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.
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.
Georgia: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsGeorgia requires statewide mobile food service permits issued by county health departments under uniform Department of…
Read full rule →Fayette County
Significant RestrictionsFayette County generally bars operating any business, including a food truck, from a mobile vehicle on public…
Read full rule →Fulton County
Significant RestrictionsA food truck in unincorporated Fulton County needs an administrative use permit that lasts 1 year, works only at the…
Read full rule →Henry County
Significant RestrictionsHenry County requires a separate license before operating a portable eating establishment, defined as any wheeled food…
Read full rule →Marietta
Significant RestrictionsMarietta requires a city license before selling food from any mobile retail food establishment or pushcart, bars…
Read full rule →Paulding County
Significant RestrictionsMobile food-vending units in Paulding County need both a state health department license and a county business license…
Read full rule →Rockdale County
Significant RestrictionsA mobile food vendor operating in unincorporated Rockdale County needs a permit from the Department of Planning and…
Read full rule →South Fulton
Significant RestrictionsEvery food truck operating in South Fulton needs an Administrative Permit from the Community Development and Regulatory…
Read full rule →Warner Robins
Significant RestrictionsEvery mobile food vendor operating in Warner Robins needs a food service permit and a business license before opening…
Read full rule →Acworth
Some RestrictionsSelling food from a truck, pushcart or temporary stand in Acworth requires a license from the business license…
Read full rule →Atlanta
Some RestrictionsAtlanta requires mobile food units on private property to get a city business license, written property-owner consent…
Read full rule →Augusta-Richmond County
Some RestrictionsFood trucks in Augusta-Richmond County need an annual business tax certificate plus a state health permit before they…
Read full rule →Bartow County
Some RestrictionsBartow County Code § 44-168 sets the licensing standard for food trucks and mobile food service units operating in…
Read full rule →Clayton County
Some RestrictionsClayton County lets food truck businesses operate countywide once they hold an occupational tax certificate under the…
Read full rule →Cobb County
Some RestrictionsMobile food vendors in unincorporated Cobb County need both a county business license and a food service permit from…
Read full rule →Columbia County
Some RestrictionsColumbia County requires every mobile food, retail or service unit operating more than two consecutive days at one…
Read full rule →Coweta County
Some RestrictionsA food truck in Coweta County needs a Mobile Food Unit permit from District 4 Public Health plus a permitted base of…
Read full rule →Decatur
Some RestrictionsSection 86-24 of the Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia Code requires anyone operating a mobile food facility on a public…
Read full rule →DeKalb County
Some RestrictionsDeKalb County requires all food service operations, including mobile units, to hold an annual permit from the county…
Read full rule →Dunwoody
Some RestrictionsDunwoody caps food trucks at one per 20,000 square feet of site area, requires them to sit on a lot with an existing…
Read full rule →Floyd County
Some RestrictionsOperating a mobile food truck lot in unincorporated Floyd County takes more than a Special Use Permit for the site. The…
Read full rule →Forsyth County
Some RestrictionsForsyth County requires every mobile food unit operating in unincorporated Forsyth County to complete Georgia and…
Read full rule →Gwinnett County
Some RestrictionsStandalone mobile food service units operating in unincorporated Gwinnett County need a temporary outdoor activity…
Read full rule →Hall County
Some RestrictionsHall County classifies a food truck as a Mobile Food Establishment temporary use under UDC Sec. 7.9.2. Operators need…
Read full rule →Macon Bibb County
Some RestrictionsEvery food truck operating in Macon-Bibb County must carry a valid Georgia Department of Public Health Mobile Food…
Read full rule →Newton County
Some RestrictionsAnyone operating a food truck, ice cream truck, pushcart, or temporary food stand in unincorporated Newton County must…
Read full rule →Roswell
Some RestrictionsRoswell, Georgia requires a city license before any mobile food vendor, pushcart, or temporary food stand sells food…
Read full rule →Sandy Springs
Some RestrictionsA mobile food unit permit is required before operating on any city-owned or private property in Sandy Springs…
Read full rule →Walton County
Some RestrictionsOperating a mobile food unit in unincorporated Walton County without a valid food service permit from the health…
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.
