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Domino's

Domino's's Florida stores average -0.74 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.78 to -0.70), below the county baseline. Rank 2 of 7 pizza brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.74vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.78 to -0.70
0.41 vs 1.15raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face
489stores in 54 counties, 1,424 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Domino's is known for pizza and Hawaiian pizza. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

PizzaThe Origin of Pizza: From a Bishop's Rent to NaplesPlateTales

By fiscal year

0-0.81FY2016-17: -0.81 (n = 363)16-17FY2017-18: -0.77 (n = 337)17-18FY2018-19: -0.79 (n = 379)18-19FY2019-20: -0.58 (n = 415)19-20FY2020-21: -0.64 (n = 440)20-21FY2021-22: -0.70 (n = 413)21-22FY2022-23: -0.68 (n = 446)22-23FY2023-24: -0.69 (n = 460)23-24FY2024-25: -0.74 (n = 470)24-25FY2025-26: -0.79 (n = 494)25-26FY2026-27: -0.71 (n = 278) 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, Domino's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 1,424). Descriptions are DBPR's.
CodeDBPR descriptionDomino'sFloridaRatio
53Food management certification valid / Employee training verification39.721.11.88x
36Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved28.839.90.72x
11Personnel with infections restricted23.216.51.41x
31Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed19.442.00.46x
29Plumbing installed and maintained17.816.91.05x

Outcomes

21.6% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)
0.28% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)
100%of 471 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of Domino's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedCityCountyReason (DBPR)
2026-10-20St PetersburgPinellasRodent activity
2026-09-09Fernandina BeachNassauRodent, Roach & Fly activity

Other pizza brands

Ranked pizza brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
RankBrandvs county95% intervalStores
1Pizza Hut-0.85-0.90 to -0.80358
2Domino's-0.74-0.78 to -0.70489
3Papa John's-0.65-0.71 to -0.58297
4Marco's Pizza-0.52-0.61 to -0.42164
5Little Caesars-0.48-0.55 to -0.40235
6Hungry Howie's-0.47-0.55 to -0.40188
7Jet's Pizza-0.47-0.64 to -0.2940

Domino's elsewhere

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