Concord
City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services
In short
City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services issues 5 permits we publish for Concord, last verified 2026-09-12. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Daycare Facility Food Service License (Class IV) | City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services | $165 annual, per facility | annual | 2026-09-12 |
| Food Service Establishment License | City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services | $74–$534 annual license fee banded by classification: Class I $534.00 (100+ seats, or supermarket operations of 10,000+ sq ft), Class II $346.00 (26-99 seats; grocery under 10,000 sq ft; wholesale distributors; liquor lounges; nursing homes; nightclubs; institutions), Class III $223.00 (under 25 seats; take-out with no seating; drive-in theatres; hot dog and sandwich shops; service and fraternal organizations), Class IV $165.00 (prepackaged-products-only establishments; group daycare facilities), Class V $112.00 (temporary food service establishments, 14 days or fewer; movie theatres selling only popcorn/soda/candy), Class VI $95.60 (vending machine operators per location; qualifying nonprofits), Class VII $74.00 (public and parochial schools); a $30.00 nonrefundable application fee, a $40.00 plan review fee for a new establishment, a $30.00 fee per failed inspection, and a $50.00 past-due license penalty apply on top of the class fee | annual — priced and renewed as a yearly permit fee per the Health & Licensing Services Division's own current fee schedule | 2026-09-12 |
| Outdoor Seating (Sidewalk Encumbrance) Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services | $50 per venue | annual, per venue — priced on the Health & Licensing Services Division's own Yearly Permit Fees schedule | 2026-09-12 |
| Food/Peddlers Combo License (Food Truck) | City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services | $50.00 per day for a Temporary Food License/Peddler's Combo, or $350.00 for an Annual Food/Peddlers Combo License — a single combined product, priced under the Peddlers article, that satisfies both the peddler-license and food-service-license requirements a food truck must otherwise hold separately, rather than requiring a full Chapter 13 food-service-class fee plus a full Chapter 15 peddler fee. | annual, or daily at the applicant's election | 2026-09-12 |
| Municipal Business License — City of Concord Licensing Services Positiononly if it applies to you | City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-12 |
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
Group Daycare Facility Food Service License (Class IV)
Concord's Food Service Establishment fee table, as published in the City's FY27 fee ordinance workbook (effective July 1, 2026), names 'group daycare facilities' directly on its Class IV line, sharing the $165.00 fee with prepackaged-products-only food sellers — the same pattern Manchester ($200.00, Class III-A) and Nashua ($200.00, D-1) both show, with Concord's own smaller dollar figure. It is layered on top of New Hampshire DHHS's Child Care Programme License (covered at the New Hampshire state level). This fee is tied to a facility's food-service function; a programme serving no food on-site should ask Health & Licensing Services whether it still applies. A separate Fire Department childcare inspection fee is listed as a separate Concord requirement.
Food Service Establishment License
Concord is a self-inspecting New Hampshire municipality for food establishments, so Code Administration's Health & Licensing Services Division, not NH DHHS, issues this license under Chapter 13 of the City Code; the Division's page describes its routine inspections of establishments. Unlike Manchester, no separate City Clerk business license stacks on top of this permit; unlike Nashua, this license is administered by Code Administration rather than a standalone Environmental Health Department. The Class III band ($223.00, under 25 seats) is the most common fit for a small restaurant or coffee shop; a coffee shop selling only prepackaged items may instead fall under Class IV ($165.00). The class fees are the same in the Division's 2021 Health Services Yearly Permit Fees schedule and the City's FY27 fee ordinance workbook (effective July 1, 2026); the $30.00 plan review fee in the 2021 schedule has been replaced by the $40.00 plan review fee for a new establishment in the FY27 workbook.
Outdoor Seating (Sidewalk Encumbrance) Permit
Permits a restaurant or coffee shop to place seating on public sidewalk space, under the City's Regulations to Permit Use of Public Space for Outdoor Dining (effective March 14, 2022). Administered by Health & Licensing Services; a $30.00 nonrefundable application fee applies in addition, per the same fee schedule's general application-fee line.
