Permits
Coffee and cart permits in Colorado
To sell coffee in Colorado, you work with your county health department for food and mobile vending permits, then add a business license and state tax registration. Pick your county below for the department that handles your area and the steps to open.
64 counties, 5 with a direct health department link on file so far.
Statewide rules in Colorado
In Colorado, retail food and mobile food units are licensed by CDPHE or your local public health agency under the state's Retail Food Establishment Rules.
- Food & vending permits
- CDPHE, retail food licensingFind your local public health agency
- Food safety cards
- No statewide food handler card, but the person in charge must be a Certified Food Protection Manager (required since March 1, 2025).
Official links, last verified July 14, 2026. Requirements vary by city and change over time.
Confirm the current steps and fees before you apply.
Counties in Colorado
- Adams CountyDept link
- Arapahoe CountyDept link
- Denver CountyDept link
- El Paso CountyDept link
- Jefferson CountyDept link
- Alamosa County
- Archuleta County
- Baca County
- Bent County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Chaffee County
- Cheyenne County
- Clear Creek County
- Conejos County
- Costilla County
- Crowley County
- Custer County
- Delta County
- Dolores County
- Douglas County
- Eagle County
- Elbert County
- Fremont County
- Garfield County
- Gilpin County
- Grand County
- Gunnison County
- Hinsdale County
- Huerfano County
- Jackson County
- Kiowa County
- Kit Carson County
- La Plata County
- Lake County
- Larimer County
- Las Animas County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Mesa County
- Mineral County
- Moffat County
- Montezuma County
- Montrose County
- Morgan County
- Otero County
- Ouray County
- Park County
- Phillips County
- Pitkin County
- Prowers County
- Pueblo County
- Rio Blanco County
- Rio Grande County
- Routt County
- Saguache County
- San Juan County
- San Miguel County
- Sedgwick County
- Summit County
- Teller County
- Washington County
- Weld County
- Yuma County
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