Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Alabama (2026)

Every food truck in Alabama must hold a mobile food establishment permit from the Alabama Department of Public Health…

Food trucks operating in Hoover need both an annual business license and a separate zoning-issued permit per unit, plus…

No one may run a mobile food truck or cart on Tuscaloosa streets, alleys or public ways without a City Council-approved…

Auburn requires every mobile food unit operator to hold an annual permit from the City Manager, posted visibly on the…

Bessemer licenses mobile food operations under license classification 722330, 'mobile food services (mobile) food…

Every mobile food vehicle or pushcart operating in Birmingham's public rights-of-way needs a city council-approved…

In the City of Decatur, Alabama, every mobile food vending unit needs its own city business license displayed in view…

Mobile food trucks and caterers in the City of Dothan pay a $50.00 annual business license under NAICS code 7223, and…

Operating a food truck on public property in downtown Huntsville requires a mobile food vendor's permit from the city…

Food trucks in Mobile, Alabama must display a valid city business license and any required food or health permit before…

Montgomery, Alabama requires every food truck vendor to hold a city business license before selling anything on a…

Vestavia Hills requires every mobile food unit operator to hold an annual City of Vestavia Hills business license from…

In the City of Decatur, Alabama, mobile food vending is allowed on approved public or semipublic property, on private…

Huntsville confines street vending to a defined "public vendor space", sidewalks and parks in the central city core…

Montgomery, Alabama confines street-legal food truck vending to public rights-of-way and public parking lots carrying…

Tuscaloosa's mobile food vendor franchise ordinance lets the director of infrastructure and public services approve or…

Auburn confines mobile food units to a specific list of commercial and mixed-use zoning districts, with narrow…

Mobile food vehicles and pushcarts can only vend in the public rights-of-way inside a city council-approved 'food…

Hoover only allows food trucks as a temporary accessory use tied to an existing open business on private property: they…

Mobile food trucks may set up in right-of-way parking spaces, on approved city property, or wherever zoning allows, but…

Mobile food units in Vestavia Hills can operate only in areas zoned nonresidential, and section 8-272(k) keeps them at…

A mobile pushcart in Auburn can only enter the public right-of-way with City Council approval, and only on sidewalks at…

Birmingham requires every mobile food vehicle and pushcart working the public right-of-way to hold a city permit…

Section 16-17 of the Decatur City Code makes it unlawful to sell or peddle produce or other merchandise from a vehicle…

Hoover bars mobile food units from public rights-of-way and sidewalks -- trucks and carts must operate on private…

Montgomery requires a business license before selling food, beverages or merchandise from a cart or kiosk on any city…

Selling or displaying food for sale on any Tuscaloosa curb or sidewalk is unlawful under City Code Sec. 12-1 unless the…

Vestavia Hills bans mobile food units from operating anywhere on a public sidewalk or street right-of-way: section…

Selling food, crafts, flowers, or photos from a sidewalk cart in downtown Huntsville requires a $100 annual vendor's…

Mobile requires an annual peddler's license for anyone selling from a cart, stand, booth, or table, capping the display…