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What permits do you need to open a restaurant in Prince George S County?

In short

A restaurant in Prince George S County, MD has 4 permits that apply to every business of this type, plus 6 more that depend on your premises, signage or how you are set up. Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Corporate Charter Division charges $100 one-time filing for the articles of organization (llc). 5 of the 10 are charged as a range or formula rather than a flat fee. Verified 2026-10-02 against the issuing agencies’ published fee schedules.

Permits particular to a restaurant in Prince George S County

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Food Service Facility — Temporary Event, Farmers Market, and Mobile Unit Reciprocity Permitsonly if it applies to youPrince George's County Health DepartmentTemporary Event: $66 + $165 = $231 base, +10% tech fee = $254.10 total. Government/Municipal-sponsored Temporary Event: $66 + $99 = $165 base, +10% = $181.50 total. Non-Profit Temporary Event: no fee. Farmers Market License (applied for by April 30): $66 + $231 = $297 base, +10% = $326.70 total; (applied for after April 30): $66 + $330 = $396 base, +10% = $435.60 total. Farmers Market Single-Day License: $66 + $99 = $165 base, +10% = $181.50 total. Farmers Market Samplers License: $66 + $33 = $99 base, +10% = $108.90 total. Mobile Unit Reciprocity: $66 + $360 = $426 base, +10% = $468.60 total.Per event, per season, or per calendar year depending on the specific permit line.2026-10-02
Food Service Facility Permit — Low/Moderate/High HACCP PriorityPrince George's County Health DepartmentLow HACCP Priority: $66 administrative fee + $449 license fee = $515 base, + the county's standard 10% Technology Fee = $566.50 total. Moderate HACCP Priority: $66 + $660 = $726 base, +10% = $798.60 total. High HACCP Priority: $66 + $845 = $911 base, +10% = $1,002.10 total.Annual, on a renewal cycle aligned with the permit application.2026-10-02
Alcoholic Beverages License — Board of License Commissionersonly if it applies to youBoard of License Commissioners for Prince George's CountyEffective July 1, 2026 (Maryland House Bill 611, 'PG 317-26', already in force): Class A, B, C and D beer licenses and Class A, B and C beer-and-light-wine licenses are each $550 per year (previously $500, $365, $245 and $500 for the beer classes, and $500, $365 and $245 for the beer-and-light-wine classes, respectively); Class A light wine license is $60 per year (previously $50); Class B-MB/22 license is $1,200 per year (previously $1,090). The bill amends fee subsections across more than 40 numbered sections of Title 26; this record publishes only the classes whose new figures were read directly from the bill's own text.Annual.2026-10-02
Food Service Facility LicenseMaryland Department of Health, Office of Food Protection$100–$525 a year, set by the county health department — there is no state fee1 year from issue unless local law says otherwise2026-09-03
Certified Food Service Manageronly if it applies to youMaryland Department of Health, Office of Food ProtectionNo feeno state period; three to five years where a county requires a card2026-09-03

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

MD registrations that apply to every type of business

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Trader's LicenseComptroller of Maryland, State License BureauVaries — formula on the MD page1 May to 30 April, whenever it is bought2026-09-03
Sales and Use Tax LicenseComptroller of Maryland, Revenue Administration DivisionNo feeno expiry — effective until surrendered or revoked2026-09-03
Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to youMaryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Corporate Charter Division$100 one-time filingperpetual, but a $300 annual report is due every 15 April2026-09-03
Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to youMaryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Corporate Charter Division$120 one-time minimum — $100 filing plus a $20 organization and capitalization feeperpetual, but a $300 annual report is due every 15 April2026-09-03
Annual Reportonly if it applies to youMaryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Corporate Charter Division$300 a yearannual — due 15 April, extendable to 15 June2026-09-03

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

How much does it actually cost to permit a restaurant in Prince George S County?

There is no single figure, and any site quoting one is rounding away the part that matters. Of the 10 records listed for a restaurant in Prince George S County, MD, 4 apply to every business of this type and 6 are conditional. Adding every fee on the page together would overstate what most operators pay, because it would include permits they never need.

