A home business (or "home-based business" or "HBB") is a small business that operates from the business owner's home office.

In addition to their location, home businesses are usually defined by:

    * Having a very small number of employees, usually all immediate family of the business owner, in which case it is also a family business.
    * Lacking a shop frontage, customer parking and street advertising signs.

Some examples of companies started as home-based business are: Microsoft Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, Apple Inc., Xerox Corporation