Marco's Pizza

Marco's Pizza's Florida stores average -0.52 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.61 to -0.42), below the county baseline. Rank 4 of 7 pizza brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.52vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.61 to -0.42

0.62 vs 1.14raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

164stores in 38 counties, 449 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

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

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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, Marco's Pizza vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 449). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Marco's Pizza	Florida	Ratio
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	44.8	21.1	2.12x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	35.9	46.9	0.76x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	29.2	43.6	0.67x
11	Personnel with infections restricted	25.6	16.5	1.55x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	22.7	42.0	0.54x

Outcomes

24.3% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.67% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

99%of 149 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

3 closures of Marco's Pizza stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 3 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-09-03	Nokomis	Sarasota	Rodent activity
2026-06-18	Lake Worth	Palm Beach	Rodent & fly activity
2026-02-24	Tampa	Hillsborough	Rodent activity

Other pizza brands

Ranked pizza brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Pizza Hut	-0.85	-0.90 to -0.80	358
2	Domino's	-0.74	-0.78 to -0.70	489
3	Papa John's	-0.65	-0.71 to -0.58	297
4	Marco's Pizza	-0.52	-0.61 to -0.42	164
5	Little Caesars	-0.48	-0.55 to -0.40	235
6	Hungry Howie's	-0.47	-0.55 to -0.40	188
7	Jet's Pizza	-0.47	-0.64 to -0.29	40

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Marco's Pizza elsewhere

Marco's Pizza franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Marco's Pizza 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.