Five Guys

Five Guys's Florida stores average -0.69 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.77 to -0.60), below the county baseline. Rank 1 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.69vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.77 to -0.60

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

126stores in 37 counties, 432 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Five Guys is known for hamburger, french fries and milkshake. 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, Five Guys vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 432). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Five Guys	Florida	Ratio
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	23.4	16.9	1.38x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	17.8	21.1	0.84x
03	Food Out of Temperature	16.0	35.0	0.46x
11	Personnel with infections restricted	15.3	16.5	0.92x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	11.8	39.9	0.30x

Outcomes

10.0% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.00% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

100%of 119 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

No Five Guys 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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Five Guys elsewhere

Five Guys franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Five Guys locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Five Guys 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.