Build your market stall risk assessment
Answer three quick questions and get a risk assessment written around your stall, not a generic template to cross bits out of. Free to download, no email needed.
Let's build your risk assessment.
What do you sell?
Some crafts bring their own hazards. Pick the closest match and we'll include them.
Cooking, or selling hot drinks or chilled food? The food stall risk assessment builder adds the gas, fire, and hygiene rows organisers expect from food traders.
Market stall risk assessments, answered
Do I need a risk assessment for a market stall?
In practice, yes. Health and safety law requires you to assess the risks of your work, and to record the significant findings once you employ five or more people. Long before that threshold matters, most event organisers ask stallholders for a written risk assessment before confirming a pitch, councils ask for one on their land, and your insurer will want to see one if a claim is ever made.
What should a market stall risk assessment include?
A simple table of hazards, who might be harmed, and what you are doing about each one. For a typical craft stall that means gazebo stability in wind, trip hazards, table and display stability, manual handling, and vehicle movements during set-up, plus anything your craft adds, such as lit candles, sharp stock, or heavy pieces. One or two pages is enough for most stalls.
Is this a market stall risk assessment template?
It does the same job with less crossing out. A template gives every stallholder the same rows; this builder asks three questions about your stall and includes only the hazards that apply, with the controls already written in. You can untick rows, add your own, and download the finished document as a PDF.
Who will ask to see my risk assessment?
Event organisers, most commonly at booking, alongside your public liability insurance certificate. Councils ask when you trade at street markets or on council land, venues may ask as part of their hire terms, and insurers ask when a claim is made. Keep a dated, signed copy with your other stall documents.
How often should I update my risk assessment?
Review it before each event and whenever something changes: a new gazebo, new products, or a helper joining you. The document carries a review date, and if you email yourself a copy, the link rebuilds your exact document so you can print a fresh one before any event.
I run a food stall. Is this the right builder?
Use the food stall risk assessment builder instead. It asks about cooking, gas, and what you trade from, and adds the gas safety, fire, burns, temperature control, and hygiene rows organisers expect from food traders.
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Work through each hazard before the event. Blank columns are yours to fill in.
| Stall or business name | Event and venue | Event date |
| Assessed by | Assessment date | Review date |
| Hazard | Who might be harmed | What you are already doing | What else could you do? | Action by whom and when | Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A starting point, not legal advice: add and remove hazards so this describes your stall. If you employ five or more people, health and safety law requires you to record your significant findings. Check current guidance at hse.gov.uk.
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