Permits
Coffee and cart permits in Oregon
To sell coffee in Oregon, 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.
36 counties, 15 with a direct health department link on file so far.
Statewide rules in Oregon
In Oregon, county health departments issue food and mobile vending permits under the Oregon Health Authority, and Oregon has no state sales tax.
- Food & vending permits
- Oregon Health Authority, mobile unit permitsFind your local public health authority
- Sales tax
- State sales tax, Oregon has no state sales tax.
- Food safety cards
- Oregon Food Handler Card required for food workers.
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 Oregon
- Benton CountyDept link
- Clackamas CountyDept link
- Deschutes CountyDept link
- Douglas CountyDept link
- Jackson CountyDept link
- Josephine CountyDept link
- Klamath CountyDept link
- Lane CountyDept link
- Linn CountyDept link
- Marion CountyDept link
- Multnomah CountyDept link
- Polk CountyDept link
- Umatilla CountyDept link
- Washington CountyDept link
- Yamhill CountyDept link
- Baker County
- Clatsop County
- Columbia County
- Coos County
- Crook County
- Curry County
- Gilliam County
- Grant County
- Harney County
- Hood River County
- Jefferson County
- Lake County
- Lincoln County
- Malheur County
- Morrow County
- Sherman County
- Tillamook County
- Union County
- Wallowa County
- Wasco County
- Wheeler County
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