Culver's

Culver's's Florida stores average -0.33 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.41 to -0.25), below the county baseline. Rank 7 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.33vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.41 to -0.25

0.76 vs 1.09raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

125stores in 39 counties, 617 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Culver's is known for hamburger and frozen custard. 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, Culver's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 617). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Culver's	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	46.2	43.6	1.06x
03	Food Out of Temperature	31.6	35.0	0.90x
16	Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated	29.8	17.0	1.76x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	24.6	23.6	1.04x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	23.0	39.9	0.58x

Outcomes

10.5% 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)

100%of 118 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

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

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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Culver's elsewhere

Culver's franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Culver'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.