8 permits · verified 2026-09-14
What permits do you need to open a food truck in Gillette?
In short
A food truck in Gillette, WY has 3 permits that apply to every business of this type, plus 5 more that depend on your premises, signage or how you are set up. City of Gillette, City Clerk charges $75 per license, per mobile food truck or unit for the mobile food vendor license. 1 of the 8 are charged as a range or formula rather than a flat fee. Verified 2026-09-14 against the issuing agencies’ published fee schedules.
Permits particular to a food truck in Gillette
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Food Vendor License | City of Gillette, City Clerk | $75 per license, per mobile food truck or unit | valid for the calendar year in which the license is granted, under §10-1(3)(b) | 2026-09-14 |
| Food Establishment Permit | Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services | $200 initial license; annual renewal is $100; a temporary permit of up to 14 days is $50 | annual | 2026-09-04 |
| Food Handler / Manager Certification — Wyoming Food Safety Ruleonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services | No fee | not applicable statewide | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
WY registrations that apply to every type of business
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Business License — Wyoming Positiononly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Report License Taxonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | Varies — formula on the WY page | annual — due in the entity's own anniversary month of formation; may be filed up to 120 days early | 2026-09-04 |
| Sales Tax Vendor License | Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division | $60 one-time — reinstating a forfeited license also costs $60 | no expiration — valid without further payment until the department revokes it | 2026-09-04 |
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 food truck in Gillette?
There is no single figure, and any site quoting one is rounding away the part that matters. Of the 8 records listed for a food truck in Gillette, WY, 3 apply to every business of this type and 5 are conditional. Adding every fee on the page together would overstate what most operators pay, because it would include permits they never need.
Of the 3 that always apply, 3 carry a flat fee, coming to $335.00. That is a floor, not a total. 1 of the 8 are charged as a range or a formula set by the issuing agency, and 2 have no fee published at all.
The other 1 variable fee belongs to permits that apply to every type of business here; its formula is set out on the Gillette permits page and the WY state page.
Which offices issue these permits in Gillette?
Permits for a food truck in Gillette, WY come from 4 separate offices: City of Gillette, City Clerk, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services, Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division, Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division. No single office issues them all, which is why an opening means filing in several places rather than one.
- City of Gillette, City ClerkIssues 1 permit on this page: Mobile Food Vendor LicenseCity Hall, 201 E. 5th Street, 1st Floor, Gillette, WY 82716 · (307) 686-5210www.gillettewy.gov/Departments/Public-Affairs/City-Clerk
- Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health ServicesIssues 2 permits on this page: Food Establishment Permit, Food Handler / Manager Certification — Wyoming Food Safety Rule2219 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-7211agriculture.wy.gov/consumer-health-services
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business DivisionIssues 4 permits on this page: General Business License — Wyoming Position, Articles of Organization (LLC), Articles of Incorporation, Annual Report License TaxHerschler Building East, Suite 101, 122 W 25th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-7311sos.wyo.gov/Business/default.aspx
- Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax DivisionIssues 1 permit on this page: Sales Tax Vendor License122 West 25th Street, Suite E301, Cheyenne, WY 82002excise-tax-div.wyo.gov
What does a food truck need in Gillette that other businesses do not?
1 of the 3 permits particular to a food truck here applies to no other business type we cover in Gillette: Mobile Food Vendor License.
Mobile Food Vendor License
The license is per unit rather than per operator: §10-5(3)(a) provides that 'Each Mobile Food Truck and Mobile Food Unit requires a separate Mobile Food Vendor License,' so a two-truck business pays $150.00. One useful exemption avoids doubling up: §10-5(1)(d) states that a person licensed under this section 'does not need a separate Itinerant Vendors license under Section 10-2,' which would otherwise add $50.00. The application requires proof that two other applications have already been filed — 'Proof of application for food service permit filed with the County Health Officer or the State Department of Agriculture' and 'Proof of application for a sales tax permit through the State of Wyoming' — so the state food license and the sales tax license come first in practice. Because Campbell County has no local health department, that food license comes from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture at $200.00 for a new license and $100.00 to renew, with the state sales and use tax license a one-time $60.00.
Food Establishment Permit
Two hundred dollars the first time an establishment opens, under a new owner, or at a new location, then $100 every year after. Six Wyoming jurisdictions run their own delegated local food-licensing programs instead of the state's — Laramie County, Natrona County, Teton County, Sweetwater County, Sublette County and the City of Laramie — each with its own separate fee schedule not reflected in the state figures above.
Food Handler / Manager Certification — Wyoming Food Safety Rule
No fee, because Wyoming's food safety rule does not mandate a food handler card or a certified food protection manager statewide — the person in charge need only demonstrate food safety knowledge, which the rule allows through general compliance, correctly answering an inspector's questions, or voluntarily holding a CFPM credential. Some local jurisdictions impose their own stricter local requirement on top of this state rule; confirm directly with the county or city health department where a specific business operates.
The 5 state-level registrations apply to every type of business across WY and are covered on the WY state page.
How does a food truck compare with other businesses in Gillette?
The closest match is a coffee shop, which shares 2 of these permits. A food truck also needs Mobile Food Vendor License. A coffee shop needs Food Establishment License — State Department of Agriculture (Gillette) and Sign Permit, which a food truck does not.
| Business | Its own permits | Shared with a food truck | Only a food truck needs | Only it needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee shops | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Restaurants | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Auto repair shops | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Childcare centres | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Contractors and trades | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Fitness studios | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Retail stores | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Salons and barbers | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Veterinary clinics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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 that apply to every type of business are listed on the Gillette permits page and the WY state page. Confirmed by Editorial Team.
- Gillette City Code Chapter 10 (Licenses and Permits), revised June 2025 by Ordinance No. 4062 — the complete list of licensed activities, including §10-2 itinerant vendors and door-to-door solicitors at $50.00, §10-3 pawnbrokers at $100.00, §10-4 sexually oriented businesses at $250.00, §10-5 mobile food vendors at $75.00, §10-6 circus and amusement ride permits at $100.00 per day and §10-7 special event permits at $25.00, together with §10-1's calendar-year term and $750.00 penaltyCity of Gillette · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Wyoming Department of Agriculture — food establishment initial and annual renewal fees, and local delegationWyoming Department of Agriculture · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Wyoming Food Safety Rule, Chapter 1 — voluntary CFPM certification as one path to demonstrating food safety knowledgeWyoming Department of Agriculture, mirrored by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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