Texas food trucks, county by county
The license is the same in every county. Since July 1, 2026 a DSHS MFV license covers you statewide, and a city or county can't ban a licensed vendor who follows other state and local laws (HSC 437B.051(b)). What still differs locally: fire codes, location rules and zoning (HSC 437B.101), and who comes out to inspect you. See local rules.
The table shows, for each county, the number of active sales tax outlets the Texas Comptroller classes as mobile food services (NAICS 722330), and how many of those permits were issued since October 22, 2025. These are sales tax permits, not DSHS licenses: some are caterers or carts, and some trucks report under another code. Statewide: 16,841 active, 6,332 new in 12 months.
The last column lists the local agencies DSHS has collaborative agreements with to inspect food trucks (list current as of Aug 17, 2026). If no state inspector is free, one of them may inspect you (DSHS). We matched each agency to its main county; some serve neighboring counties too.
| County | Active mobile food outlets | New permits, last 12 months | Local inspection partner (DSHS list) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | 2,988 | 1,169 | City of Houston Department of Health; Harris County Public Health |
| Travis | 1,531 | 476 | City of Austin Public Health |
| Tarrant | 1,040 | 385 | Tarrant County; City of Arlington |
| Bexar | 1,029 | 385 | City of San Antonio |
| Dallas | 942 | 444 | Dallas County Health and Human Services |
| El Paso | 561 | 200 | City of El Paso Department of Public Health |
| Williamson | 450 | 167 | Williamson County and Cities Public Health District |
| Fort Bend | 371 | 158 | Fort Bend County Department of Health and Human Services |
| Hidalgo | 359 | 143 | City of McAllen; Hidalgo County Health Department |
| Montgomery | 350 | 129 | Montgomery County Public Health Department |
| Collin | 349 | 136 | Collin County Health Care Services |
| Denton | 331 | 121 | |
| Cameron | 316 | 96 | |
| Bell | 237 | 87 | Bell County Public Health District |
| Hays | 191 | 70 | |
| Nueces | 177 | 68 | City of Corpus Christi |
| Midland | 172 | 79 | |
| Brazoria | 161 | 66 | |
| Galveston | 140 | 61 | Galveston County Health District |
| Matagorda | 131 | 48 | |
| Bastrop | 126 | 48 | |
| Webb | 124 | 42 | City of Laredo Public Health Department |
| Ellis | 123 | 51 | |
| Ector | 120 | 56 | Ector County Health Department |
| Guadalupe | 120 | 56 | |
| Brazos | 116 | 37 | Brazos County Health District |
| Comal | 115 | 34 | |
| Johnson | 115 | 56 | |
| Lubbock | 110 | 43 | City of Lubbock |
| Smith | 106 | 31 | Northeast Texas Public Health District (NETHEALTH) |
| Kaufman | 97 | 38 | |
| Jefferson | 96 | 42 | |
| Grayson | 78 | 30 | Grayson County Health Department |
| Parker | 76 | 32 | |
| Liberty | 74 | 30 | |
| Taylor | 73 | 29 | City of Abilene |
| Martin | 72 | 24 | |
| Potter | 71 | 33 | City of Amarillo Public Health |
