Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A's Florida stores average -0.67 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.73 to -0.61), below the county baseline. Rank 2 of 9 chicken brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.67vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.73 to -0.61

0.48 vs 1.15raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

262stores in 39 counties, 1,233 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Chick-fil-A is known for fried chicken sandwich and chicken nuggets. 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, Chick-fil-A vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 1,233). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Chick-fil-A	Florida	Ratio
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	26.0	23.6	1.10x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	23.2	43.6	0.53x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	23.2	42.0	0.55x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	22.7	46.9	0.48x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	22.6	39.9	0.57x

Outcomes

6.1% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.08% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

98%of 248 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

No Chick-fil-A store appears in DBPR's weekly closure extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06).

Other chicken brands

Ranked chicken brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	KFC	-0.71	-0.77 to -0.65	239
2	Chick-fil-A	-0.67	-0.73 to -0.61	262
3	Wingstop	-0.63	-0.71 to -0.55	162
4	Pollo Tropical	-0.52	-0.61 to -0.43	132
5	Popeyes	-0.42	-0.49 to -0.34	213
6	Chicken Salad Chick	-0.41	-0.55 to -0.24	38
7	Zaxby's	-0.27	-0.39 to -0.13	122
8	Chicken Kitchen	-0.20	-0.40 to +0.01	33
9	PDQ	+0.06	-0.16 to +0.30	52

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Chick-fil-A elsewhere

Chick-fil-A franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Chick-fil-A locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Chick-fil-A 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.