Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Wisconsin (2026)

Wisconsin requires all food trucks to be licensed as Mobile Retail Food Establishments under Wis. Stat. ch. 97 and ATCP…

Food trucks and other mobile food units in Appleton need a Mobile Food Service License from the Health Department…

Operating a food truck in the Village of Ashwaubenon requires an annual license from the Office of the Village Clerk…

Green Bay bars any mobile food vendor from selling anywhere in the City without a license approved by the City Clerk…

Food trucks and mobile vendors need a City Clerk-issued permit before operating anywhere in Middleton, and Municipal…

Food trucks selling in Outagamie County parks must qualify as a commercially licensed 'approved vendor,' signing the…

Wauwatosa's code starts from a flat ban on mobile food vending on public streets, then carves out a licensed exception…

Any food truck or pushcart operating on Burlington streets, sidewalks or public property needs a vendor vehicle permit…

De Pere requires every mobile food establishment to hold two separate licenses: a City Health Department license for…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin (Dane County) requires anyone selling food, including mobile food carts and trucks, from a public…

Any mobile restaurant or mobile retail food facility operating in Fond du Lac County needs a non-prorated license from…

Madison food trucks operate under a Basic Street Vending License, not a separate food-truck permit, but MGO § 9.13(13)…

Milwaukee requires a food peddler license for any vehicle selling food on public streets, with a $350 annual fee for…

Anyone operating a food truck or cart on Neenah's public right-of-way or open private property must first get a City…

New Berlin regulates food trucks as 'mobile vendors' under its direct sellers ordinance, requiring a Direct Sellers…

Oneida County has no separate 'food truck ordinance.' Mobile restaurants and mobile retail food facilities are folded…

Every food truck operating in Sun Prairie needs a $150 annual permit from the city clerk before selling, plus proof of…

In the towns under Walworth County zoning, a food truck can serve a residential gathering without a permit under Code §…

Mobile food vendors in Waukesha need a City permit, costing $350 a year or $40 a day, and can only operate in…

Mobile food vendors need a City license before vending from sidewalks or public streets in Wausau. Applicants must be…

Winnebago County licenses mobile food trucks the same way it licenses restaurants: as retail food establishments under…

Appleton caps the number of CBD street vendor permits by block and bans vending near intersections, doorways and…

The City of Beloit confines outdoor vending, including mobile food vending, to the C-1, C-2, C-3, CBD, M-1 and M-2…

Burlington limits where a permitted mobile food vehicle can set up: nowhere within 100 feet of a licensed food…

De Pere bars mobile food vendors from congested areas that impede public use and from operating on any playground…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin confines licensed street vending to an assigned site no larger than 10 by 12 feet and bars it near…

Madison bars street vending in specific zones: on arterial or collector streets with speed limits over 25 mph directly…

Milwaukee confines food peddler vehicle sales to city-marked limited operation vending zones, bans right-of-way sales…

Waukesha limits Mobile Food Vendors under Municipal Code § 8.18(5) to City-designated spots within the B-2, M-1, M-2…

Food trucks cannot park to vend in Wauwatosa's residential zoning districts at all, beyond a five-minute stop, under…

Ashwaubenon lets a mobile food establishment operate in every zoning district except a residential district, per…

Green Bay bars mobile food vendors from operating on public parks, playgrounds, schools, or libraries, from congested…

Middleton confines food trucks to private property where the owner agrees and the zoning is not limited to residential…

Milton mobile vendors, including food trucks, may operate on private property only with the property owner's…

Inside Neenah's Central City Business Improvement District, food trucks may park only at spots marked 'Mobile Food…

Food trucks and mobile vendors can sell in Outagamie County parks only as approved vendors, confined to the specific…

Racine County honors any valid state or local health-department permit for mobile food vendors, but its Public Health…

Sun Prairie bans food trucks from residentially zoned areas, requires a 20-foot buffer from restaurants, a 100-foot…

Wausau bars mobile vendors from setting up within 75 feet of a competing storefront's entrance during its business…

Waukesha bars Mobile Food Vendors from occupying any part of a public sidewalk or blocking pedestrian traffic anywhere…

Burlington's mobile food vendor ordinance bars food trucks from public sidewalks outright and sets tight clearances for…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires anyone selling food, goods or services on a public street, alley or sidewalk to first…

A stationary sidewalk vending stand in Kenosha needs Common Council permission under the peddler's-stand rules, not…

Madison requires a street vending license before anyone sells or offers goods, food, or services on a public highway…

Marathon County requires peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants to register with the County Clerk, pass a…

Selling merchandise or services inside a Milwaukee County building or on its grounds requires written approval from the…

Wauwatosa defines any push cart, trailer, food truck or movable vehicle selling food as a mobile food establishment…

Appleton caps how big a sidewalk or amenity-strip food cart can be: 32 square feet of sidewalk space including the…

Selling food from a sidewalk in the Village of Ashwaubenon is boxed in by three distance rules in Section…

Selling food or merchandise from a stationary spot or a vehicle on Beloit sidewalks and streets takes an outdoor…

De Pere caps how long a food truck can occupy one spot and holds sidewalk vendors to a sanitation standard: no…

Green Bay lets licensed mobile food vendors sell in the public right-of-way, but only from the curbside of the vehicle…

Selling or displaying goods, food, or services on any Little Chute street, sidewalk or alley requires a special event…

Middleton's mobile food establishment ordinance forbids food trucks and carts from blocking any public street…

Milwaukee requires anyone selling food from a vehicle, cart, or carried container on a public street to hold a food…

Mobile food carts on Neenah's public sidewalks must leave a six-foot clear path for pedestrians and stay at least 100…

New Berlin bars mobile vendors, including food trucks, from selling out of a roadway median or safety island, or on…

Food trucks parked in Sun Prairie's right-of-way must leave a four-foot clearance on sidewalks for pedestrians, cannot…

Wausau mobile vendors on sidewalks must leave a four-foot pedestrian clearance at all times. The vending unit and its…