Henrico County
Henrico County Health Department
In short
Henrico County Health Department issues 4 permits we publish for Henrico 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
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Establishment Permit | Henrico County Health Department | $40 per Food Establishment Permit, as published on the Henrico County Health Department's own fee page | Not stated on the county's fee page; Henrico does not publish a specific permit duration for this permit. | 2026-10-02 |
| Mobile Food Unit Permit | Henrico County Health Department | $80 combined permit and plan review fee, per mobile food unit, as published on the Henrico County Health Department's own fee page | Not stated on the county's fee page; Henrico does not publish a specific permit duration for this permit. | 2026-10-02 |
| Foodservice Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | Henrico County Health Department | $40 one-time, for a new or remodeled food facility's plan review, as published on the Henrico County Health Department's own fee page | One-time, before opening a new facility or completing a remodel. | 2026-10-02 |
| Temporary Food Establishment Permitonly if it applies to you | Henrico County Health Department | $40.00 for the first Temporary Food Establishment Permit obtained in a calendar year; no additional fee for further temporary permits obtained in that same calendar year. | Per calendar year; one permit per physical unit or booth per 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
Food Establishment Permit
A restaurant or coffee shop operating a fixed food-service location in Henrico County needs this $40.00 Food Establishment Permit, as published on the Henrico County Health Department's own fee page and re-confirmed live as current. The Health Department is a local health district of the Virginia Department of Health, funded on a cooperative basis of 55.0% state funds and 45.0% county funds, per Henrico's own FY26 Approved Budget, Public Health section — a structural fact about how the issuing agency itself is funded, not a separate licensing requirement. The county's fee page does not state an adoption date or a specific permit duration for this fee or for the related plan-review, mobile-unit, and temporary-permit fees listed separately for this jurisdiction.
Mobile Food Unit Permit
A food truck operating in Henrico County needs this Mobile Food Unit Permit from the Health Department, priced at a combined $80.00 permit-plus-plan-review fee per unit, as published on the Department's own fee page and re-confirmed live as current. A mobile unit also requires a commissary and sign-off from Planning & Zoning, Building Inspections, and Fire, in addition to Health. The Health Department is a local health district of the Virginia Department of Health, cost-shared 55.0% state funds and 45.0% county funds per Henrico's own FY26 Approved Budget. No adoption date or specific permit duration is published on the county's own fee page.
Foodservice Plan Review
Before a new restaurant or coffee shop opens, or an existing one remodels, in Henrico County, or before a food truck's commissary opens or remodels, the Health Department reviews the construction plans for a separate one-time $40.00 fee, as published on its own fee page and re-confirmed live as current, charged in addition to the Food Establishment Permit fee listed separately for this jurisdiction. The Health Department is a local health district of the Virginia Department of Health, cost-shared 55.0% state funds and 45.0% county funds per Henrico's own FY26 Approved Budget. No adoption date for this fee is published on the county's own page.
Temporary Food Establishment Permit
A restaurant, coffee shop, or food truck selling food at a temporary event in Henrico County needs a Temporary Food Establishment Permit for each physical unit or booth. The Health Department's own fee page states this directly: '$40.00 permit fee will be charged to the temporary food establishment permit applicant for the first permit he or she acquires during the calendar year. Additional fees will not be charged for future temporary permits in that calendar year.' The Health Department is a local health district of the Virginia Department of Health, cost-shared 55.0% state funds and 45.0% county funds per Henrico's own FY26 Approved Budget. No adoption date is published on the county's own fee page.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Henrico County
- Phone
- 804-501-4529
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.
- Henrico County — Food Service Establishment Permit Application pageHenrico County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Henrico County — Mobile Food Unit Permit Application pageHenrico County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Henrico County — Temporary Food Establishment Permit pageHenrico County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Henrico County FY26 Approved Budget, Public Health section (55%/45% state/county funding split)Henrico County Department of Finance · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
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