Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Missouri (2026)
37 rules on the books across Missouri, 16 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.
Missouri: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsMissouri food trucks operate under the statewide Missouri Food Code, 19 CSR 20-1.025, which the Department of Health…
Read full rule →Lees Summit
Heavy RestrictionsLee's Summit requires a mobile food vendor permit from the Planning and Development Director for food trucks and for…
Read full rule →Independence
Significant RestrictionsIndependence requires a separate business license for most mobile food units, written property-owner permission for…
Read full rule →Cass County
Some RestrictionsOperating a mobile food establishment in unincorporated Cass County requires an annual permit and fee from the…
Read full rule →Clay County
Some RestrictionsClay County requires a mobile food unit to hold a County Food and Beverage Permit before it can operate, per Sec…
Read full rule →Columbia
Some RestrictionsColumbia, Missouri food trucks working the downtown metered mobile food vending zones must lease a meter bag from…
Read full rule →Florissant
Some RestrictionsAnyone running a mobile food truck in Florissant needs a City business license from the Finance Director, plus a…
Read full rule →Greene County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Greene County zoning allows mobile food establishments as a permitted use in C-2 General Commercial…
Read full rule →Jackson County
Some RestrictionsJackson County requires Mobile Food Units and pushcarts to hold a Health Officer-issued permit displaying a visible…
Read full rule →Kansas City
Some RestrictionsKansas City requires a separate Mobile Food Service, Pushcart, or Truck Sales Vendor permit under the city's Food Code…
Read full rule →Kirkwood
Some RestrictionsKirkwood requires every mobile food preparation vehicle to get an operational permit from the Fire Code Official before…
Read full rule →O Fallon
Some RestrictionsSince January 1, 2025, every mobile food establishment operating in O'Fallon needs its own annual City permit under…
Read full rule →Springfield
Some RestrictionsMobile food trucks operating in Springfield, Missouri need a food establishment permit from the city manager's office…
Read full rule →St Charles County
Some RestrictionsA St. Charles County food truck holds a Mobile Food Vehicle permit at $145.00, with a $100.00 follow-up fee if a…
Read full rule →St. Louis
Some RestrictionsSt. Louis requires a Fire Code operational permit for every mobile food vehicle and trailer, enforced by the Division…
Read full rule →St. Louis County
Some RestrictionsEvery mobile food truck in St. Louis County needs an annual permit from the Health Department Director, plus a fee and…
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.
Jefferson County
Significant RestrictionsJefferson County's UDO groups food trucks with off-site outdoor produce stands and farmers' markets in one Table 5-1…
Read full rule →Kansas City
Significant RestrictionsKansas City bans street vending on designated trafficways and boulevards, in the Country Club Plaza core, near the…
Read full rule →Kirkwood
Significant RestrictionsKirkwood limits curbside food truck vending to a single approved zone: the west side of South Taylor, 20 to 50 feet…
Read full rule →St Charles County
Significant RestrictionsSt. Charles County confines temporary outdoor food-vending stands to C1, C2, I1, and I2 zoning districts, and requires…
Read full rule →St. Louis
Significant RestrictionsSt. Louis bans street food, pushcart, and vehicle vending citywide except inside designated Vending Districts like…
Read full rule →St. Louis County
Significant RestrictionsSt. Louis County's street vendor code, Chapter 812, only governs unincorporated areas outside incorporated cities…
Read full rule →Columbia
Some RestrictionsColumbia, Missouri restricts mobile food vending to city-designated metered spaces on Cherry, Locust and Walnut Streets…
Read full rule →Florissant
Some RestrictionsFlorissant limits where and when a licensed mobile food unit can operate: written consent from any private property…
Read full rule →Greene County
Some RestrictionsGreene County's zoning regulations allow mobile food trucks and trailers only in the C-2 General Commercial District…
Read full rule →Independence
Some RestrictionsIndependence lets mobile food units operate on private property with owner consent, in city parks and lots with…
Read full rule →Lees Summit
Some RestrictionsLee's Summit lets mobile food vending operate in all zoning districts on private property, on a paved surface with the…
Read full rule →O Fallon
Some RestrictionsO'Fallon requires every mobile food establishment operating anywhere in the City to carry an annual permit under…
Read full rule →Springfield
Some RestrictionsSpringfield, Missouri confines temporary and mobile vendors, including food trucks, to specific commercial and…
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.
Independence
Heavy RestrictionsIndependence bars anyone from occupying public property to sell or offer goods or services unless a narrow exception…
Read full rule →O Fallon
Heavy RestrictionsO'Fallon outright bans selling or soliciting sales from City streets, alleys, sidewalks or any public right-of-way…
Read full rule →St Charles County
Significant RestrictionsSt. Charles County requires an itinerant vendor license and Planning and Zoning use-review approval before vending…
Read full rule →St. Louis
Significant RestrictionsSidewalk and vehicle vendors in St. Louis need a $200 annual license, may only operate 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., and must stay…
Read full rule →Columbia
Some RestrictionsColumbia, Missouri's mobile food vending ordinance restricts food trucks operating in the public right-of-way to…
Read full rule →Kansas City
Some RestrictionsKansas City street vendors operating a pushcart must hold a Chapter 40 business license, display a vendor certificate…
Read full rule →Springfield
Some RestrictionsSpringfield, Missouri requires a $200 sidewalk vendor's license to sell from a pushcart on city rights-of-way, limited…
Read full rule →St. Louis County
Some RestrictionsSt. Louis County treats sidewalk pushcarts as their own category of mobile food establishment under Section 807.110…
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