Home Business in Missouri (2026)

The St. Louis County Zoning Ordinance defines home occupation at §1003.020.59, and the definition is a list of…

St. Louis allows home occupations in any residential zoning district only if the business leaves the dwelling looking…

Boone County allows a home occupation by right in its agricultural and most residential zoning districts, but only if…

Cass County requires no permit, license, or variance to run a no-impact, home-based business in the unincorporated…

Columbia, Missouri lets residents run a home occupation in nearly every zoning district as an accessory use, but caps…

Florissant zoning treats a 'home occupation' as a permitted accessory use in every residential district, but only two…

In unincorporated Greene County, a home-based business in a residential district is capped at one non-family employee…

Operating a home-based business beyond the no-impact tier in Independence requires a City occupation license, and…

In unincorporated Jackson County, home occupations are capped at 25% of a home's floor area, one outside employee, and…

Jefferson County lets residents run a home occupation under UDO Section 400.2890, but caps it at 33% of the dwelling's…

Kansas City allows home occupations only in R (residential) zoning districts, and only if they meet strict standards…

Kirkwood only allows home businesses that qualify as no-impact under Zoning Code § 25-45(k); anything more intensive is…

Lee's Summit permits home occupations as an accessory use in any residential district under UDO Sec. 6.1400. The…

O'Fallon allows home based businesses in any dwelling, but Section 400.280 caps the operation at 25% of the home's…

Springfield, Missouri lets residents run a home occupation as an accessory use in a dwelling unit, but the Land…

St. Charles County lets residents run one home occupation per household in any residential zoning district, but caps it…

A Florissant home occupation cannot display any sign at all. The zoning code's definition of 'home occupation' bars any…

Unincorporated Jackson County bans on-premise advertising for home occupations except in AG and RR zoning districts…

Running a home-based business in Lee's Summit means no exterior signage at all: the UDO's home occupation rules flatly…

Springfield, Missouri's Land Development Code bars any sign that advertises a home occupation's presence or activity…

St. Louis bars home occupations from displaying any sign at all: the business must run completely unadvertised from the…

Unincorporated St. Louis County lets residents run a home-based business as a permitted use, but only if it carries…

Kansas City caps home occupation signage at one non-illuminated wall sign no larger than 80 square inches, and only in…

Kirkwood bans every permanent sign at a home-based business except the single wall sign allowed for individual…

A home-based business in unincorporated St. Charles County may advertise itself with only a small, unlit sign attached…

Boone County limits a home-based business to one unlit facade sign no larger than three square feet, and bars flashing…

A home occupation in unincorporated Cass County can only advertise itself with signage tied to that specific permitted…

A home business in Columbia, Missouri may post an identification sign, but it must be attached flat to the structure…

Greene County limits home occupations in unincorporated areas to one nameplate sign, capped at one square foot…

Jefferson County exempts a home occupation sign from its usual sign-permit process under UDO Section 400.4250(A)(7), as…

O'Fallon caps home occupation signage at one sign per lot, under two square feet in area, per Section 410.120(A)(18) of…

St. Louis bars home occupations from regularly accepting customers, clients, or the general public into the home, or…

St. Louis County bars home occupations from offering services to the general public on the premises, so client and…

A home-based business in unincorporated Cass County keeps its no-permit status only if it does not cause a substantial…

Columbia, Missouri bars direct retail sales at a home occupation and caps its traffic at 12 vehicle trips per day.

Unincorporated Greene County caps home-business traffic and parking at normal residential levels, and requires any…

Independence lets a no-impact home business host clients only if it causes no substantial increase in neighborhood…

Home occupations in unincorporated Jackson County can host patrons, students, or other business visitors only between…

Jefferson County requires a home occupation to keep traffic, parking, sewage and water use within what's normal for a…

Kansas City caps home occupations in residential districts at two clients on-site at any time, and every visit must be…

Kirkwood ties client visits at a home business to the house's own occupancy limit rather than setting a separate…

A Lee's Summit home occupation may employ only residents plus one outside person, and it cannot generate traffic…

O'Fallon lets a registered home based business receive customers and third parties, but Section 400.280(D) requires the…

Springfield, Missouri's Land Development Code prohibits home occupations from providing any customer waiting area…

St. Charles County limits how many customers a home-based business can host at once. Code § 405.495(A)(2) caps in-home…

Missouri RSMo 196.298 expressly preempts local health departments from regulating cottage food production. Home…

Missouri's cottage food law lets Clay County residents sell home-baked goods, canned jams and jellies, and dried herbs…

Missouri cottage food law (RSMo 196.298) allows St. Louis residents to sell non-potentially hazardous homemade foods…

Missouri has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no statute that lets a resident sell meals cooked to order from…

Missouri RSMo 210.211 universally requires a state license to operate a child care facility, with a statutory exemption…

Running a family child day care home in Florissant requires a City business license before the first child arrives, and…

O'Fallon's Zoning Code treats any place that cares for children four or more hours a day as a 'daycare center,' whether…

Running a preschool or daycare in unincorporated St. Charles County's single-family districts needs a conditional use…

Boone County zoning caps a Family Day Care Home at six children and a Group Day Care Home at ten, permitting both by…

Cass County's Zoning Order draws the line between a home-based day care and a group day care home at ten children…

Caring for children for pay in a Clay County home requires a license from the Missouri DESE Office of Childhood once…

In Columbia, Missouri (Boone County), the Unified Development Code allows a family day care center as an accessory home…

In unincorporated Greene County, a family day care home is a permitted Home Occupation capped at ten children in…

Independence treats a family child care home as a home business, requiring state and City health licensing, a 42-inch…

Unincorporated Jackson County requires family day care homes to be state-licensed, fenced, and capped at five…

In unincorporated Jefferson County, a residence where someone cares for up to four people at a time is a permitted…

Kansas City allows family day care for up to 10 children as a permitted use in every residential zoning district, but…

Kirkwood caps a family day-care home at six unrelated children and limits the City to one such home per block, with a…

A Lee's Summit "day care home" for one to four unrelated children is a permitted accessory use in any residential…

Springfield's Land Development Code allows a family day care home for up to six children as a permitted use, no special…

State-licensed family child care homes for 5-10 kids skip building-code inspection and can get a zoning waiver from the…

A St. Louis County license is required for any person using their home to care for more than 4 children other than the…