Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in The Woodlands, TX (2026)

1 verified food trucks & mobile vendors rules for The Woodlands, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Since July 1, 2026, anyone dispensing food from a truck in The Woodlands must hold a Texas DSHS mobile food vendor license; Montgomery County no longer issues its own mobile food unit permit.

Food truck permits in The Woodlands, Texas

Few Restrictions

Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437B.051 (added by HB 2844, 89th Leg., R.S., eff. July 1, 2026)

Sec. 437B.051. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not operate as a mobile food vendor in this state unless the person holds a mobile food vendor's license issued by the department. A separate license is required for each food vending vehicle a mobile food vendor operates. (b) A local authority may not prohibit the operation in its jurisdiction of a mobile food vendor who holds a mobile food ven...

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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement The Woodlands city rules.

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