5 of the 10 are charged as a range or a formula set by the issuing agency, and 2 have no fee published at all. The ones particular to this business that vary:

Food Service Facility — Temporary Event, Farmers Market, and Mobile Unit Reciprocity Permits: Temporary Event: $66 + $165 = $231 base, +10% tech fee = $254.10 total. Government/Municipal-sponsored Temporary Event: $66 + $99 = $165 base, +10% = $181.50 total. Non-Profit Temporary Event: no fee. Farmers Market License (applied for by April 30): $66 + $231 = $297 base, +10% = $326.70 total; (applied for after April 30): $66 + $330 = $396 base, +10% = $435.60 total. Farmers Market Single-Day License: $66 + $99 = $165 base, +10% = $181.50 total. Farmers Market Samplers License: $66 + $33 = $99 base, +10% = $108.90 total. Mobile Unit Reciprocity: $66 + $360 = $426 base, +10% = $468.60 total.

Food Service Facility Permit — Low/Moderate/High HACCP Priority: Low HACCP Priority: $66 administrative fee + $449 license fee = $515 base, + the county's standard 10% Technology Fee = $566.50 total. Moderate HACCP Priority: $66 + $660 = $726 base, +10% = $798.60 total. High HACCP Priority: $66 + $845 = $911 base, +10% = $1,002.10 total.

Alcoholic Beverages License — Board of License Commissioners: Effective July 1, 2026 (Maryland House Bill 611, 'PG 317-26', already in force): Class A, B, C and D beer licenses and Class A, B and C beer-and-light-wine licenses are each $550 per year (previously $500, $365, $245 and $500 for the beer classes, and $500, $365 and $245 for the beer-and-light-wine classes, respectively); Class A light wine license is $60 per year (previously $50); Class B-MB/22 license is $1,200 per year (previously $1,090). The bill amends fee subsections across more than 40 numbered sections of Title 26; this record publishes only the classes whose new figures were read directly from the bill's own text.

Food Service Facility License: $100–$525 a year, set by the county health department — there is no state fee

The other 1 variable fee belongs to permits that apply to every type of business here; its formula is set out on the Prince George S County permits page and the MD state page.

Which offices issue these permits in Prince George S County?

Permits for a restaurant in Prince George S County, MD come from 6 separate offices: Prince George's County Health Department, Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County, Comptroller of Maryland, State License Bureau, Comptroller of Maryland, Revenue Administration Division, Maryland Department of Health, Office of Food Protection, Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Corporate Charter Division. No single office issues them all, which is why an opening means filing in several places rather than one.

What does a restaurant need in Prince George S County that other businesses do not?

1 of the 5 permits particular to a restaurant here applies to no other business type we cover in Prince George S County: Alcoholic Beverages License — Board of License Commissioners.

Food Service Facility Permit — Low/Moderate/High HACCP Priority

Prince George's County's Health Department issues the Food Service Facility (FSF) Permit for a restaurant or coffee shop that prepares or serves food on site, with the fee tiered by HACCP inspection priority: Low Priority is $66 administrative fee plus $449 license fee ($515 base), Moderate Priority is $66 plus $660 ($726 base), and High Priority is $66 plus $845 ($911 base); every line also carries the county's standard 10% Technology Fee, bringing the final totals to $566.50, $798.60, and $1,002.10 respectively. These figures come from the DPIE Fee Schedule, effective March 2, 2025 following the County Council's approval of CR-087-2024 in November 2024 — the current and controlling schedule, with no successor schedule published as of this review. A separate set of Health Department application forms still in circulation carries an HTTP-metadata publish date of September 2022, predating this fee increase; those forms are not current and are not used as a source for this record.

Alcoholic Beverages License — Board of License Commissioners

The Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners, the county's own local liquor board, licenses beer, wine, and liquor sales under Maryland Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, Title 26, a subtitle that 'applies only in Prince George's County' per §26-102. Maryland House Bill 611 (2026 Regular Session, local bill 'PG 317-26'), effective July 1, 2026 and already in force, set the following annual fees, read directly from its enacted text: Class A, B, C, and D beer licenses and Class A, B, and C beer-and-light-wine licenses are each $550 (previously $500, $365, $245, and $500 for the beer classes, and $500, $365, and $245 for the beer-and-light-wine classes); Class A light wine license is $60 (previously $50); Class B-MB/22 license is $1,200 (previously $1,090). The bill amends fee subsections across more than 40 numbered sections of Title 26; this record publishes only the classes whose new figures were read directly from the bill's own text. Per the Board's own 'Licenses Available' page, 'Pursuant to Section 26-208 of the Annotated Code of Maryland the Board of License Commissioners is prohibited from issuing any license with an off sale privilege. All licenses issued are for on the premises sales only.'

