Local permits & fees

Bibb County, GA — Commercial Kitchen Permits

Macon-Bibb County Environmental Health Department, under the Georgia Department of Public Health North Central Health District (District 5-2). Retail grocery/food stores are separately regulated by the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture. · department site →

Fees change often — always confirm the current amount with the department before you budget.

Restaurant / food-facility permit

Food Service Establishment Permit (Ga. DPH Rule 511-6-1)

null - Georgia food service permit fees are set by each county board of health (per Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 511-6-1); Macon-Bibb's specific fee schedule is not published online. Contact Macon-Bibb Environmental Health at (478) 745-0411 / (478) 751-6115.

State rules are uniform statewide but the dollar fee is locally adopted. Restaurant is permitted after plan review and pre-opening inspection.

Plan review — required

null - plan-review fee is set locally by the Bibb County board of health and is not published online.

Plan-review details & forms →

Food truck / mobile permit

Mobile Food Service Unit Permit (base of operations required)

null - mobile food service unit fee is set locally by the Bibb County board of health and is not published online.

Georgia mobile units must operate from a permitted base of operations/commissary and carry a copy of the base's permit. The City of Macon-Bibb also requires a separate sidewalk/food vendor business license (certificate of insurance of $100,000 required).

How to apply

Forms & applications

Watch out for

Georgia food service fees are county-board-set, so amounts vary by county and are not in a statewide schedule.
Application PDF is a scanned form and does not list fee amounts; fees are quoted at application/plan review.
Retail grocery/markets (packaged foods) fall under the Georgia Department of Agriculture, not the health district.

Other food-service permits in this jurisdiction

Category	Annual fee	Notes
Temporary / seasonal event	null - Georgia temporary food service event fees are set by the county board of health; Macon-Bibb amount is not published online.	Permitted under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 511-6-1 through Macon-Bibb Environmental Health.
Pushcart / mobile vending	null - mobile food service unit fee is set by the Bibb County board of health and is not published online.	Requires a permitted base of operations/commissary; City of Macon-Bibb also requires a separate food vendor business license.

Georgia statewide rules

Who licenses you, reciprocity, and the state regime.

What equipment you need

Build a tailored equipment checklist for your concept.

Permits & plan review, explained

The stack of approvals before you open.

Sources: northcentralhealthdistrict.org · northcentralhealthdistrict.org · dph.georgia.gov · vendpermit.com · observed 2026-08-07