Food Vendor Launch Kit · 2026 Edition
Kentucky
One PDF for Kentucky: every state-level licence, fee and agency you need to start a food truck, trailer, cart or food stall at a farmers market — with a direct link to the official page behind every number, so you can confirm it yourself instead of taking our word for it. Local permits are set county by county, so the biggest counties are priced in full and every kit carries the directory to find the office that covers you.
Get the Kentucky kit — $39The kit is $39, which is the cheapest line item in your launch. The expensive part was never a fee: it is applying for a permit in the wrong order and losing six weeks. Every figure was checked against an official Kentucky government source, and when Kentucky changes a rule you get the corrected kit at no extra cost.
Instant PDF download · checked against primary Kentucky sources
This is a food business kit. If you sell crafts, art or other non-food goods, most of it will not apply to you.
Look inside
Two real pages from the Kentucky kit.
Not a mock-up and not a sample chapter. This is the page that carries the direct links, and the Kentucky at-a-glance page.
Why this exists
The information is public. It’s also scattered and often wrong.
Every figure in this kit was checked against an official Kentucky government source, and that source link sits beside the number. Two things it turned up:
Kentucky — mobile food permit
Kentucky's permit really is statewide — the Food Safety Branch states these units 'are permitted by the local county health department and pay an annual fee to operate statewide.' But two strings are attached that fee schedules never mention.
Kentucky — business entity
The $40 + $15 you see quoted everywhere is not the real cost of keeping a Kentucky LLC alive. KRS 141.0401(2)(a) imposes the Limited Liability Entity Tax on every LLC doing business in Kentucky, and the tax is 'the greater of' the computed amount 'or one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175)'.
What’s covered
Kentucky food permits, completely — and nothing you’ll never use.
- Entity filing. Kentucky Secretary of State, Business Filings Division (entity) / Kentucky Department of Revenue (LLET) — the fee, the recurring cost, and the direct filing link.
- Mobile food permit. Which office issues it, what it charges, and the application page.
- Cottage food. Two separate regimes, and picking the wrong one is the classic Kentucky mistake — the cap, what registration it takes, and the statute itself.
- Sales tax registration plus the commissary, market, and insurance question lists.
Free guide vs kit
What the kit adds.
| Free guide | Kit | |
|---|---|---|
| The rules, fees and agencies for Kentucky | ✓ | ✓ |
| Direct link to every form, portal and fee schedule | — | ✓ |
| The official source printed beside every number | — | ✓ |
| Printable checklist in dependency order | — | ✓ |
| Startup cost worksheet (PDF + spreadsheet) | — | ✓ |
| Commissary, market and insurance question lists | — | ✓ |
Skip the twelve government websites
Every Kentucky fee sourced, every form one click away, in the order you need them.
Get it — $39