Food/Peddlers Combo License (Food Truck)
The City's own current Rules for Mobile Food Service Vendors/Food Trucks (effective May 9, 2022) require every food truck to hold both a City of Concord food service license and a peddler license, operate only in non-residentially-zoned neighborhoods between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., staff at least one ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certified employee, park only in legal parallel spaces (serving to the sidewalk), and secure a separate parking encumbrance permit from the Police Department for any metered or time-limited space. This Combo License is the real, single fee the City's own fee workbook prices for that dual requirement; a non-food peddler instead pays the base peddler rates ($40.00/week or /day for private-property peddling without a fixed location, $29.00/day from a fixed private-property location, $652.00/vehicle/year outside the Central Business District, or up to $1,577.00/year at a contested fixed public-property location inside it), which fall outside this record's food-truck scope.
Municipal Business License — City of Concord Licensing Services Position
No fee applies. The Health & Licensing Services Division's Licensing Services page lists the City's licensable activities — Annual Entertainment, Charitable Solicitation/Raffles, Demonstration and Events, Door-to-Door Sales, Facility Rental, Junkyard/Salvage Yard/Recycling Center, Pawnbrokers/Secondhand Dealers, Peddlers/Vendors, Tattoo Artist, Tattoo Establishment, Taxi Cab License, Taxi Cab Operator's License, Yard Sale, and Temporary Food-Peddler License — plus the Food Service Establishment License listed as a separate Concord requirement, and none of those listed licenses reaches an ordinary retail store, auto repair shop, veterinary practice, fitness studio, or salon without tattooing. The City Clerk's page lists elections, vital records (including marriage licenses), dog licensing and landlord-agent registration and names no business or trade license; unlike Manchester and Nashua, Concord's City Clerk has no business-licensing function. Each of these industries' Concord-specific obligations are instead the same commercial building permit, Change of Occupancy fee, sign permit, and zoning approvals, each listed as a separate Concord requirement, layered on top of any relevant New Hampshire state credential (the Repairer Registration for auto repair, the Board of Veterinary Medicine's individual practitioner license, and the Barbering, Cosmetology or Esthetics Shop License for a salon).
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Concord
- Phone
- (603) 225-8580
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 Clerk — the Office's own current page describing its full scope (vital records, elections, dog licensing, landlord-agent registration), naming no business or trade licenseCity of Concord, Office of the City Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Food Truck Information — the City's own current page requiring every food truck to hold both a City of Concord Food Service License and a peddler licenseCity of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- FY27 Ordinance Based Fees, Fines & Penalties (effective 7/1/2026) — the City's own current master workbook pricing every codified fee by chapter/section, including Food Service Establishment classes, the Food/Peddlers Combo license, Building/Sign/Fire Prevention permits, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment application feeCity of Concord, New Hampshire (Finance Department) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Health & Licensing Services — the Division's own current page confirming Concord operates as a self-inspecting municipality rather than relying on state DHHS oversightCity of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Health Services Yearly Permit Fees — the Health & Licensing Services Division's own plain-language fee schedule confirming Food Service Establishment Classes I-VII as annual fees, plus Peddler, Pawnbroker, Tattoo, and Entertainment license fees (implemented 7/1/2021, adopted by Council 5/10/2021)City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Licensing Services — the Division's own current, complete list of licensable activities (Annual Entertainment, Charitable Solicitation/Raffles, Demonstration and Events, Door-to-Door Sales, Facility Rental, Junkyard/Salvage Yard/Recycling Center, Pawnbrokers/Secondhand Dealers, Peddlers/Vendors, Tattoo Artist/Establishment, Taxi Cab License/Operator, Yard Sale, Temporary Food-Peddler License)City of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Mobile Food Concession Trailers/Units — Basic Requirements — the Health & Licensing Services Division's own equipment and construction checklist for food trucksCity of Concord, Code Administration Division, Health & Licensing Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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