a registered Family Day Care Home without a separate zoning…