Become a new Licensed Stallholder

What is a Licensed Stallholder?

A Licensed Stallholder holds a five-year licence that can be renewed and will allow them to trade on the same site each week.

All licensed stallholders are required to pay a site fee*, marketing levy and insurance fee, invoiced to the stallholder on a quarterly basis and payable to the City of Hobart. Other fees may be included depending on the stall operation, such as for electricity installation and usage, gas and electrical audits and table hire.  All fees are updated annually and stallholders should expect an increase annually.

To see the various weekly stallholder costs, please visit our page which has information on all of our stall fees and pricing.

*The site fee amount depends on the stall category and is listed in the City of Hobart Fees and Charges booklet.

How do I become a Licensed Stallholder?

To become a Licensed Stallholder, you need to purchase a site from an existing Licensed Stallholder. If you are looking to buy a site and/or business, you can start your search on our Salamanca Market stalls for sale webpage.

If you are looking to bring your own business to Salamanca Market, you will need to have your product line approved by us.  To apply, please complete the online Product Pre-Approval form below.  You need to do this before you agree to purchase a site.

Takeaway Food -request for food pre-approval form
All other products -request for pre-approval form

If your product has been pre-approved, you can finalise the sale discussions with the current stallholder.

When entering into negotiations with the current stallholder to purchase a site, we advise that you seek professional legal and business advice. The right to park a vehicle onsite remains at the discretion of the City and is not guaranteed.  This should be discussed with our office before proceeding with any purchase that claims to have an onsite parking space. 

If any infrastructure is included in the sale, be sure to thoroughly inspect the condition of the infrastructure and ensure that it is structurally sound, compliant with relevant local laws and is roadworthy. For vehicle-based infrastructure, such as food vans, it is important that you contact your local council to discuss local requirements.

The transfer process, once commenced, usually takes about three weeks. It is important to understand that when you purchase a market site, you do not own the site, but rather the licence to operate your business from the site. 

What type of products are more desirable?

The list below provides some ideas on products that we are looking to add into our product mix. It is important that our market showcases a good variety of products and has plenty of interesting products for people to find.

Please note that we are not accepting any further applications for distilled alcohol, as we currently have a good range of Tasmanian distilleries within the market.

If your products do not fit into any of these categories, please have a chat to us.