| Val Verde | 65 | 18 | |
| Gregg | 64 | 19 | |
| Angelina | 56 | 20 | |
| Caldwell | 53 | 27 | |
| Henderson | 53 | 17 | |
| Randall | 52 | 23 | City of Amarillo Public Health |
| Tom Green | 52 | 10 | |
| Victoria | 49 | 18 | Victoria County Public Health Department |
| Burnet | 48 | 13 | |
| Van Zandt | 48 | 18 | |
| Wood | 48 | 18 | |
| Wichita | 47 | 18 | Wichita Falls Health Department |
| Rockwall | 46 | 20 | |
| Wise | 46 | 16 | |
| Hunt | 45 | 18 | |
| Hood | 42 | 17 | |
| Waller | 42 | 21 | |
| Harrison | 39 | 12 | |
| Coryell | 38 | 13 | |
| Medina | 38 | 17 | |
| Chambers | 37 | 8 | |
| Erath | 35 | 13 | |
| Atascosa | 34 | 9 | |
| Nacogdoches | 34 | 11 | |
| Cass | 33 | 9 | |
| Hopkins | 33 | 15 | |
| Lamar | 32 | 7 | Paris-Lamar County Health Department |
| Marion | 32 | 17 | |
| Navarro | 32 | 12 | |
| Bowie | 30 | 12 | |
| Hill | 30 | 8 | |
| San Patricio | 30 | 9 | |
| Anderson | 29 | 11 | |
| Orange | 29 | 11 | |
| Wharton | 29 | 11 | |
| Fannin | 28 | 9 | |
| Gillespie | 28 | 13 | |
| Grimes | 28 | 6 | |
| Kerr | 28 | 9 | |
| Rusk | 28 | 9 | |
| Ward | 27 | 13 | |
| Brown | 25 | 10 | City of Brownwood |
| Gaines | 25 | 10 | |
| Jim Wells | 25 | 4 | |
| Polk | 25 | 10 | |
| Walker | 25 | 4 | |
| Pecos | 24 | 14 | |
| Cherokee | 23 | 3 | |
| Cooke | 23 | 9 | |
| Wilson | 23 | 7 | |
| Bandera | 22 | 8 | |
| Fayette | 22 | 6 | |
| Howard | 22 | 9 | |
| Kendall | 22 | 7 | |
| Washington | 22 | 12 | |
| Winkler | 22 | 9 | |
| Bosque | 21 | 12 | |
| Colorado | 21 | 7 | |
| Jasper | 21 | 8 | |
| Leon | 21 | 8 | |
| Reeves | 21 | 9 | |
| Gray | 20 | 10 | |
| Kleberg | 20 | 8 | |
| Palo Pinto | 20 | 5 | |
| Starr | 20 | 5 | |
| Andrews | 18 | 2 | |
| Brewster | 18 | 6 | |
| Hardin | 18 | 6 | |
| Houston | 18 | 7 | |
| Titus | 18 | 5 | |
| Bee | 17 | 6 | |
| Deaf Smith | 17 | 5 | |
| Lavaca | 17 | 8 | |
| Moore | 17 | 5 | |
| Aransas | 16 | 9 | Aransas County |
| Robertson | 16 | 9 | |
| Austin | 15 | 6 | |
| Freestone | 15 | 5 | |
| Montague | 15 | 6 | |
| Dawson | 14 | 2 | |
| Lamb | 14 | 2 | |
| Panola | 14 | 4 | |
| Parmer | 14 | 5 | |
| Scurry | 14 | 5 | |
| Shelby | 14 | 3 | |
| DeWitt | 13 | 4 | |
| Morris | 13 | 2 | |
| San Jacinto | 13 | 7 | |
| Somervell | 13 | 5 | |
| Upshur | 13 | 5 | |
| Uvalde | 13 | 5 | |
| Calhoun | 12 | 4 | |
| Comanche | 12 | 5 | |
| Frio | 12 | 3 | |
| Jack | 12 | 5 | |
| Jones | 12 | 4 | |
| Lee | 12 | 3 | |
| McCulloch | 12 | 4 | |
| Milam | 12 | 5 | |
| Ochiltree | 12 | 2 | |
| Upton | 12 | 4 | |
| Young | 12 | 4 | |
| Eastland | 11 | 3 | |
| Hutchinson | 11 | 5 | |
| Limestone | 11 | 5 | |
| Reagan | 11 | 4 | |
| Bailey | 10 | 1 | |
| Dimmit | 10 | 1 | |
| Falls | 10 | 1 | |
| Gonzales | 10 | 3 | |
| La Salle | 10 | 5 | |
| Llano | 10 | 2 | |
| Trinity | 10 | 5 | |
| Callahan | 9 | 3 | |
| Karnes | 9 | 7 | |
| Lampasas | 9 | 3 | |
| McMullen | 9 | 4 | |
| San Augustine | 9 | 4 | |
| Wilbarger | 9 | 5 | |
| Concho | 8 | 4 | |
| Haskell | 8 | 3 | |
| Hockley | 8 | 3 | |
