Burger King

Burger King's Florida stores average -0.49 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.54 to -0.44), below the county baseline. Rank 3 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.49vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.54 to -0.44

0.62 vs 1.11raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

511stores in 58 counties, 1,445 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Burger King is known for hamburger, onion rings and french fries. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

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, Burger King vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 1,445). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Burger King	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	55.8	39.9	1.40x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	41.9	46.9	0.89x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	29.6	43.6	0.68x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	25.7	23.6	1.09x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	25.7	16.9	1.52x

Outcomes

10.7% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.97% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

98%of 453 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

4 closures of Burger King stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 4 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-06-03	Stuart	Martin	Fly activity
2026-06-02	Fort Myers	Lee	Roach activity
2026-02-05	Miami	Miami-Dade	Sewage back up
2026-01-13	Loxahatchee	Palm Beach	Sewage back up

Other burger brands

Ranked burger brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Five Guys	-0.69	-0.77 to -0.60	126
2	McDonald's	-0.50	-0.54 to -0.46	865
3	Burger King	-0.49	-0.54 to -0.44	511
4	Wendy's	-0.42	-0.47 to -0.38	539
5	Whataburger	-0.40	-0.55 to -0.26	45
6	Checkers & Rally's	-0.38	-0.48 to -0.28	150
7	Culver's	-0.33	-0.41 to -0.25	125
8	Hardee's	-0.22	-0.35 to -0.08	80
9	Steak 'n Shake	-0.21	-0.36 to -0.03	68
10	Sonic Drive-In	-0.20	-0.33 to -0.07	97
11	BurgerFi	-0.20	-0.39 to -0.02	58
12	Krystal	+0.25	-0.10 to +0.64	30

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Burger King elsewhere

Burger King franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Burger King locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Burger King 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.