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Fairfax County Health Department, Division of Environmental Health

In short

Fairfax County Health Department, Division of Environmental Health issues 5 permits we publish for Fairfax County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Mobile Food Unit PermitFairfax County Health Department, Division of Environmental HealthPlan Review fee $40 for each vehicle or trailer, plus an Application fee of $80 (total $120 for a new permit).New-permit process. The Health Department's dedicated Mobile Food Unit page does not state a renewal fee specific to this permit type.2026-10-02
Pool Permitonly if it applies to youFairfax County Health Department, Division of Environmental HealthBase fee by category/size: Seasonal $290 (0-2,000 sq ft) / $360 (2,001-10,000 sq ft) / $430 (over 10,000 sq ft); Year-Round $360/$430/$505 at the same size tiers; Interactive Water Feature $250/$315/$375; Waterpark $865 flat. Each additional non-spa pool in a multi-pool facility $220; each therapeutic/spa pool $65; facilities with a spa pool only $285. Plan Review $250; Plan Re-Review $50; Preliminary Inspection $100; Re-inspection $100; Permit Re-Instatement $200.Annual.2026-10-02
Well Permitonly if it applies to youFairfax County Health Department, Division of Environmental HealthNew Permit $500; Abandonment Permit (non-primary residence) $500.Per permit.2026-10-02
Food Establishment PermitFairfax County Health Department, Division of Environmental HealthNew Application $40; Plan Review $40; Preliminary Inspection $100; Renewal Application $40 (due by December 31); Late Renewal $50; Change of Ownership $80.Annual renewal due December 31.2026-10-02
Temporary Food Establishment Permitonly if it applies to youFairfax County Health Department, Division of Environmental HealthTemporary Food Establishment Permit $40 (a fee exemption may apply under the schedule's own terms); Temporary Food Event Application: no fee.Per temporary event.2026-10-02

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

Mobile Food Unit Permit

A food truck operating in Fairfax County pays a $40 Plan Review fee for each vehicle or trailer plus an $80 Application fee — a total of $120 for a new Mobile Food Unit permit — as stated on the county's own dedicated, current Mobile Food Unit permitting process page: 'a plan review fee of $40.00 for each vehicle or trailer' and a separate 'Application fee: $80.' The county's general environmental health fee-schedule page also carries a Mobile Food Unit table showing a $40 figure that duplicates the adjacent Food Establishment table row-for-row; the dedicated permitting process page is the more specific, current, step-by-step source for the actual application fee and is the figure this record publishes. The county's own earlier guideline document described a combined 'plan review and permit fee of $80.00 for each vehicle or trailer,' consistent with that fee later being split into the $40 Plan Review and $80 Application figures used here. The Health Department's dedicated Mobile Food Unit page does not state a renewal fee specific to this permit type.

Pool Permit

A fitness studio or club operating a pool in Fairfax County pays fees set in Fairfax County Code Chapter 69.1-1-21, effective April 27, 2009, read directly from the county's own environmental health fee-schedule page: a base fee by pool category and size — Seasonal $290 (0-2,000 sq ft), $360 (2,001-10,000 sq ft), $430 (over 10,000 sq ft); Year-Round $360/$430/$505 at the same size tiers; Interactive Water Feature $250/$315/$375; and a flat $865 for a Waterpark, which has no size tiers. A multi-pool facility adds $220 for each additional non-spa pool and $65 for each therapeutic/spa pool, and a facility with a spa pool only pays a flat $285. Plan Review costs $250, Plan Re-Review $50, Preliminary Inspection $100, Re-inspection $100, and Permit Re-Instatement $200. A fitness studio or gym that does not operate a pool has no obligation under this pool-permit record — a scope consequence of the permit covering only pool operation, not a general health-permit exemption.

Well Permit

Any of the ten industries this site tracks that operates on a private well in Fairfax County — typically a business in a less-developed part of unincorporated Fairfax County not served by public water — pays the Health Department's well-permit fees, read directly from the county's own environmental health fee-schedule page: $500 for a New Permit and $500 for an Abandonment Permit on a non-primary residence. This record applies only when a business's site uses a private well rather than public water service; a business connected to public water has no occasion to apply for either permit, a scope consequence of the permit covering well use specifically.

Food Establishment Permit

A restaurant or coffee shop operating a fixed food-service location in Fairfax County needs a Food Establishment Permit from the Health Department's Division of Environmental Health, with fees read directly from the raw HTML of the county's own environmental health fee schedule page under its 'Food Establishment' header: New Application $40, Plan Review $40, Preliminary Inspection $100, Renewal Application $40 (due by December 31), Late Renewal $50, and Change of Ownership $80. The same fee-schedule page also carries a separate, explicitly-labeled 'Fairfax City Code Chapter 46' pool-fee table for comparison purposes only; it is not a Fairfax County fee and does not apply to a business operating under this county-level permit. The Division of Environmental Health's main office is at 10777 Main Street, Fairfax, VA 22030 (703-246-2201).

Temporary Food Establishment Permit

A restaurant, coffee shop, or food truck selling food at a temporary event in Fairfax County needs a Temporary Food Establishment Permit, priced at $40 per the county's own environmental health fee schedule page (a fee exemption may apply under the schedule's own terms). The same fee schedule separately lists a Temporary Food Event Application, for which the schedule's own fee column reads 'no fee.' These are two distinct line items on the same county fee-schedule page: the $40 figure applies to the Temporary Food Establishment Permit itself, while the Temporary Food Event Application carries no fee, as stated on the schedule.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Fairfax County
Phone
703-246-2201

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.

  1. Fairfax County Health Department — Division of Environmental Health FeesFairfax County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. Fairfax County Health Department — Mobile Food Unit Guidelines (EHF40)Fairfax County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. Fairfax County Health Department — Mobile Food Unit permitting processFairfax County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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