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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Georgia (2026)

74 rules on the books across Georgia, 31 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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Food Truck Permits

Licenses and health permits required to operate a food truck, including fees, inspections, and renewal requirements.

Georgia: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

Georgia requires statewide mobile food service permits issued by county health departments under uniform Department of…

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Fayette County

Significant Restrictions

Fayette County generally bars operating any business, including a food truck, from a mobile vehicle on public…

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Fulton County

Significant Restrictions

A food truck in unincorporated Fulton County needs an administrative use permit that lasts 1 year, works only at the…

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Henry County

Significant Restrictions

Henry County requires a separate license before operating a portable eating establishment, defined as any wheeled food…

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Marietta

Significant Restrictions

Marietta requires a city license before selling food from any mobile retail food establishment or pushcart, bars…

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Paulding County

Significant Restrictions

Mobile food-vending units in Paulding County need both a state health department license and a county business license…

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Rockdale County

Significant Restrictions

A mobile food vendor operating in unincorporated Rockdale County needs a permit from the Department of Planning and…

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South Fulton

Significant Restrictions

Every food truck operating in South Fulton needs an Administrative Permit from the Community Development and Regulatory…

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Warner Robins

Significant Restrictions

Every mobile food vendor operating in Warner Robins needs a food service permit and a business license before opening…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Selling food from a truck, pushcart or temporary stand in Acworth requires a license from the business license…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta requires mobile food units on private property to get a city business license, written property-owner consent…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Food trucks in Augusta-Richmond County need an annual business tax certificate plus a state health permit before they…

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Bartow County

Some Restrictions

Bartow County Code § 44-168 sets the licensing standard for food trucks and mobile food service units operating in…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Clayton County lets food truck businesses operate countywide once they hold an occupational tax certificate under the…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Mobile food vendors in unincorporated Cobb County need both a county business license and a food service permit from…

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Columbia County

Some Restrictions

Columbia County requires every mobile food, retail or service unit operating more than two consecutive days at one…

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Coweta County

Some Restrictions

A food truck in Coweta County needs a Mobile Food Unit permit from District 4 Public Health plus a permitted base of…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Section 86-24 of the Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia Code requires anyone operating a mobile food facility on a public…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

DeKalb County requires all food service operations, including mobile units, to hold an annual permit from the county…

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Dunwoody

Some Restrictions

Dunwoody caps food trucks at one per 20,000 square feet of site area, requires them to sit on a lot with an existing…

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Floyd County

Some Restrictions

Operating a mobile food truck lot in unincorporated Floyd County takes more than a Special Use Permit for the site. The…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Forsyth County requires every mobile food unit operating in unincorporated Forsyth County to complete Georgia and…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Standalone mobile food service units operating in unincorporated Gwinnett County need a temporary outdoor activity…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Hall County classifies a food truck as a Mobile Food Establishment temporary use under UDC Sec. 7.9.2. Operators need…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Every food truck operating in Macon-Bibb County must carry a valid Georgia Department of Public Health Mobile Food…

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Newton County

Some Restrictions

Anyone operating a food truck, ice cream truck, pushcart, or temporary food stand in unincorporated Newton County must…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell, Georgia requires a city license before any mobile food vendor, pushcart, or temporary food stand sells food…

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Sandy Springs

Some Restrictions

A mobile food unit permit is required before operating on any city-owned or private property in Sandy Springs…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

Operating a mobile food unit in unincorporated Walton County without a valid food service permit from the health…

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Vending Zones

Designated areas where food trucks and mobile vendors can operate, including time limits, distance from restaurants, and residential area restrictions.

Augusta-Richmond County

Significant Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County requires a business tax certificate for all street vendors, and vendors working the Riverwalk…

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Cobb County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Cobb County, mobile food vendors cannot operate in the public right-of-way at all. Vending is allowed…

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Fayette County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Fayette County bans selling goods or services from a temporary spot along a public right-of-way outside…

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Floyd County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Floyd County, mobile food vehicles cannot set up on just any commercially zoned lot. The Unified Land…

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Henry County

Significant Restrictions

Henry County limits where portable eating establishments can operate under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-35(b)(3): they are…

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Macon Bibb County

Significant Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County caps sidewalk food vending at two permits per block, and the Urban Development Authority must approve…

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Marietta

Significant Restrictions

Marietta allows a mobile retail food establishment on residential property for up to 3 days a year, one day at a time…

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Paulding County

Significant Restrictions

Mobile food vending in unincorporated Paulding County is confined to six commercial zoning districts and a short list…

