Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Illinois (2026)

Illinois requires mobile food vendors to obtain certified food protection manager status and meet uniform sanitation…

Naperville bans true food trucks, vehicles that cook food on board at a fixed location, from vending on any public…

Operating a food truck in Bolingbrook requires an annual license from the department of public services and development…

Cicero caps food truck licenses at 12 and charges $300.00 a year per truck. Trucks may not hold a liquor license, must…

Operating a mobile food unit in unincorporated Macon County requires a valid permit from the Macon County Health…

McLean County requires every mobile food unit and temporary food establishment to hold a Health Department permit, with…

Oak Lawn caps mobile food vendors at 6 licenses per year, charges a $300 license fee plus a $60 health inspection, and…

Oak Park requires a special event permit before a mobile food vendor can use public space in the Greater Downtown Oak…

Arlington Heights requires a food vehicle license before operating any food truck in the Village under Municipal Code…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) requires every mobile food unit, food trucks, trailers, and carts, to get a license from…

Champaign requires every mobile food truck working the Central Business District to hold a transient merchant license…

A food truck in Champaign or Urbana needs a Champaign-Urbana Public Health District health permit plus a city…

Chicago requires a mobile food vendor license for every food truck, cart, or produce stand, with a separate license per…

Cook County requires mobile food units operating in unincorporated Cook County to hold an annual food establishment…

DuPage County Health Department requires an annual mobile vendor permit for food trucks, with the fee set by risk…

Elgin requires every mobile food unit, nonmobile food trailer and pushcart to hold a health department permit before…

Operating a mobile food vehicle anywhere in Evanston without a City license is unlawful under City Code Section 8-23-2…

Operating a food truck anywhere in Joliet, public or private property, requires a special event permit from the city…

Every mobile food unit, nonmobile food unit and pushcart operating in Kane County needs an annual permit from the…

Operating a mobile food unit in unincorporated Kankakee County requires a health department license under County Code…

Any food service facility in unincorporated Lake County, including temporary and mobile operations at farmers markets…

Operating a mobile food establishment anywhere in Madison County without a valid permit from the County Health…

Unincorporated McHenry County requires every mobile food unit, from taco trucks to trailers, to hold a valid operator's…

Anyone operating a mobile food vehicle from Peoria's public right-of-way needs a comptroller-issued license under City…

Any food truck operating in Peoria County needs a mobile food unit license from the Peoria City/County Health…

Operating a food truck or mobile retail food stand in unincorporated Rock Island County requires a Class C license from…

Mobile food units in Sangamon County need a board of health permit before operating, plus a floor plan and plumbing…

Schaumburg requires a food delivery license before any vehicle sells or serves food to the public under section 110.21…

Skokie, Illinois requires a valid food permit before operating any food delivery vehicle or mobile food unit under…

Operating a food truck or mobile food cart on Springfield city property, rights-of-way, or private property requires a…

Operating a food truck in unincorporated St. Clair County takes an annual permit from the St. Clair County Health…

Tinley Park regulates food trucks through its Class T liquor license for food-truck alcohol service. Every food truck…

Operating a mobile food preparer or mobile food dispenser in Waukegan requires a one-year mobile food vendor license…

Mobile food units and push carts need a Will County Health Department permit before operating anywhere in the county…

Operating a food truck or pushcart in unincorporated Winnebago County requires a Category II or Category III health…

Aurora limits food trucks to city-designated, signed locations approved by the license administrator and bars vending…

Food trucks in Bolingbrook may operate only on private property with the property owner's written consent, and only at…

City Council designates entire districts, including a downtown "Central District", where street peddling is banned…

The Town of Cicero bars food trucks from parking on public streets altogether: Section 26-147(b) requires trucks to…

Elgin doesn't zone food trucks as an independent use; a mobile food vendor can operate only under a conditional use…

City Code Section 8-23-3 tells Evanston mobile food vendors exactly where they can and can't park. The Director of the…

Joliet bars food trucks from selling on public property without a special event permit under chapter 5, article V…

Oak Lawn mobile food vehicles may operate only at the specific locations named on their Village license, with the…

Oak Park bars mobile food vendors from operating within 250 feet of any brick and mortar business selling the same…

Rockford confines public right-of-way food and merchandise vending to seven designated downtown festival zone blocks…

Food trucks may operate on private property in Schaumburg only in the B-2 through B-5, M-1, and M-P zoning districts…

Springfield keeps mobile food vendors at least 300 feet from any existing restaurant's lot line citywide, tightened to…

Tazewell County confines commercial vending on its own property, including mobile food carts and stands, to the County…

Mobile food trucks in Champaign's Central Business District may only park in vending areas the City Manager has marked…

Cook County has no mapped vending zones. Instead, § 82-78 bars mobile food dispensers and peddlers from doing business…

Madison County requires every mobile food establishment, from taco trucks to trailer-mounted kitchens, to hold a Health…

Outside downtown, every mobile food vending spot in Peoria needs director of public works sign-off, and City Code §…

Waukegan confines licensed mobile food dispensing units to specific marked locations and hours under § 14-484(a): the…

Bolingbrook's food truck ordinance defines a licensed food truck as one parked 'on property other than a public street…

Chicago regulates food carts and mobile food vehicles under Municipal Code Chapters 4-8 and 7-38. Non-motorized food…

Cicero makes it unlawful to sell, expose for sale, or solicit a sale of any article on a public street, alley or public…

Tinley Park bans selling ice cream, frozen desserts, soft drinks, or similar retail items from a vehicle on any street…

Waukegan bans outdoor sales, including pushcarts and mobile or stationary stands, by anyone selling under the home…

Champaign bans selling from a sidewalk or residential street outright under City Code § 25-66(b), except for a licensed…

Selling food or goods from place to place along county streets, alleys, or sidewalks makes you a "peddler" under county…

Elgin bans selling food from any moving cart in the street, but carves out a narrow sidewalk exception for ice cream…

Peddlers, itinerant merchants and transient vendors working unincorporated Lake County must register free with the…

Naperville licenses mobile food vendors who sell prepackaged food from a vehicle citywide, outside downtown, through…

Anyone selling goods from a cart, stand or vehicle on Oak Lawn streets counts as an itinerant merchant under the…

Peoria requires a pushcart stand or sidewalk station license before selling food or merchandise from a fixed spot on a…

Rockford confines street food and vending carts to seven mapped festival-zone blocks downtown, and requires a city…

Tazewell County lets sidewalk food and beverage vendors already licensed by the City of Pekin operate on the sidewalk…

Arlington Heights treats sidewalk food sales as peddling: Section 12-1005 bars soliciting on public streets or…

Aurora requires food trucks on public sidewalks and streets to move on a police officer's order and bars leaving a unit…

A street vendor doing business in unincorporated Cook County, including one who regularly stocks merchandise there for…

Selling food on Evanston sidewalks by pack, pushcart or wagon requires a peddler's license from the City Collector…

Joliet splits mobile food sales on public property into two license tracks under section 13-1: a movable-vehicle…

Sidewalk and street food vending units in unincorporated Macon County are food establishments under the county's Food…

A sidewalk or street food cart in Peoria County needs its own license tied to one specific location, not a general…

Schaumburg lets licensed food trucks and vendors sell from the public way between sunup and sunset, but requires them…

Springfield caps mobile food carts and stands at 10 feet by 10 feet by 11 feet, limits setup to between 6:30 a.m. and…

Hawkers, peddlers and itinerant merchants working unincorporated Will County must register with the County Clerk and…

Winnebago County requires every mobile food unit and pushcart to operate from a licensed commissary for cooking, water…