Austin
Austin Public Health — Environmental Health Services
In short
Austin Public Health — Environmental Health Services issues 4 permits we publish for Austin, last verified 2026-08-20. 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 Enterprise Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | Austin Public Health — Environmental Health Services | $221–$312 one-time, by floor area | one-time | 2026-08-20 |
| Pre-Opening Inspection | Austin Public Health — Environmental Health Services | $178 one-time | one-time | 2026-08-20 |
| Temporary Food Establishment Permitonly if it applies to you | Austin Public Health — Environmental Health Services | $62 per booth, 1–14 days | per event | 2026-08-20 |
| Food Enterprise Operating Permit | Austin Public Health — Environmental Health Services | $309–$927 per year, banded by gross annual sales | annual | 2026-08-20 |
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 Enterprise Plan Review
New construction $312. Remodel: under 2,500 sq ft $221; 2,500-10,000 sq ft $266; over 10,000 sq ft $312. Travis County plan review $10. Required before the operating permit for new build or remodel — a sequencing constraint, not an optional extra.
Pre-Opening Inspection
Austin Public Health inspects the premises before a food enterprise permit is issued, so this sits between fitting out and opening — you cannot trade until it passes. $178 for the inspection itself. A re-inspection after a failure is $134, having it done outside normal hours is $173, and a late fee of $120 applies if it is not booked in time. Budget for at least one re-inspection on a first fit-out; passing first time is not the norm.
Temporary Food Establishment Permit
$62 per booth for a temporary food operation at a festival, market or one-off event, covering one to fourteen days. Needed even where the business already holds a fixed food enterprise permit elsewhere in the city, because the permit attaches to the location and the event rather than to the business. Travis County charges $52 per booth for the equivalent permit outside the city, so the same stall costs $10 more inside Austin.
Food Enterprise Operating Permit
Banded by gross annual sales: $309 up to $49,999.99; $618 from $50,000 to $149,999.99; $927 at $150,000 and above. Child care facilities $309; qualified high-quality childcare $0. Fee schedule effective 1 October 2025. Unincorporated Travis County uses a different risk/size band ($250-$309) under the same programme.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Austin
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
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.
- Fixed Food Establishments — Austin Public HealthCity of Austin, Austin Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
- Permit Fee Schedule — Austin Public HealthCity of Austin, Austin Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
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