InspectLens

BurgerFi

BurgerFi's Florida stores average -0.20 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.39 to -0.02), below the county baseline. Rank 11 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.20vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.39 to -0.02
1.09 vs 1.29raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face
58stores in 14 counties, 240 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

BurgerFi is known for hamburger, french fries and milkshake. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

0-0.66FY2016-17: -0.30 (n = 54)16-17FY2017-18: -0.49 (n = 62)17-18FY2018-19: -0.39 (n = 67)18-19FY2019-20: -0.56 (n = 80)19-20FY2020-21: -0.57 (n = 87)20-21FY2021-22: -0.27 (n = 95)21-22FY2022-23: -0.66 (n = 101)22-23FY2023-24: -0.33 (n = 100)23-24FY2024-25: -0.11 (n = 74)24-25FY2025-26: -0.10 (n = 66)25-26FY2026-27: -0.26 (n = 33) 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, BurgerFi vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 240). Descriptions are DBPR's.
CodeDBPR descriptionBurgerFiFloridaRatio
03Food Out of Temperature44.235.01.26x
36Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved42.539.91.07x
22Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean37.943.60.87x
29Plumbing installed and maintained28.816.91.70x
16Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated20.017.01.18x

Outcomes

15.0% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)
0.83% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)
83%of 53 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of BurgerFi stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedCityCountyReason (DBPR)
2026-08-14Palm Beach GardensPalm BeachRoach & fly activity
2026-01-05OrlandoOrangeNo restrooms

Other burger brands

Ranked burger brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
RankBrandvs county95% intervalStores
1Five Guys-0.69-0.77 to -0.60126
2McDonald's-0.50-0.54 to -0.46865
3Burger King-0.49-0.54 to -0.44511
4Wendy's-0.42-0.47 to -0.38539
5Whataburger-0.40-0.55 to -0.2645
6Checkers & Rally's-0.38-0.48 to -0.28150
7Culver's-0.33-0.41 to -0.25125
8Hardee's-0.22-0.35 to -0.0880
9Steak 'n Shake-0.21-0.36 to -0.0368
10Sonic Drive-In-0.20-0.33 to -0.0797
11BurgerFi-0.20-0.39 to -0.0258
12Krystal+0.25-0.10 to +0.6430

BurgerFi elsewhere

Store-level matching: a store counts for BurgerFi 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.