Restaurants and food trucks.
Collin County food-facility health permits run about $40–$600 annually, depending on size or sales volume. Confirm the exact amount with Collin County Development Services (unincorporated + contracting cities); City of Plano Environmental Health Division (within Plano) before you budget.
Confirm the authority for your exact address. Some cities run their own health division, and building, planning, fire, sewer/grease and business-license approvals are separate even when Collin County Development Services (unincorporated + contracting cities); City of Plano Environmental Health Division (within Plano) issues the health permit.
Cities with their own health department: Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Wylie, The Colony, Celina. Food businesses inside these cities apply to the city health department (with its own fees and rules), not Collin County. Confirm which authority covers your exact address.
What the local foodservice landscape looks like — useful whether you’re opening here or sizing up the competition.
▲ 3.7% change in establishments since 2022 (2,507 → 2,599).
The average foodservice wage here is $1,725 above the Texas average ($23,083); Texas has about 60,229 food & drink establishments statewide.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 722, food services & drinking places) — establishments with paid employees. Some small-county payroll figures are withheld by Census for confidentiality.
County only permits unincorporated areas and 6 listed cities; for all other Collin cities (incl; Plano) apply to that city directly; City of Plano runs its own Environmental Health permitting; Plano-specific fees not captured here (contact City of Plano); Verify county fees may be listed under 'Health Permits' on Development Services main page
Turnaround: Complete plans must be submitted, reviewed and approved before construction/remodel begins (per City of Plano Food Code; county follows plan-review procedures)
Texas (TFER) demerit-based inspection: score = 100 minus demerits, fail above 30 demerits; administered by city/county health authorities, reports public.
County issues mobile food establishment permits via Citizen Self-Service portal; specific fee not published on fee page; NOTE: Effective 2026-07-01 Texas moved mobile food unit permitting to the STATE (Texas DSHS); verify current authority; fee not found
Fees/payment and forms are on the department site; application steps vary by concept — see the checklist below.
The government permit & plan-review fees below total roughly $40–$600 for Collin County:
That’s the paperwork only. Add buildout, equipment, deposits and licenses with the cost-to-open calculator. Fees change — confirm current amounts with the department.
Comparison uses the lowest published annual restaurant-permit figure in each county; confirm your exact tier with the department.
U.S. Census 2023 population; County Business Patterns 2022 (NAICS 722).
Plus building, fire, and business-license fees that vary locally — use the cost calculators and the checklist below to budget the full stack.
A code-compliant kitchen in Collin County needs more than the health permit — these approvals are handled by separate offices. Confirm current requirements with each.
| Building / plans | Collin County Development Services (unincorporated only; TX cities issue their own building permits) |
| Fire marshal | Collin County Fire Marshal - commercial inspections in unincorporated areas (IFC 2021) |
| Zoning / planning | N/A - Texas counties have no zoning authority; zoning exists only within incorporated cities (limited county controls for SOB/junkyards/slaughter only) |
| Sewer / grease | Collin County Development Services - On-Site Sewage Facilities (OSSF/septic, unincorporated); grease/FOG via municipal utility inside cities |
| Business license | N/A - Texas has no general county/state business license (TX Comptroller sales-tax permit only) |
Under 2015 UPC and 2015 IPC (state-adopted minimum; municipality selects), food establishments here must control fats, oils & grease (FOG) with a grease interceptor or trap, and typically register with the local sewer/wastewater authority. Restaurants must install an approved grease interceptor under the state-adopted plumbing code, with discharge governed by the local sewer authority's FOG program.
Size the interceptor with our grease-trap sizing calculator, compare units in the grease-trap catalog, and confirm the local FOG permit with Collin County Development Services (unincorporated + contracting cities); City of Plano Environmental Health Division (within Plano) (contact above).
Hood fire suppression: commercial cooking under a Type I hood needs a wet-chemical suppression system to NFPA 96, permitted and inspected by the local fire marshal. Commercial kitchen hood suppression must meet NFPA 96 and the locally adopted International Fire Code, enforced by the local fire marshal (no single mandatory statewide edition). See do I need a hood? and the hood CFM calculator.
Backflow prevention: Backflow prevention assemblies (typically an RPZ) require annual testing by a certified tester through the local water utility's cross-connection control program. A certified backflow assembly (often an RPZ) on the water service, tested annually, is standard — confirm with your water utility.
| Category | Annual fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| temporary/seasonal/special-event | $40 | Temporary Event permit (short-term event, up to 14 days at a single location) |
Health-department plan review looks for specific, code-compliant fixtures. Compare spec-filtered options, then confirm counts and sizes with your local requirements. See the full list in what equipment a commercial kitchen requires.
Permit costs and rules change at the county line — compare Collin County with its neighbors.
This is a typical sequence — confirm the exact sequence with your authority having jurisdiction.
Official plan-check requirements: plan-check guide →