Nashua
City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services, Environmental Health Department
In short
City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services, Environmental Health Department issues 4 permits we publish for Nashua, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child-Care Facility Food Service License (Environmental Health Department) | City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services, Environmental Health Department | $200 annual, per facility | annual — valid for one year from the date of issuance | 2026-09-12 |
| Mobile Food Service License (Environmental Health Department) | City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services, Environmental Health Department | A $125.00 one-time plan review fee (the fee schedule's own 'New food service establishment categorized as ... D-1' plan review line), plus a $200.00 annual Mobile Food Service License fee under the same D-1 category shared with small restaurants, private schools, and child-care facilities. A signed commissary-kitchen agreement is required, and a Fire Marshal inspection (recorded separately below) is coordinated as part of the same application. | annual — valid for one year from the date of issuance | 2026-09-12 |
| Temporary Food Service License | City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services, Environmental Health Department | $50 per temporary event or farmers' market vendor appearance; an additional $25.00 expedite fee applies to any application received less than two weeks before the event | one-time, per temporary event | 2026-09-12 |
| Food Service Establishment License (Environmental Health Department) | City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services, Environmental Health Department | $200–$1,500 annual license fee banded by seating capacity/type: D-1 $200.00 (under 25 seats), C-1 $350.00 (25-100 seats), B-1 $550.00 (over 100 seats, or a mall restaurant with common seating, or a hotel without banquet rooms), B-2 $1,500.00 (hotels/country clubs with banquet or function rooms); a mandatory plan review fee ($100.00-$200.00 for major remodeling or new construction) and routine reinspection fees apply separately | annual — valid for one year from the date of issuance (Nashua Revised Ordinances § 170-2) | 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
Child-Care Facility Food Service License (Environmental Health Department)
This is the local childcare-specific food-service fee, layered on top of New Hampshire DHHS's own Child Care Programme License recorded at the state layer: the Environmental Health Department's own current fee schedule names 'child-care facilities' directly on its D-1 line, priced at $200.00, the same figure charged to a small restaurant of fewer than 25 seats. As with a restaurant, the City Clerk's Licenses & Permits page lists no separate business license category for a child-care facility. This fee is tied to a facility's food-service function under NRO Chapter 170; a programme serving no food on-site should ask the Environmental Health Department whether it applies. A separate, distinct Fire Marshal childcare inspection fee is recorded in its own line item below.
Mobile Food Service License (Environmental Health Department)
This Environmental Health license, together with the City Clerk's Vendor's License and Nashua Fire Rescue's Food Truck/Trailer Inspection (both recorded in separate Nashua records), form the three separate fees a Nashua food truck operator pays across three separate departments. The Department's own annually updated list of approved mobile food vendors is maintained publicly.
Temporary Food Service License
Covers a temporary event vendor (G-1) or a farmers' market vendor (G-2) at the identical $50.00 fee. A vendor not already licensed in Nashua must provide a copy of its home jurisdiction's food service license and most recent health inspection; applications received fewer than seven days before the event are rejected outright.
Food Service Establishment License (Environmental Health Department)
Nashua is one of fifteen self-inspecting New Hampshire cities and towns recorded at the New Hampshire state layer, meaning the City's own Environmental Health Department — not the state DHHS — is the real food-permitting authority here. Unlike Manchester, where a restaurant separately needs a City Clerk 'Food Service Establishment' Business License in addition to the Health Department permit, the City Clerk's Licenses & Permits page lists no food-service category, and the City's 'Requirements for Opening a Food Service Establishment' page names this Environmental Health license as the local license for a Nashua restaurant or cafe (NRO § 170-2 makes it unlawful to operate a food-service establishment without one). Retail markets and supermarkets are priced on the same table (A-1 $1,000.00, C-2 $450.00) but fall outside this record's restaurant/coffee-shop scope.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Nashua
- Phone
- (603) 589-4530
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.
- Environmental Health Food Service Fees — License Fee Schedule (Categories A-1 through F-1), Temporary Food Service License Fees, Plan Review Fees, Inspection Fees, and Late Fees (NRO 170-4/170-11/170-12, updated 08/09/2022)City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Food Service Program — the Environmental Health Department's own current overview page (over 525 licensed facilities), linking the current fee scheduleCity of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Mobile Food Service Vendors — the Environmental Health Department's own current page describing the $125.00 plan review fee, $200.00 annual license fee, commissary requirement, and coordinated Fire Marshal inspectionCity of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Nashua Revised Ordinances Chapter 170 (Food-Service Establishments), §§ 170-1 through 170-16, including § 170-2 (one-year license term) and § 170-4 (Fee Schedule, as amended by Ord. No. O-22-022)City of Nashua, New Hampshire (Code of Ordinances, via eCode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Requirements for Opening a Food Service Establishment — confirming the Environmental Health Department as the sole local licensing authority under Nashua Revised Ordinances Chapter 170City of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Temporary Food Service Establishments — the Environmental Health Department's own current page describing the $50.00 application fee and $25.00 expedite feeCity of Nashua, Division of Public Health & Community Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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