Permits
Coffee and cart permits in Montana
To sell coffee in Montana, 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.
56 counties, 0 with a direct health department link on file so far.
Statewide rules in Montana
In Montana, retail food establishment licenses, including for mobile food units, run through the Dept. of Public Health and Human Services Environmental Health and Food Safety program, with plan reviews and inspections by local county sanitarians; Montana has no state sales tax.
- Food & vending permits
- Montana DPHHS Environmental Health and Food Safety, food establishment and mobile unit licensing
- Sales tax
- State sales tax, Montana has no state sales tax.
- Food safety cards
- No statewide food handler card; a Certified Food Protection Manager is recommended and many county sanitarians require one before issuing a license.
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 Montana
- Beaverhead County
- Big Horn County
- Blaine County
- Broadwater County
- Carbon County
- Carter County
- Cascade County
- Chouteau County
- Custer County
- Daniels County
- Dawson County
- Deer Lodge County
- Fallon County
- Fergus County
- Flathead County
- Gallatin County
- Garfield County
- Glacier County
- Golden Valley County
- Granite County
- Hill County
- Jefferson County
- Judith Basin County
- Lake County
- Lewis and Clark County
- Liberty County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- McCone County
- Meagher County
- Mineral County
- Missoula County
- Musselshell County
- Park County
- Petroleum County
- Phillips County
- Pondera County
- Powder River County
- Powell County
- Prairie County
- Ravalli County
- Richland County
- Roosevelt County
- Rosebud County
- Sanders County
- Sheridan County
- Silver Bow County
- Stillwater County
- Sweet Grass County
- Teton County
- Toole County
- Treasure County
- Valley County
- Wheatland County
- Wibaux County
- Yellowstone County
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