diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/LocationMapManager.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/LocationMapManager.jsx
index ef8c4fc..360b3d3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/LocationMapManager.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/LocationMapManager.jsx
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ export default function LocationMapManager() {
 
       const target = event.target instanceof Element ? event.target : null;
       const button = target?.closest("button");
-      if (button?.classList.contains("user-dropdown-logout")) {
+      const isSwitchingHousehold = Boolean(
+        button?.classList.contains("household-option") &&
+        !button.classList.contains("create-household-btn") &&
+        !button.closest(".household-option-row.active")
+      );
+      if (button?.classList.contains("user-dropdown-logout") || isSwitchingHousehold) {
         event.preventDefault();
         event.stopPropagation();
         guardedClickTargetRef.current = button;
diff --git a/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
index fdb6792..9947644 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/location-map-manager.spec.ts
@@ -154,17 +154,19 @@ function draftAndPublishedMapState(
 
 async function mockMapShell(
   page: Page,
-  household = adminHousehold,
+  household: typeof adminHousehold | Array<typeof adminHousehold> = adminHousehold,
   locations: Array<typeof storeLocation> = [storeLocation]
 ) {
-  await seedAuthStorage(page, { username: "map-user", role: household.role });
+  const households = Array.isArray(household) ? household : [household];
+  const primaryHousehold = households[0] || adminHousehold;
+  await seedAuthStorage(page, { username: "map-user", role: primaryHousehold.role });
   await mockConfig(page);
 
   await page.route("**/households", async (route) => {
     await route.fulfill({
       status: 200,
       contentType: "application/json",
-      body: JSON.stringify([household]),
+      body: JSON.stringify(households),
     });
   });
 
@@ -1565,6 +1567,99 @@ test("admin logout warns when draft edits are unsaved", async ({ page }) => {
   expect(logoutCalls).toBe(1);
 });
 
+test("admin household switch warns when draft edits are unsaved", async ({ page }) => {
+  const secondHousehold = {
+    id: 2,
+    name: "Second House",
+    role: "admin",
+    invite_code: "EFGH5678",
+  };
+  await mockMapShell(page, [adminHousehold, secondHousehold]);
+
+  const mapState = draftMapState([
+    {
+      id: 1374,
+      location_map_id: 900,
+      zone_id: 501,
+      zone_name: "Bakery",
+      type: "zone",
+      label: "Bakery",
+      x: 40,
+      y: 40,
+      width: 260,
+      height: 160,
+      rotation: 0,
+      locked: false,
+      visible: true,
+      sort_order: 1,
+    },
+  ], true);
+  const secondHouseholdMapState = {
+    ...noMapState(true),
+    location: {
+      ...storeLocation,
+      household_id: 2,
+      name: "Second Costco",
+      display_name: "Second Costco - Eastvale",
+    },
+  };
+
+  let secondHouseholdMapRequests = 0;
+  await page.route("**/households/1/locations/10/map", async (route) => {
+    await route.fulfill({
+      status: 200,
+      contentType: "application/json",
+      body: JSON.stringify(mapState),
+    });
+  });
+  await page.route("**/households/2/stores", async (route) => {
+    await route.fulfill({
+      status: 200,
+      contentType: "application/json",
+      body: JSON.stringify([{ ...storeLocation, household_id: 2 }]),
+    });
+  });
+  await page.route("**/households/2/locations/10/zones", async (route) => {
+    await route.fulfill({
+      status: 200,
+      contentType: "application/json",
+      body: JSON.stringify({ zones }),
+    });
+  });
+  await page.route("**/households/2/locations/10/map", async (route) => {
+    secondHouseholdMapRequests += 1;
+    await route.fulfill({
+      status: 200,
+      contentType: "application/json",
+      body: JSON.stringify(secondHouseholdMapState),
+    });
+  });
+
+  await page.goto("/stores/100/locations/10/map");
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Continue Editing" }).click();
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit Areas" }).click();
+  await page.locator(".location-map-object", { hasText: "Bakery" }).locator("rect").first().click();
+  await page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Label" }).fill("Unsaved Household Bakery");
+
+  await page.locator(".household-switcher-toggle").click();
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Second House", exact: true }).click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Leave with unsaved changes?" })).toBeVisible();
+  expect(secondHouseholdMapRequests).toBe(0);
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }).click();
+  await expect(page.locator(".household-switcher-toggle .household-name")).toHaveText("Map House");
+  await expect(page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Label" })).toHaveValue("Unsaved Household Bakery");
+  expect(secondHouseholdMapRequests).toBe(0);
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Second House", exact: true }).click();
+  await confirmSlide(page);
+
+  await expect(page.locator(".household-switcher-toggle .household-name")).toHaveText("Second House");
+  await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "No Map" })).toBeVisible();
+  expect(secondHouseholdMapRequests).toBe(1);
+});
+
 test("admin publish saves pending map edits before publishing", async ({ page }) => {
   await mockMapShell(page);