Texas cottage food laws
How to sell food from your home kitchen legally in Texas: the permit rules, the annual sales cap, how online orders work, and how to start selling on Koti.
What you can sell from home in Texas
SB 541 (2025) raised cap to $150k. Third-party vendor sales allowed. No home address required on label. Effective Sept 1 2025.
How to get your Texas cottage food permit
- 1. Confirm what Texas requires
For cottage food in Texas, the rules database lists: registration required. Enforcement is local, so confirm the current requirements with your county or state health department before you apply.
- 2. Complete your registration
File the registration with the agency your state or county designates for cottage food producers, and keep the confirmation with your business records.
- 3. Stay inside the sales cap
Texas caps cottage food sales at $150,000 per year. Track your totals from day one so you never cross it by accident.
- 4. Set up your shop
Once your paperwork is sorted, list your products, set your pickup or delivery options, and connect payouts. The last section of this guide covers selling on Koti in Texas.
Sales cap and where you can sell
Texas caps cottage food sales at $150,000 per year. Online sales are allowed, and sales must stay within Texas. Wholesale is limited under the state rules tracked in our database.
Sell on Koti in Texas
Seller onboarding is open in Texas. When you sign up, Koti shows you the Texas rules during setup, walks you through your permit details, and gives you a shop page with real cart and checkout. Payouts go straight to your bank through Stripe. Koti never holds your money.
Listing is free. You pay 8% only on orders the Koti marketplace brings you, and 0% on orders from your own direct link. No monthly fee is required.
Get listed freeCompare other state guides
Thinking about a different state, or selling near a border? Compare the rules in the other states with full guides:
- California cottage food laws · $160,950 per year · Permit required
- Florida cottage food laws · $250,000 per year · No permit required
- Arizona cottage food laws · No annual sales cap · Registration required
- Colorado cottage food laws · No annual sales cap · Registration required
- All 50 states and DC
Last updated from Koti's state rules database (reviewed March 2026). Cottage food rules change and counties can add their own requirements. This guide is general information, not legal advice. Confirm the current rules with your county or state health department before you start selling.