Concession Trailers in San Jose, CA
Custom-built concession trailers with the California HCD insignia and county-ready compliance blueprints, delivered to San Jose by 916 Concession.
916 Concession is a Sacramento-based builder, and San Jose is a regular run for our in-house transport team. The South Bay vending scene is crowded and competitive, so the unit you roll out in has to hold up to Santa Clara County scrutiny and to a customer base that knows good food. We build each trailer custom around your menu, finish the interior with county-approved cleanable cladding, and rough in the plumbing and 100-amp electrical so the unit is ready for inspection the day it lands. Every build leaves the yard carrying the HCD insignia under Title 25, which is the state's certification that the unit itself is built right. From downtown lunch corridors to the weekend flea-market crowd, San Jose vendors need a rig that passes once and earns back its cost fast. That is the trailer we build.
Concession trailers
Custom-built shells and full build-outs, HCD-certified, sized to your menu.
Compliance blueprints
County-ready plan sets for the health department plan-check.
Permits & HCD
HCD insignia, Title 25, and the DMV path — temp tags first, then plates by mail.
Websites
A site that gets your new unit found online.
Where San Jose vendors actually work
San Jose runs hot for mobile food, and the venues reward a clean, well-built unit. San Pedro Square Market keeps a steady downtown food-hall crowd, with the Friday farmers market running May through October. The Downtown San Jose lunch and event corridor pulls office and venue traffic all week. On weekends, the San Jose Flea Market (La Pulga) and FoodieLand Night Market move serious volume, and the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on Tully Road host rotating events that draw vendors from across the South Bay. History Park hosts SJMADE Fest, and the SJSU campus area keeps demand up through the school year. Each of these has its own footprint and power situation, so we build your trailer to fit how and where you plan to serve.
Two approvals, and who handles which
This trips up first-time owners, so we keep it plain. There are two separate sign-offs. The first is the HCD insignia under Title 25 - that is the state of California certifying that the trailer itself, its construction, plumbing, and electrical, is built to code. 916 Concession handles that one as part of the build; the insignia is on the unit when it leaves our yard. The second is your annual mobile food facility permit from the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health. That permit is yours to carry, and DEH inspects the unit before you operate. We do not file that permit for you. What we do is hand you county-ready compliance blueprints and walk you through what DEH expects, so you show up to inspection with a unit that matches the paperwork.
Built around your menu
We do not start from a fixed catalog. Our most-ordered shell is a 7x14, but San Jose orders run the full range, and we build any size that fits your concept. A taqueria pushing high lunch volume needs a different layout than a coffee-and-pastry cart or a barbecue rig with exterior smoker space. We size the three-compartment sink and separate handwash sink, lay out the cook line, spec the hood and the 100-amp panel, and finish every surface in county-approved cleanable cladding. Tell us the menu, the venues, and the volume you expect, and the trailer gets engineered around that, not squeezed into a stock floor plan.
California titling and DMV, handled
A concession trailer is a registered vehicle in California, and that paperwork catches people off guard. 916 Concession handles the DMV registration for you. The way California works, you get temporary tags first so you can take the unit on the road, and the permanent plates arrive by mail afterward. You do not need to make the DMV trip or sort out the trailer title yourself. We process it as part of the handoff so the unit is road-legal when our transport team drops it in San Jose.
Timeline and getting it to San Jose
Plan on roughly a six-week custom build from the time the layout is locked. That window can shift with inspection scheduling, since the HCD insignia step depends on inspector availability, so we keep you posted as it moves. When the unit is certified, titled, and ready, our in-house transport team brings it down to San Jose - the same crew on every build, not a load-board hauler. From Sacramento it is about 130 miles south, running I-80 to I-680/I-880 or US-101, roughly two and a half hours depending on how the Bay Area is moving that day.
San Jose hot spots for mobile food: San Pedro Square Market and its Friday farmers market (May-Oct), the Downtown San Jose lunch and event corridor, San Jose Flea Market (La Pulga), FoodieLand Night Market, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on Tully Road, History Park (SJMADE Fest), and the San Jose State University campus area.
County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health (DEH)
Reference only: in San Jose you operate under the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health (DEH). Every mobile food facility needs a valid annual DEH permit, operators must report daily to an approved commissary, and DEH inspects every unit before it operates. That permit is the customer's step - 916 Concession does not file it. What we provide is county-ready compliance blueprints and guidance so your unit lines up with what DEH expects at inspection.
Custom builds run about six weeks once the layout is locked, with timing tied to HCD insignia inspection scheduling. Delivery to San Jose is by 916 Concession's in-house transport team - the same crew every build, never a load-board hauler. It is roughly 130 miles south from our Sacramento yard via I-80 to I-680/I-880 or US-101, about two and a half hours depending on Bay Area traffic.
Build your San Jose unit
Tell us your menu and timeline. 916 Concession carries the trailer, blueprints, permits, and delivery.
Prefer to talk? Call 7758951064.