Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in South Carolina (2026)

Every food truck in South Carolina is a mobile food establishment that must hold a valid permit under Regulation 61-25…

A Charleston mobile food vendor operating in the Central Business District needs three things before opening: a…

Columbia requires a nonexclusive council-granted franchise plus a business license before anyone can sell food…

Horry County requires a Horry County Mobile Food Permit for every mobile food unit and ice cream truck. The permit…

Every mobile food unit, pushcart, or mobile retail vendor operating in the Town of Mount Pleasant needs a zoning permit…

Pageland requires every mobile food unit, from food trucks to ice cream trucks, to hold a mobile food business license…

Richland County treats mobile food trucks as a licensed business under NAICS 722330, Mobile Food Services, Rate Class…

Mobile food vendors in Rock Hill, South Carolina, may not simply park and sell anywhere. The Zoning Ordinance limits…

A mobile food unit setting up in unincorporated York County does not need a zoning compliance permit. Table 155.718-1…

Beaufort County bars retail sales from a motor vehicle, trailer, or shipping container anywhere in the unincorporated…

Stationary food carts on Charleston's public streets, sidewalks and parking spaces in the Old and Historic District are…

Columbia only allows sidewalk food carts to operate inside a council-designated vending district, and even there a cart…

Unincorporated Florence County does not zone mobile food vending as its own category; food trucks are addressed only as…

Aiken County only allows food trucks and other vendors where the zoning use table lists vending as a conditional use…

A food truck or vending vehicle parked in a street or road right-of-way in unincorporated Greenville County may sell…

Horry County limits stationary mobile food units to commercial and higher-density zoning districts as a conditional…

A food truck in unincorporated Lexington County can set up as a temporary accessory to an existing non-residential…

In the Town of Mount Pleasant, mobile food vending units and mobile food pushcarts may operate only in specific zoning…

In unincorporated Orangeburg County, mobile vendors are a conditional use governed by Zoning Ordinance § 3.9. Vending…

Pageland confines mobile food units to private property in commercial and industrial zoning districts, running 7 a.m…

In unincorporated York County a mobile vending unit, including a food truck, may set up on any privately owned lot in…

Pageland flatly bars mobile food vendors from setting up on any street, sidewalk, alley, trail, or other right-of-way…

Charleston bars stationary carts and vehicles from selling food or drink containing alcohol, or reading material, on…

Columbia limits sidewalk cart vendors to a fixed list of approved foods and merchandise, bans vending between 11:00…

Vendors operating from private commercial or industrial property in North Charleston need a city-issued transient…

Selling food or goods from a cart or stand on Rock Hill's public sidewalks and rights-of-way requires a revocable…

Aiken County requires any conditionally permitted vendor, including mobile food operations, to sit at least 20 feet…

Beaufort County allows sidewalk and parking lot sales only on the same site as the seller's own permanent place of…

Mount Pleasant bars mobile vendors from selling on any public road, street, highway, or right-of-way, but §…

Food trucks and other sidewalk-style vendors in unincorporated Orangeburg County must follow the conditional-use…

A food truck or other mobile vending unit operating on a private lot in unincorporated York County cannot block a…