Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Arkansas (2026)
16 rules on the books across Arkansas, 6 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Food Truck Permits
Licenses and health permits required to operate a food truck, including fees, inspections, and renewal requirements.
Conway
Significant RestrictionsConway's only mobile food vending ordinance, Chapter 4.85, targets ice cream trucks and other vehicles that vend…
Read full rule →Fayetteville
Some RestrictionsFayetteville food trucks need an outdoor mobile vendor permit under UDC §178.04. The $125 application doubles as the…
Read full rule →Fort Smith
Some RestrictionsFort Smith requires an annual $150 permit for every mobile food truck or concession trailer, issued to the vehicle…
Read full rule →Jonesboro
Some RestrictionsJonesboro requires a building permit before any commercial trailer or vending stand, including food trailers, is placed…
Read full rule →Little Rock
Some RestrictionsLittle Rock's zoning code allows mobile canteen units, food trucks, trailers, and push carts, as a permitted use in…
Read full rule →Springdale
Some RestrictionsOperating a food truck court in Springdale, Arkansas requires a city permit for the court itself plus a separate permit…
Read full rule →Vending Zones
Designated areas where food trucks and mobile vendors can operate, including time limits, distance from restaurants, and residential area restrictions.
Jonesboro
Significant RestrictionsJonesboro confines permitted itinerant street food vending to a fixed set of 13 mapped locations, V-1 through V-13, all…
Read full rule →Conway
Some RestrictionsConway Municipal Code § 4.85.05 limits where and when mobile ice cream vendors can operate: no more than 15 minutes in…
Read full rule →Fayetteville
Some RestrictionsPermitted Fayetteville food trucks may work a spot for up to 12 hours, then must move out of view. They can use marked…
Read full rule →Fort Smith
Some RestrictionsFort Smith allows mobile food trucks on private property only in C-2 through C-6 commercial and I-1/I-2 industrial…
Read full rule →Little Rock
Some RestrictionsLittle Rock zoning bans mobile canteen units, food trucks, trailers, and push carts, from parking on any…
Read full rule →Springdale
Some RestrictionsSpringdale, Arkansas confines food truck courts to private property on collector streets or above, generally at least…
Read full rule →Sidewalk & Mobile Vending
Permits and rules for sidewalk vendors and pushcarts, where vending is allowed, cart and equipment standards, and the distance and hours rules that come with a vendor permit.
Jonesboro
Significant RestrictionsJonesboro requires itinerant street food vendors to hold an annual operating permit plus a driver's permit on top of a…
Read full rule →Springdale
Significant RestrictionsSpringdale bans mobile food and vending units from operating on city sidewalks or public easements, and requires a…
Read full rule →Fort Smith
Some RestrictionsFort Smith requires a $150 annual permit to sell food, beverages, art or crafts from a sidewalk stand downtown, and…
Read full rule →Little Rock
Some RestrictionsLittle Rock merchants need a written city manager permit before displaying goods for sale on the sidewalk outside their…
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