Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Georgia (2026)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Operating a food truck, mobile vending unit or food cart in the City of Stonecrest requires a Special Administrative…

Selling food from a truck, cart or trailer anywhere in unincorporated Troup County requires a mobile food vendor permit…

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

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

Alpharetta requires anyone selling food from a mobile vendor, ice cream truck, pushcart or temporary food establishment…

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

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

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

In unincorporated Bulloch County, a mobile food vendor must obtain a temporary use permit from the Planning and…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Operating a food truck, trailer or pushcart in unincorporated Glynn County requires a valid Board of Health food…

Mobile food services in unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia need a temporary use permit under Section 5.03.03 of the…

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

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

Every food truck or mobile food vendor operating in unincorporated Jackson County must get a Jackson County Health…

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

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

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

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

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, selling food from a mobile retail food establishment, pushcart, commissary or temporary…

Operating a food cart, mobile food vehicle, or any other food service establishment in unincorporated Spalding County…

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

Alpharetta confines mobile food vendors to commercial zoning districts, bars them from public rights-of-way outside…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, mobile food vendors other than ice cream trucks and pushcarts are limited to…

Zoning Ordinance Section 424 bars mobile food vendors from public streets and rights-of-way except at a…

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…

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

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

Mobile food vendors in unincorporated Bulloch County cannot sell on a vacant private lot and must have the property…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, mobile food services are allowed only on vacant lots or lots containing a…

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

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

Food trucks in unincorporated Jackson County can't set up within 750 feet of an operating school, within 150 feet of a…

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

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

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

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

The City of Stonecrest confines food trucks and mobile vending carts to specific zoning districts and distances under…

In unincorporated Troup County, a mobile food vendor must obtain a license under Section 7.6(9) of the Unified…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, a food vendor needs a city license, cannot operate in the public right-of-way unless it…

Troup County classifies mobile food vendors as either a street vending unit or a sidewalk vending unit on the permit…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Food trucks and mobile vending carts operating in the City of Stonecrest cannot set up within 25 feet of a…

In unincorporated Walker County, food and merchandise vendors may sell on a sidewalk or street only as an authorized…

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