Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Indiana (2026)

Running a food truck in South Bend requires a city mobile food vendor vehicle license under Code section 4-45, $525 a…

A food truck in unincorporated St. Joseph County operates as a "mobile retail food establishment" under Chapter 117 of…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, anyone who sells food or beverages from a wagon, motor vehicle or push cart on a…

Every mobile food vehicle operating in Noblesville, including ones run by nonprofits and churches, needs its own…

Operating a food truck or other mobile food service establishment in Bartholomew County requires an annual license from…

A food truck or trailer operating in the City of Bloomington needs a separate business license for each unit from the…

Boone County, Indiana requires every mobile food establishment operating in unincorporated Boone County to hold a valid…

Operating a mobile food-service establishment in Dearborn County, Indiana requires a valid permit from the County…

Elkhart County will not let a mobile food unit sell in the unincorporated county without a food service license from…

Mobile food and beverage trucks operating in Fishers must hold a county Health Department permit and display it at all…

Fort Wayne requires every mobile food service establishment to hold a Health Commissioner permit before selling food…

Gary calls a temporary mobile food operation tied to a fair, carnival, circus, or public exhibition an "itinerant…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, mobile food truck vendors must hold a license from the Board of Public Works and…

Hamilton County requires every mobile food unit to hold a valid permit from the county health officer before operating…

Operating a mobile food unit in the City of Hammond, Indiana without a City Controller-issued license is unlawful under…

Operating a mobile food establishment in unincorporated Hendricks County requires an annual permit from the County…

Any mobile food unit operating in unincorporated Howard County needs a valid permit from the county Health Officer…

A food truck operating in unincorporated Lake County needs a permit from the Lake County Health Department before…

Any food truck or mobile food unit operating in unincorporated LaPorte County needs a mobile retail food service…

A food truck operating in unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana counts as a mobile food establishment under the…

Before operating a mobile food truck in the City of Muncie, an operator needs both a health permit from the health…

A mobile food service or mobile food market operating in unincorporated Tippecanoe County needs an annual Health…

Vanderburgh County requires every mobile food unit to hold a Retail Food Establishment permit from the County Health…

Mobile food vendors operating in unincorporated Warrick County need a permit from the County Health Department, which…

Wayne County requires a Health Department permit for any food establishment, including mobile food units and temporary…

The City of Westfield, Indiana requires every food vendor, including mobile concession trucks and pushcarts, to get all…

South Bend food trucks may park only in business, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use zones, never in residential…

Bloomington Municipal Code § 4.28.140 confines mobile food vendor units to specific zoning districts, commercial…

The City of Columbus, Indiana, bars licensed food vendors from one-way streets on weekdays between six a.m. and six…

Fort Wayne requires a Parks Department permit before selling food, refreshments, or goods from a vehicle, tent, or…

A mobile food vendor in the City of Gary qualifies as a transient merchant and must keep 1,500 feet from other…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, mobile food trucks and street vendors may operate only in public parking lots or on…

Mobile food vendors can't sell between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., can't stop on county thoroughfare-plan roads, and can't sell…

Mobile food vendors and other sellers cannot simply set up on Lake County Fairgrounds property; only an "authorized…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, anyone who sells goods or food while moving from place to place or along the…

The City of Westfield, Indiana bans food vending everywhere except in the specific categories its code lists: permitted…

Fishers food trucks cannot park within 20 feet of an intersection and must get the property owner's permission for…

Hammond Code of Ordinances § 117.005(B)(2) confines licensed mobile food vendors to commercial or industrial zoned…

In the City of Muncie, mobile food trucks working the public right-of-way don't need a separate right-of-way occupancy…

Mobile food vehicles need the property owner's written consent to vend on private land, must stay 20 feet clear of…

Once a mobile food vendor moves off the public right-of-way, as Section 110.20 requires, Section 110.21 sets the…

Howard County's food code does not zone mobile food trucks into fixed districts. Under § 111.02(C), a seasonal or…

In the City of Bloomington, anyone operating a pushcart selling food or beverages on sidewalks and the B-Line Trail…

Evansville limits permitted street vending carts to a designated parking area, bars operation before 7 a.m. or after 2…

Anyone selling goods from a cart, table, or mobile stand in Fort Wayne without a fixed store must obtain a Transient…

Selling food, flowers or merchandise from a cart on Indianapolis city property without a license is unlawful under Code…

Selling food or drinks from a mobile cart or stand on a Lafayette sidewalk skips the cafe registration process, but…

St. Joseph County, Indiana bans every sale of produce or merchandise on or along public roadways and within public…

Licensed food vendors in the City of Columbus, Indiana, must park flush with the curb and sell only from the curb or…

Mobile food trucks and carts operating in Fishers may not block pedestrian or vehicle passage on any street, sidewalk…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a mobile food truck's or street vendor's service area may not block, obstruct, or…

A South Bend mobile food vendor must leave at least 5 feet of unobstructed sidewalk for pedestrians and wheelchairs and…