Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Colorado (2026)

Colorado requires all mobile food vendors to obtain Retail Food Establishment licenses through local public health…

Anyone selling food, beverages or merchandise from a stand or vehicle on an unincorporated Adams County street or…

Every mobile food vehicle operating in Boulder needs an annual license under Subparagraph 9-6-5(d)(2). Applicants must…

Every mobile food truck operating in Fort Collins needs an outdoor vendor license under Chapter 15, filed at least five…

Every mobile food pushcart or truck operating in Fountain needs a city business license plus an annual mobile food…

Greeley licenses every mobile food truck as an outdoor vendor and confines truck vending to nonresidential lots or…

Operating a mobile food truck on a Loveland street or sidewalk requires a vendors license under Municipal Code §…

Operating a food or retail vending truck in Arvada requires a City business license plus a Food Truck Permit or Retail…

Aurora, Colorado requires mobile food trucks to hold both a city business license and a state mobile retail food…

Any person selling food from a truck, cart, wagon or mobile stand on Colorado Springs streets or sidewalks must hold a…

Denver requires a license from the Department of Excise and Licenses to operate a mobile retail food establishment or…

Longmont requires a mobile retail food vending permit for food trucks and pushcarts, valid for one year, with operators…

Running a mobile food cart or food truck in Manitou Springs takes two separate approvals: a city business license…

Pueblo mobile food units need a city business license, must serve pedestrians only with no drive-thru, and can't park…

Operating a mobile food truck in Thornton requires an International Fire Code operational permit plus a sales and use…

Mobile food preparation vehicles operating in Westminster must hold an operational permit from the Fire Prevention…

Adams County bars vending from sidewalks and vehicles along Principal Arterial streets classified in the county's…

Boulder confines mobile food vehicles to specific zoning contexts under Subparagraph 9-6-5(d)(1): Mixed Use, Business…

Denver confines legal street vending to permitted locations on the 16th Street Pedestrian and Transit Mall: pushcarts…

Fountain restricts where and when mobile food vendors can operate: Fountain Municipal Code § 5.17.050 keeps trucks and…

Lakewood requires a revocable permit before anyone can sell goods or services from the public right-of-way, and the…

Loveland requires a vendor's license under Municipal Code § 12.30.030 before any mobile food truck can sell from a…

Mobile food vending in Manitou Springs is confined to private property and tied to a licensed restaurant; selling from…

Arvada allows food and retail truck vending on private property under a temporary use permit, in parks or public space…

Aurora food trucks must stay 175 feet from open restaurants and 50 feet from single-family homes, and follow separate…

A mobile vending truck is a permitted temporary use citywide under the Unified Development Code, but a single stop is…

Fort Collins mobile food trucks can only vend on lots or legal parallel-parking streets in non-neighborhood zone…

Greeley confines licensed mobile food trucks and pushcarts to nonresidential lots and streets, while only a separately…

Longmont limits mobile food trucks and pushcarts to nonresidential zoning districts and requires them to sit at least…

Pueblo confines mobile food units to zone districts where the use is approved and bars them within 100 feet of any park…

Thornton confines mobile food truck vending to collector and local streets with legal on-street parking, and bars…

Manitou Springs bans mobile vending, selling food, goods or services from carts, tables or blankets without a fixed…

Anyone vending food from a cart, table or on foot on an Arvada sidewalk needs a transient merchant license first. The…

Boulder regulates food trucks and carts as 'mobile food vehicles' under Land Use Code Section 9-6-5(d). Operators need…

Fort Collins bars any outdoor vendor's cart, table or truck from sitting on a public sidewalk within a marked…

Fountain bars mobile food vendors from blocking sidewalks: Fountain Municipal Code § 5.17.050(C)(4) forbids obstructing…

Greeley requires any outdoor vendor, sidewalk sellers, carts, trucks, to hold a city license before operating, issued…

Lakewood requires anyone selling merchandise or services from the public right-of-way to hold a revocable permit and…

Loveland requires a City Clerk-issued vendors license before anyone, including mobile food trucks, sells from a public…

Unincorporated Adams County limits food and merchandise vending stands to sidewalks at least 6 feet wide, bans them…

Mobile food trucks and sidewalk vendors in Aurora, Colorado need a city business license plus a state mobile retail…

Mobile food vendors operating on Colorado Springs sidewalks and rights-of-way cannot block pedestrian or vehicle…

Denver requires a permit from the Manager of Transportation and Infrastructure to operate a pushcart or vending device…

El Paso County allows peddler sales in parking lots but requires a temporary use permit once sales exceed three…

Longmont requires a permit for mobile retail food vendors and pushcarts, restricts them to nonresidential zoning…

Pueblo requires a permit before anyone sells or displays goods, food, or services on a street, alley, or sidewalk…