Differences – Seasonal vs. Year-long

You may be thinking that the determination as to whether a business is seasonal is intuitive. For some businesses, it could be an easy call. Take for example a lawn mowing company that is located in Pennsylvania. It gets too cold for the grass to grow in the winter months, so anyone who is operating a lawn mowing company is not doing it in the winter. This would seem to be a seasonal company. But what if I told you that even though Lennie’s Lawn Mowing, LLC mows grass, two years after it started Lennie also took up snow plowing in the winter. Do they still have a seasonal business? My point is that things are not always what they seem.

In addition, some states have specific laws for seasonal businesses and therefore there is likely a statutory definition for “seasonal.” For example, in Indiana, a seasonal business is one that is in operation for 26 weeks or less annually.