| Jackson | 8 | 2 | |
| Live Oak | 8 | 4 | |
| Sabine | 8 | 3 | |
| Swisher | 8 | 1 | |
| Willacy | 8 | 0 | |
| Blanco | 7 | 2 | |
| Burleson | 7 | 4 | |
| Newton | 7 | 4 | |
| Nolan | 7 | 3 | |
| Coleman | 6 | 2 | |
| Duval | 6 | 2 | |
| Garza | 6 | 1 | |
| Hall | 6 | 3 | |
| Mason | 6 | 2 | |
| McLennan | 6 | 4 | Waco-McLennan Public Health |
| Presidio | 6 | 3 | |
| Stephens | 6 | 2 | |
| Terry | 6 | 3 | |
| Brooks | 5 | 1 | |
| Camp | 5 | 1 | |
| Castro | 5 | 1 | |
| Cochran | 5 | 1 | |
| Hamilton | 5 | 2 | |
| Hartley | 5 | 3 | |
| Kimble | 5 | 1 | |
| Real | 5 | 4 | |
| Yoakum | 5 | 3 | |
| Zapata | 5 | 4 | |
| Zavala | 5 | 1 | |
| Archer | 4 | 1 | |
| Briscoe | 4 | 1 | |
| Collingsworth | 4 | 0 | |
| Crockett | 4 | 0 | |
| Crosby | 4 | 1 | |
| Culberson | 4 | 1 | |
| Dickens | 4 | 3 | |
| Fisher | 4 | 0 | |
| Floyd | 4 | 3 | |
| Franklin | 4 | 2 | |
| Goliad | 4 | 1 | |
| Knox | 4 | 1 | |
| Loving | 4 | 2 | |
| Lynn | 4 | 2 | |
| Madison | 4 | 2 | |
| Rains | 4 | 0 | |
| Refugio | 4 | 1 | |
| Shackelford | 4 | 1 | |
| Sutton | 4 | 1 | |
| Tyler | 4 | 2 | |
| Carson | 3 | 2 | |
| Childress | 3 | 2 | |
| Clay | 3 | 2 | |
| Crane | 3 | 0 | |
| Dallam | 3 | 0 | |
| Hale | 3 | 2 | |
| Hansford | 3 | 1 | |
| Jeff Davis | 3 | 0 | |
| Kinney | 3 | 1 | |
| Mitchell | 3 | 1 | |
| Oldham | 3 | 1 | |
| Red River | 3 | 1 | |
| Runnels | 3 | 1 | |
| Schleicher | 3 | 1 | |
| Wheeler | 3 | 1 | |
| Armstrong | 2 | 1 | |
| Delta | 2 | 1 | |
| Hardeman | 2 | 0 | |
| Hemphill | 2 | 1 | |
| Menard | 2 | 0 | |
| San Saba | 2 | 0 | |
| Cottle | 1 | 0 | |
| Donley | 1 | 0 | |
| Foard | 1 | 1 | |
| Hudspeth | 1 | 0 | |
| Irion | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Hogg | 1 | 0 | |
| Kenedy | 1 | 1 | |
| Lipscomb | 1 | 0 | |
| Mills | 1 | 1 | |
| Motley | 1 | 0 | |
| Roberts | 1 | 1 | |
| Sherman | 1 | 0 | |
| Sterling | 1 | 0 | |
| Stonewall | 1 | 0 | |
| Terrell | 1 | 0 | |
| Throckmorton | 1 | 0 | |
| Baylor | 0 | 0 | |
| Borden | 0 | 0 | |
| Coke | 0 | 0 | |
| Edwards | 0 | 0 | |
| Glasscock | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent | 0 | 0 | |
| King | 0 | 0 | |
| Maverick | 0 | 0 |
Data: Texas Comptroller: Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov), NAICS 722330, last updated October 17, 2026, retrieved October 22, 2026. Comptroller county codes matched to county names using Census 2020 county codes. Counties with 0 may still have vendors reporting under other codes.
Coming soon Until then, everything in it is free from DSHS: the Mobile Food Vendor Guide and application how-to.
- DSHS: Mobile Food Vendors (license page, fee schedule, Category One/Two)
- Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 437B, Mobile Food Vendors
- Texas Comptroller: Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov), NAICS 722330, last updated October 17, 2026, retrieved October 22, 2026
- DSHS: Local Agencies Helping Conduct Inspections of MFVs (list current as of Aug 17, 2026)