Raleigh
Wake County Environmental Health and Safety
In short
Wake County Environmental Health and Safety issues 2 permits we publish for Raleigh, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified Food Protection Manager | Wake County Environmental Health and Safety | No fee | set by the underlying state certification standard | 2026-09-04 |
| Food Establishment Plan Review | Wake County Environmental Health and Safety | $250 for a restaurant or a food stand; $200 for a mobile food unit; $100 for a push cart; no plan-review fee for a limited food service establishment. Each re-review is $100, and prototype or chain plans submitted with a State approval letter are exempt from the county fee. | one-time, per project or change of ownership | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Certified Food Protection Manager
No fee, because this is a state credential enforced locally by Wake County rather than a city-priced program — the City's own restaurant roadmap simply confirms that one certified employee is required, without stating a dollar figure of its own.
Food Establishment Plan Review
Raleigh itself runs no restaurant inspection program — Wake County does. Wake County's own plan review application states that plans must be submitted for approval before construction, renovation, modification or a change of ownership, so buying an existing restaurant does not avoid review: permits do not transfer at the sale of the business, and a buyer may be eligible for a transitional permit, which staff decide case by case. The county's matrix prices the review by facility type — $250 for a restaurant or a food stand, $200 for a mobile food unit, $100 for a push cart, and nothing for a limited food service establishment — with each re-review at $100. Prototype or chain plans that arrive with a State approval letter pay no county fee.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Raleigh
- Phone
- 919-856-5700
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- City of Raleigh — restaurants roadmap, confirming a certified food protection manager is requiredCity of Raleigh · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Wake County Environmental Health — Food Service Establishment Plan Review Application (Shared Kitchen, Secondary Permitted Facility, 2026), stating when plans must be submittedWake County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wake County Environmental Health & Safety — Plan Review & Permits: opening a new facility or buying an existing oneWake County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wake County Environmental Health and Safety — plan review and permit fee matrixWake County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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