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Warner Robins

Significant Restrictions

Mobile food vendors in Warner Robins may only operate in C-1, C-2, C-3, M-1, and M-2 zoning districts. Ice cream trucks…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Shut out of streets and parks, Acworth food trucks vend only on private property with the owner's written consent…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta food trucks can vend only from city-designated food truck areas set by the Department of City Planning, and…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County limits where a non-motorized food cart can set up to sell. Sec. 16-315 confines cart sales to streets…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Clayton County limits food trucks to commercial property with the owner's written, notarized permission, dedicated food…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Section 86-24(d) of the Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia Code keeps mobile food facilities at least ten feet from each…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated DeKalb County limits street-level mobile food vending: pushcarts and food vehicles may sell only between…

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Dunwoody

Some Restrictions

Food trucks are a permitted use by right in every nonresidential and mixed-use zoning district in Dunwoody, from office…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Forsyth County limits stand-alone mobile food vending to an accessory role: trucks may set up in commercial…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Fulton County confines food truck vending to the O-I, MIX, C-1, C-2, M-1A, M-1 and M-2 zoning districts…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Standalone mobile food units in unincorporated Gwinnett County may only set up on office, commercial, or mixed-use…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Hall County's Allowed Use Table (Table 7.2.1) zones Mobile Food Establishments differently by district: a Conditional…

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Newton County

Some Restrictions

Mobile food vendors in unincorporated Newton County cannot set up on public streets or in the right-of-way except at a…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell, Georgia confines mobile food vendors to commercial zoning districts and bars them from operating in the public…

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Sandy Springs

Some Restrictions

Mobile food units in Sandy Springs are only allowed on commercial, mixed-use or perimeter zoned properties. Even there…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton food trucks may operate only in single-family residential districts, nonresidential districts, or…

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Whitfield County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Whitfield County, a transient merchant, including a food truck, cannot set up on public sidewalks…

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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.

Acworth

Heavy Restrictions

Acworth flatly bars mobile food establishments from operating on the public right-of-way or in city parks, closing off…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Heavy Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County requires food trucks to operate from privately owned commercial or industrial lots, not on…

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Bartow County

Heavy Restrictions

Selling food from a cart or on foot along a sidewalk in unincorporated Bartow County falls under the county's peddling…

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Cobb County

Heavy Restrictions

In unincorporated Cobb County, mobile food vendors cannot sell from sidewalks or any public right-of-way. County Code §…

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South Fulton

Heavy Restrictions

South Fulton food trucks cannot conduct business in the public right-of-way. Section 304.03(d) bars sidewalk and street…

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Warner Robins

Heavy Restrictions

Warner Robins bans mobile food vending on streets, sidewalks, alleys, trails, and any city-owned property outright…

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Atlanta

Significant Restrictions

Selling food or merchandise from a sidewalk cart in Atlanta requires a Valid Vendor Permit from the city's Office of…

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Chatham County

Significant Restrictions

Chatham County treats a food vendor who sets up a booth or stand on a street or sidewalk in the unincorporated county…

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Columbus

Significant Restrictions

In Columbus, Georgia, vendors may sell in the public right-of-way during a designated special event only with the event…

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Fayette County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Fayette County bans operating a business from a mobile vehicle, or vending, on public sidewalks…

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Fulton County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Fulton County, selling from a table, cart or stand along a roadway requires an Administrative Permit…

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Marietta

Significant Restrictions

Marietta requires a business license before any food truck, pushcart or mobile retail food establishment can sell…

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Whitfield County

Significant Restrictions

Transient merchants, including mobile food vendors, cannot set up on public sidewalks, roads, bridges, parks or…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Section 86-24(b) of the Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia Code bars mobile food facilities from projecting into or…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated DeKalb limits sidewalk food-cart vending to noon-8 p.m., pre-packaged snacks and drinks only, a…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Mobile vendors and food trucks in unincorporated Forsyth County need Planning Commission or Board of Commissioners…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Street vendors, transient vendors, and flea market vendors in unincorporated Gwinnett County can't use the…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Selling food from a push cart on Macon-Bibb County's downtown sidewalks, inside the fire zone bounded by MLK Boulevard…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell, Georgia defines a pushcart as a non-self-propelled cart limited to commissary-prepared food, exempts it from…

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Sandy Springs

Light Restrictions

Sandy Springs exempts ice cream vending trucks from its mobile food unit permit if they keep moving: no stop longer…

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