Food Service Facility License

The state health department writes the regulations and licenses only processing, warehousing and dairy; retail food service belongs to the twenty-four local health departments, and the statute says the county governing body sets the fee schedule and the money is paid to the county. Both examples band by risk rather than size. Montgomery charges $200 for a low-priority facility, $375 for moderate and $525 for high, with a $100 non-profit rate and a $100 late fee, and its licenses expire on 31 January. Howard charges $415, $325 and $100 on the same three tiers, adds a ten per cent technology surcharge to everything, and prices plan review separately at up to $485. Statutory caps exist only in odd corners — a mobile reciprocity license cannot exceed $300, and seasonal on-farm processing $70 outside four jurisdictions.

Shared with other businesses in Prince George S County

  • Food Service Facility — Temporary Event, Farmers Market, and Mobile Unit Reciprocity Permits — Prince George's County Health Department, Temporary Event: $66 + $165 = $231 base, +10% tech fee = $254.10 total. Government/Municipal-sponsored Temporary Event: $66 + $99 = $165 base, +10% = $181.50 total. Non-Profit Temporary Event: no fee. Farmers Market License (applied for by April 30): $66 + $231 = $297 base, +10% = $326.70 total; (applied for after April 30): $66 + $330 = $396 base, +10% = $435.60 total. Farmers Market Single-Day License: $66 + $99 = $165 base, +10% = $181.50 total. Farmers Market Samplers License: $66 + $33 = $99 base, +10% = $108.90 total. Mobile Unit Reciprocity: $66 + $360 = $426 base, +10% = $468.60 total., Per event, per season, or per calendar year depending on the specific permit line.. Also required for food trucks and coffee shops; what it involves is set out on the coffee shops page.
  • Certified Food Service Manager — Maryland Department of Health, Office of Food Protection, No fee, no state period; three to five years where a county requires a card. Also required for coffee shops and food trucks; what it involves is set out on the coffee shops page.

The 5 state-level registrations apply to every type of business across MD and are covered on the MD state page.

How does a restaurant compare with other businesses in Prince George S County?

The closest match is a coffee shop, which shares 4 of these permits. A restaurant also needs Alcoholic Beverages License — Board of License Commissioners. A coffee shop needs nothing here that a restaurant does not.

Permits particular to each business type in Prince George S County, MD, compared with a restaurant
BusinessIts own permitsShared with a restaurantOnly a restaurant needsOnly it needs
Coffee shops4410
Food trucks5322
Auto repair shops2052
Contractors and trades3053
Retail stores1051

Sources

Every figure for the permits explained on this page was read from one of these government pages on the date shown. Sources for the permits shared with other businesses are listed with their explanations on the coffee shops page. Sources for the permits that apply to every type of business are listed on the Prince George S County permits page and the MD state page. Confirmed by Editorial Team.

  1. Prince George's County DPIE Fee Schedule, effective March 2, 2025Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. Prince George's County — Food Service Facility (FSF) Permits pagePrince George's County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. Maryland House Bill 611 (2026 Regular Session) — Prince George's County Alcoholic Beverages – Fees, engrossed/third-reading textMaryland General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  4. Maryland General Assembly — House Bill 611 (2026RS) legislative statusMaryland General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  5. Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners — Licenses Available pagePrince George's County Board of License Commissioners · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  6. Prince George's County — Board of License Commissioners pagePrince George's County Board of License Commissioners · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  7. Maryland Health-General section 21-308 — county governing bodies set the food establishment license fee scheduleMaryland General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
  8. COMAR 10.15.03.28 — a food service facility license must be obtained from the approving authorityMaryland Department of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
  9. Montgomery County Licensure and Regulatory Services — fee scheduleMontgomery County, Maryland · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
  10. Howard County Health Department — environmental health fee scheduleHoward County, Maryland · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03

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