Home Business in Minnesota (2026)

St. Louis County zones a home business as a commercial use tied to the owner's residence, capped at five employees who…

Washington County requires a Certificate of Compliance for home occupations in the Shoreland Management Overlay…

Woodbury allows home businesses in residential zones only if run entirely inside the dwelling with no exterior signs…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a home occupation is a permitted use in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts, but…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-10 lets residents run a home occupation only if a resident of the property operates it…

Unincorporated Blue Earth County splits home businesses into Level I and Level II home occupations under section…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, any vocation based out of a dwelling unit needs an administrative permit under §…

Carver County permits home occupations in the Agriculture District, offices, trades, salons, dog grooming, teaching…

Coon Rapids allows a home occupation in any residential zoning district only if it stays clearly accessory to the…

Home business zoning in Dakota County is decided by your city under Minnesota's municipal zoning law, not by the…

Duluth allows home occupations as an accessory residential use under Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.G, but…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 23 allows a home occupation as an accessory use in a dwelling only if…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a home based business may run only in the R, R-1, RM, MU, TOD-R, TOD-MU, TC-MU and TC-R…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, running a home occupation such as a hair salon, massage therapy or tutoring…

Maple Grove, Minnesota allows home occupations as a residential accessory use only if the business stays invisible from…

Minneapolis allows home-based businesses by right as an accessory use, capping outside help at one nonresident…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a home occupation is a permitted accessory use in every residential district only…

Olmsted County lets homeowners run a home business as an accessory use, but caps it at 25% of the dwelling's floor area…

Plymouth's zoning code splits home occupations into two tracks: permitted uses that need no license, and licensed home…

There is no county home-occupation permit. In St. Paul you certify a home occupation by filing a Home Occupation…

Stearns County allows home occupations only when clearly incidental to the home, run solely by residents, confined to…

Saint Paul requires a Home Occupation Affidavit filed with DSI to certify zoning compliance. No fee if standard…

Duluth bars any street-visible display for a home occupation. Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.G.6 says no display…

Plymouth's home occupation standards flatly prohibit any sign for a home-based business, inside or out. Section…

Woodbury flatly prohibits exterior signs advertising a home business: City Code § 24-263(b)(8) bans any sign…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 23.E bars a home occupation from displaying any sign beyond what is…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, a home-based business may not display any exterior sign, or any interior sign…

Minneapolis caps home occupation signage at one non-illuminated, flat wall sign of one square foot, with a second…

A home business in Olmsted County's R-A, R-1, R-2, ARC or RSD districts may put up exactly one free-standing sign, and…

In the City of Blaine, a home business run from a residential property may display exactly one wall sign, capped at 2.5…

A home occupation in a Brooklyn Park single- or two-family residential district gets exactly one non-illuminated sign…

A Coon Rapids home occupation may post one unlit ground sign of up to six square feet, at most three feet tall, set…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a home based business may display only one exterior sign, capped at one square foot, under…

Sign rules for a home business are set by your city, not Ramsey County. In St. Paul a home occupation may have one…

Saint Paul allows home occupations one identification sign no larger than two square feet. It may not be in a required…

A home business in unincorporated St. Louis County gets no separate sign allowance: Section 6.20.B.6 requires all signs…

A home occupation sign in unincorporated Washington County cannot exceed nine square feet, and Development Code Section…

A Level I home occupation sign in unincorporated Blue Earth County is capped at one and one-half square feet…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 23 bars a home occupation from involving any over-the-counter sales…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, a home occupation cannot serve more than one pupil, client or customer on the…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a home occupation that regularly has customer, client, or…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-10(c)(13) requires a home occupation to normally involve fewer than four customers…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a home occupation's client and customer parking must meet the standards of § 152.1019 and…

Home occupations in Carver County must confine business parking to three off-street spaces, and professional services…

A Coon Rapids home occupation must generate only minimal vehicle traffic and cannot create congestion or parking…

Home occupations in Duluth cannot bring more than two client appointments per hour or four clients on site at once, and…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a home based business cannot generate more than ten business-related trips per dwelling…

Maple Grove, Minnesota limits home occupations to the occupants, one employee, and visiting customers or delivery…

Minneapolis caps home occupations at five customers or clients per day; exceeding that level can be ruled excessive and…

Plymouth caps how many customers a home-based business can host each day. Permitted home occupations under Section…

Saint Paul limits home occupation customers to appointment-only visits for fine arts, crafts, and personal services…

A home business permit in St. Louis County isn't automatic once traffic picks up: Section 6.20.B.3 requires the…

A Stearns County home occupation may not generate excessive customer or client traffic that is detrimental to the…

Washington County's Development Code caps traffic generated by a home-based business at the volume a single-family…

Woodbury caps home-business customer visits at five vehicle trips per day and limits deliveries or pick-ups to two…

Minnesota Statutes section 28A.152 establishes the statewide cottage food exemption, allowing home producers to sell…

Under Minnesota's statewide cottage food exemption (Minn. Stat. 28A.152), you may sell non-hazardous homemade foods and…

Cottage food is a statewide exemption, not a county rule. Under Minn. Stat. 28A.152 you must register with the…

Minnesota Stat. 28A allows Saint Paul residents to sell homemade non-hazardous foods directly to consumers, capped at…

Cottage food is a statewide program, so Dakota County home cooks follow Minnesota's cottage food law. You may sell…

Minnesota's Cottage Food Law lets you make and sell non-hazardous homemade food from a Scott County home after…

Minnesota's Cottage Food Law lets you make and sell non-hazardous homemade food from a Wright County home after…

Minnesota has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and its food code closes the door from the other…

Minnesota Statutes sections 245A.14 and 462.357 require cities to treat licensed family child care homes as a permitted…

Dakota County licenses in-home family child care on behalf of the state. A family day care may serve up to 10 children…

In Minnesota, family and group family child care in your home must be licensed. Anoka County processes and monitors…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a day care home licensed under M.S. § 245.812 is a permitted use in the R-1…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a home day care serving 12 or fewer people is a permitted accessory use under Table…

Carver County allows day care facilities serving ten or fewer people, and residential facilities serving six or fewer…

The City of Duluth regulates accessory day care facilities under Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.D. New day cares…

In the City of Eagan, a home daycare or other home occupation must stay clearly secondary to residential use, employ no…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, a home daycare serving fourteen or fewer persons inside a single-family detached…

Maple Grove allows home day care for 14 or fewer children as a permitted R-1 use, with a fenced 600-square-foot play…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a licensed day care serving 12 or fewer persons and a licensed…

Ramsey County IS the licensing agency for family child care. It licenses in-home providers on behalf of MN DHS under…

Saint Paul lets a county-licensed family day care operate in an ordinary home without a conditional use permit. City…

Family day cares in Stearns County must meet single-family setback and appearance standards, keep at least 50 square…

Woodbury allows a licensed home-based daycare serving 12 or fewer children as a permitted accessory use in every…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a state-licensed family day care serving 10 or fewer children and a group family day care…

Minneapolis zoning allows family and group family day care as an accessory use in any residential dwelling, with no…

Family and group family day care is a permitted, by-right use across Olmsted County's A-1, R-1 and R-2 zoning…

Group family day care is a permitted use by right in the City of Blaine's Single-Family (R-1) district under City Code…

In the City of Plymouth, a state-licensed family child care operation serving 14 or fewer people inside a single-family…