Manchester
Manchester Health Department, Environmental Health Division
In short
Manchester Health Department, Environmental Health Division issues 4 permits we publish for Manchester, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Service Establishment Permit (Manchester Health Department) | Manchester Health Department, Environmental Health Division | $200–$1,000 annual permit fee banded by facility classification and seating: Class III-A $200.00 (25 seats or fewer), Class II $330.00 (26-99 seats; bakery warehouses, distributors, nursing homes, commissaries, food processors), Class I $550.00 (100+ seats; supermarkets), Class I-A $1,000.00 (supermarkets with bulk foods, a salad bar, or a buffet); a Class III-B (state-chartered private club) is $110.00; a $25.00 late-renewal fee applies after the tenth of the month following expiration | annual — valid for 1 year from the operation's opening date, per the Department's own Renew a Food Permit page | 2026-09-12 |
| Mobile Food Unit Permit (Manchester Health Department) | Manchester Health Department, Environmental Health Division | $220–$365 annual — Class II-M Canteen and Mobile Food Vendor Commissary (fully enclosed truck/trailer) $365.00; Class III-M Individual Mobile Establishment (hand-pushed cart, pre-packaged/unwrapped non-TCS foods only) $220.00; a $25.00 late-renewal fee applies after the tenth of the month following expiration | annual — valid for one year, renewed annually | 2026-09-12 |
| Temporary Food Establishment Permit (Manchester Health Department) | Manchester Health Department, Environmental Health Division | $25 per day of the event (Class IV); no fee for a qualifying non-profit not holding a liquor permit and not serving meals daily, a public/parochial school, or a government facility (Class V); a further $25.00 late fee applies if the application is received less than 14 days before the event | one-time, per temporary event | 2026-09-12 |
| Child Day-Care Facility Food Service Permit (Manchester Health Department) | Manchester Health Department, Environmental Health Division | $200 annual, per facility | annual — valid for 1 year from the operation's opening date | 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
Food Service Establishment Permit (Manchester Health Department)
Manchester is one of fifteen self-inspecting New Hampshire cities and towns recorded at the New Hampshire state layer, meaning the Manchester Health Department — not the state DHHS — is the real food-permitting authority here, licensing and inspecting food establishments directly. This permit is required in addition to, not instead of, the City Clerk's own Food Service Establishment Business License recorded above. The Department's own current permit application form still lists 'mobile food operations' as folded into this same Class III-A ($200.00) line, but the Department's own newer, live Mobile Food Units page instead prices mobile trucks and pushcarts separately under a two-tier Class II-M/III-M schedule recorded in its own line item below — the live mobile-specific page is treated here as current for food trucks and this table as current for fixed-premises restaurants and cafes.
Mobile Food Unit Permit (Manchester Health Department)
This is the Health Department's own current, live two-tier mobile food schedule, confirmed directly at manchesternh.gov: a fully enclosed food truck or trailer (Class II-M) at $365.00/year, or a hand-pushed pushcart limited to pre-packaged/unwrapped non-TCS foods (Class III-M, e.g. a hot-dog cart) at $220.00/year. A pushcart may serve only frankfurters as a cooked item, plus other fully cooked, ready-to-eat packaged foods — no raw animal products may be handled or cooked on a pushcart. This permit is required in addition to, not instead of, the City Clerk's own Peddler License recorded above and the state's own Hawkers & Peddlers License.
Temporary Food Establishment Permit (Manchester Health Department)
A permanent restaurant license does not authorize temporary event operations, and a Mobile Food Vendor already licensed by the Health Department must still contact the Department to determine whether a separate temporary permit applies. The Department's current application states $25.00/day.
Child Day-Care Facility Food Service Permit (Manchester Health Department)
This is a local childcare-specific fee, layered on top of New Hampshire DHHS's own Child Care Programme License recorded at the state layer: the Health Department's own current Food Service Establishment Permit Application names 'child day-care facilities' directly on its Class III-A line, priced at $200.00, the same figure charged to a small restaurant or cafe of 25 seats or fewer. The New Hampshire state-layer record separately notes that a local health officer and a local fire inspector must each approve a childcare premises before DHHS will issue its own license — Manchester's own Health Department and Fire Prevention Bureau are the agencies fulfilling that local role. This fee is tied to the facility's food-service function; a programme that prepares or serves no food on-site should confirm directly with the Health Department whether it still applies.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Manchester
- Phone
- (603) 624-6466
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.
- Food Service Establishment Permit Application — the Health Department's own current classification/fee table (Class I through Class V-B), including the Class III-A child day-care facilities lineManchester Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Manchester Code of Ordinances, Chapter 117 (Food Service Establishments) — table of contents confirming the chapter's existence and general permit/inspection structureCity of Manchester, New Hampshire (Code of Ordinances, via American Legal Publishing) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Mobile Food Units — the Department's own current page pricing the Class II-M ($365.00) and Class III-M ($220.00) mobile food permitsManchester Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Renew a Food Permit — confirming the Food Service Permit is renewed annually, one year from the operation's opening dateManchester Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Temporary Food Permit Applicants / Temporary Food Service Establishment Application Form — pricing the Class IV permit at $25.00/day and the Class V non-profit exemptionManchester Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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