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Arby's

Arby's's Florida stores average -0.54 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.62 to -0.45), below the county baseline. Rank 1 of 6 sandwich brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.54vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.62 to -0.45
0.61 vs 1.15raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face
148stores in 42 counties, 614 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Arby's is known for roast beef sandwich. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

0-0.80FY2016-17: -0.70 (n = 164)16-17FY2017-18: -0.62 (n = 160)17-18FY2018-19: -0.67 (n = 189)18-19FY2019-20: -0.53 (n = 174)19-20FY2020-21: -0.55 (n = 201)20-21FY2021-22: -0.55 (n = 175)21-22FY2022-23: -0.50 (n = 199)22-23FY2023-24: -0.52 (n = 204)23-24FY2024-25: -0.54 (n = 213)24-25FY2025-26: -0.57 (n = 197)25-26FY2026-27: -0.80 (n = 82) partial year26-27*

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Arby's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 614). Descriptions are DBPR's.
CodeDBPR descriptionArby'sFloridaRatio
14Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located40.146.90.85x
36Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved39.339.90.98x
22Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean32.243.60.74x
23Non-food contact surfaces clean28.823.61.22x
29Plumbing installed and maintained23.316.91.38x

Outcomes

10.6% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)
0.16% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)
99%of 141 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Arby's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 1 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedCityCountyReason (DBPR)
2026-02-02BrooksvilleHernandoNo restrooms

Other sandwich brands

Ranked sandwich brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
RankBrandvs county95% intervalStores
1Arby's-0.54-0.62 to -0.45148
2Subway-0.53-0.56 to -0.49970
3Jimmy John's-0.47-0.58 to -0.36146
4Jersey Mike's-0.46-0.53 to -0.38248
5Firehouse Subs-0.44-0.52 to -0.36169
6Charleys Philly Steaks-0.03-0.16 to +0.12107

Arby's elsewhere

Store-level matching: a store counts for Arby's when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.