Home Business in Nevada (2026)
38 rules on the books across Nevada, 9 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Which businesses you can run from home, the home-occupation permit or registration most cities require, and the conditions attached, floor area caps, signage bans, and prohibited uses.
Clark County
Significant RestrictionsClark County allows home occupations as an accessory use in nearly every zoning district, but bans on-site clients…
Read full rule →Las Vegas
Significant RestrictionsRunning a business from a Las Vegas home requires a discretionary Home Occupation Permit under LVMC 19.16.180 before…
Read full rule →Elko County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Elko County, Nevada, a home occupation must stay incidental to the residence and cannot change its…
Read full rule →Henderson
Some RestrictionsHenderson caps home occupations at 20% of a dwelling's floor area, bars outside employees, and limits client visits to…
Read full rule →Lyon County
Some RestrictionsLyon County allows a defined list of home occupations, like bookkeeping, tutoring or a one-chair barbershop, in any…
Read full rule →North Las Vegas
Some RestrictionsEvery home occupation in North Las Vegas needs a permit from the Community Development Department before it opens, plus…
Read full rule →Reno
Some RestrictionsReno home-based businesses must fit within 25% of living space or 500 square feet, may employ one outside worker with…
Read full rule →Sparks
Some RestrictionsSparks allows home occupations as a secondary, incidental use of a dwelling, but the business must operate entirely…
Read full rule →Washoe County
Some RestrictionsA Washoe County home-based business must be clearly incidental and subordinate to residential use, occupy no more than…
Read full rule →Signage Rules
Whether you can put up a sign for your home business, including size limits, placement rules, and which types of signs are allowed.
Henderson
Heavy RestrictionsHenderson's Development Code bars any exterior change to a dwelling for a home occupation, which rules out yard…
Read full rule →Las Vegas
Heavy RestrictionsA Las Vegas Home Occupation Permit bans any signage identifying the business, on-site or off-site. LVMC…
Read full rule →North Las Vegas
Heavy RestrictionsNorth Las Vegas bars every home-based business from displaying any exterior sign. City Code §…
Read full rule →Sparks
Heavy RestrictionsSparks bars any exterior sign, placard or indication that a home occupation exists at a residence under Municipal Code…
Read full rule →Reno
Significant RestrictionsReno bars home-based businesses from putting up signs that make a residence look non-residential: the home occupation…
Read full rule →Elko County
Some RestrictionsA sign for a home occupation in unincorporated Elko County, Nevada cannot be illuminated and cannot exceed three square…
Read full rule →Washoe County
Some RestrictionsWashoe County prohibits any public advertising that calls attention to a dwelling being used for business, except when…
Read full rule →Customer Traffic Restrictions
Limits on customers and clients visiting a home business, daily visit caps, one-at-a-time rules, employee restrictions, and parking conditions that keep a home occupation from becoming a storefront.
North Las Vegas
Heavy RestrictionsA general home occupation in North Las Vegas cannot make "house calls" at or in front of the dwelling, and an office…
Read full rule →Clark County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Clark County, a home occupation generally cannot receive on-site clients or customers at all: the…
Read full rule →Las Vegas
Significant RestrictionsLas Vegas home occupations generally cannot receive customers on-site at all. Only a cottage food operation, cottage…
Read full rule →Elko County
Some RestrictionsA home occupation in unincorporated Elko County, Nevada cannot generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic greater than…
Read full rule →Henderson
Some RestrictionsHenderson home occupations can only see customers by prior appointment, capped at three visits per hour, under the…
Read full rule →Lyon County
Some RestrictionsA Lyon County home based business run from a detached accessory building can host client visits, but nonresident staff…
Read full rule →Reno
Some RestrictionsReno caps home occupations at two on-site clients who drive, allowing only one client vehicle on the property at a…
Read full rule →Sparks
Some RestrictionsSparks home businesses are capped at five client visits or deliveries a day under Municipal Code Section…
Read full rule →Washoe County
Some RestrictionsA licensed home-based business in unincorporated Washoe County cannot host more than three customer or client visits a…
Read full rule →Cottage Food Operations
Rules for selling homemade food products from your kitchen, including what foods are allowed, labeling requirements, and annual sales limits.
Nevada: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsNevada moved its cottage food rule out of NRS chapter 446 in 2025. The section in force today is NRS 580.600, which…
Read full rule →Washoe County
Some RestrictionsNevada allows registered cottage food operations to sell non-hazardous homemade foods without a full food-establishment…
Read full rule →Home Kitchen Operations
Permits for selling meals cooked to order in a home kitchen, which is a separate legal category from shelf-stable cottage food. Covers daily meal and gross revenue caps, health department inspection, and whether the county has to opt in before residents may apply at all.
Home Daycare
Licensing and zoning rules for running a daycare out of your home, including the number of children allowed, outdoor play area requirements, and safety standards.
Nevada: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsNevada requires state licensing through the Division of Public and Behavioral Health for any home caring for more than…
Read full rule →Clark County
Some RestrictionsHome daycare in Clark County requires state licensing through Nevada DPBH plus a county home occupation permit. Family…
Read full rule →Elko County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Elko County, Nevada permits childcare as a home occupation in residential districts for not more than…
Read full rule →Henderson
Some RestrictionsHenderson's Development Code defines a 'Family Home' as a residence providing non-medical care for up to six persons on…
Read full rule →Lyon County
Some RestrictionsLyon County treats a small in-home daycare serving six or fewer children or adults as a permitted home occupation in…
Read full rule →North Las Vegas
Some RestrictionsA family day care home or family home child care operation needs a conditional use permit in North Las Vegas's O-L…
Read full rule →Reno
Some RestrictionsReno allows in-home childcare for 5 to 12 kids as an accessory home business, but requires the provider to live…
Read full rule →Sparks
Some RestrictionsHome-based child care in Sparks is a zoning use standard: Municipal Code Section 20.03.015 caps hours of operation at 7…
Read full rule →Washoe County
Some RestrictionsRunning child care in a Washoe County home requires a Nevada state license. A licensed family home cares for five to…
Read full rule →Las Vegas
Light RestrictionsLas Vegas lets a resident run a family day care for up to six children or dependent adults inside an ordinary home as a…
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