Augusta-Richmond County
Significant RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County requires a business tax certificate for all street vendors, and vendors working the Riverwalk…
Read full rule →Cobb County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Cobb County, mobile food vendors cannot operate in the public right-of-way at all. Vending is allowed…
Read full rule →Fayette County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Fayette County bans selling goods or services from a temporary spot along a public right-of-way outside…
Read full rule →Floyd County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Floyd County, mobile food vehicles cannot set up on just any commercially zoned lot. The Unified Land…
Read full rule →Henry County
Significant RestrictionsHenry County limits where portable eating establishments can operate under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-35(b)(3): they are…
Read full rule →Macon Bibb County
Significant RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County caps sidewalk food vending at two permits per block, and the Urban Development Authority must approve…
Read full rule →Marietta
Significant RestrictionsMarietta allows a mobile retail food establishment on residential property for up to 3 days a year, one day at a time…
Read full rule →Paulding County
Significant RestrictionsMobile food vending in unincorporated Paulding County is confined to six commercial zoning districts and a short list…
Read full rule →Warner Robins
Significant RestrictionsMobile 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…
Read full rule →Acworth
Some RestrictionsShut out of streets and parks, Acworth food trucks vend only on private property with the owner's written consent…
Read full rule →Atlanta
Some RestrictionsAtlanta food trucks can vend only from city-designated food truck areas set by the Department of City Planning, and…
Read full rule →Chatham County
Some RestrictionsChatham County limits where a non-motorized food cart can set up to sell. Sec. 16-315 confines cart sales to streets…
Read full rule →Clayton County
Some RestrictionsClayton County limits food trucks to commercial property with the owner's written, notarized permission, dedicated food…
Read full rule →Decatur
Some RestrictionsSection 86-24(d) of the Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia Code keeps mobile food facilities at least ten feet from each…
Read full rule →DeKalb County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated DeKalb County limits street-level mobile food vending: pushcarts and food vehicles may sell only between…
Read full rule →Dunwoody
Some RestrictionsFood trucks are a permitted use by right in every nonresidential and mixed-use zoning district in Dunwoody, from office…
Read full rule →Forsyth County
Some RestrictionsForsyth County limits stand-alone mobile food vending to an accessory role: trucks may set up in commercial…
Read full rule →Fulton County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Fulton County confines food truck vending to the O-I, MIX, C-1, C-2, M-1A, M-1 and M-2 zoning districts…
Read full rule →Gwinnett County
Some RestrictionsStandalone mobile food units in unincorporated Gwinnett County may only set up on office, commercial, or mixed-use…
Read full rule →Hall County
Some RestrictionsHall County's Allowed Use Table (Table 7.2.1) zones Mobile Food Establishments differently by district: a Conditional…
Read full rule →Newton County
Some RestrictionsMobile food vendors in unincorporated Newton County cannot set up on public streets or in the right-of-way except at a…
Read full rule →Roswell
Some RestrictionsRoswell, Georgia confines mobile food vendors to commercial zoning districts and bars them from operating in the public…
Read full rule →Sandy Springs
Some RestrictionsMobile food units in Sandy Springs are only allowed on commercial, mixed-use or perimeter zoned properties. Even there…
Read full rule →South Fulton
Some RestrictionsSouth Fulton food trucks may operate only in single-family residential districts, nonresidential districts, or…
Read full rule →Whitfield County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Whitfield County, a transient merchant, including a food truck, cannot set up on public sidewalks…
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.
Acworth
Heavy RestrictionsAcworth flatly bars mobile food establishments from operating on the public right-of-way or in city parks, closing off…
Read full rule →Augusta-Richmond County
Heavy RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County requires food trucks to operate from privately owned commercial or industrial lots, not on…
Read full rule →Bartow County
Heavy RestrictionsSelling food from a cart or on foot along a sidewalk in unincorporated Bartow County falls under the county's peddling…
Read full rule →Cobb County
Heavy RestrictionsIn unincorporated Cobb County, mobile food vendors cannot sell from sidewalks or any public right-of-way. County Code §…
Read full rule →South Fulton
Heavy RestrictionsSouth Fulton food trucks cannot conduct business in the public right-of-way. Section 304.03(d) bars sidewalk and street…
Read full rule →Warner Robins
Heavy RestrictionsWarner Robins bans mobile food vending on streets, sidewalks, alleys, trails, and any city-owned property outright…
Read full rule →Atlanta
Significant RestrictionsSelling food or merchandise from a sidewalk cart in Atlanta requires a Valid Vendor Permit from the city's Office of…
Read full rule →Chatham County
Significant RestrictionsChatham County treats a food vendor who sets up a booth or stand on a street or sidewalk in the unincorporated county…
Read full rule →Columbus
Significant RestrictionsIn Columbus, Georgia, vendors may sell in the public right-of-way during a designated special event only with the event…
Read full rule →Fayette County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Fayette County bans operating a business from a mobile vehicle, or vending, on public sidewalks…
Read full rule →Fulton County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Fulton County, selling from a table, cart or stand along a roadway requires an Administrative Permit…
Read full rule →Marietta
Significant RestrictionsMarietta requires a business license before any food truck, pushcart or mobile retail food establishment can sell…
Read full rule →Whitfield County
Significant RestrictionsTransient merchants, including mobile food vendors, cannot set up on public sidewalks, roads, bridges, parks or…
Read full rule →Decatur
Some RestrictionsSection 86-24(b) of the Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia Code bars mobile food facilities from projecting into or…
Read full rule →DeKalb County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated DeKalb limits sidewalk food-cart vending to noon-8 p.m., pre-packaged snacks and drinks only, a…
Read full rule →Forsyth County
Some RestrictionsMobile vendors and food trucks in unincorporated Forsyth County need Planning Commission or Board of Commissioners…
Read full rule →Gwinnett County
Some RestrictionsStreet vendors, transient vendors, and flea market vendors in unincorporated Gwinnett County can't use the…
Read full rule →Macon Bibb County
Some RestrictionsSelling food from a push cart on Macon-Bibb County's downtown sidewalks, inside the fire zone bounded by MLK Boulevard…
Read full rule →Roswell
Some RestrictionsRoswell, Georgia defines a pushcart as a non-self-propelled cart limited to commissary-prepared food, exempts it from…
Read full rule →Sandy Springs
Light RestrictionsSandy Springs exempts ice cream vending trucks from its mobile food unit permit if they keep moving: no stop longer…
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