McDonald's

McDonald's's Florida stores average -0.50 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.54 to -0.46), below the county baseline. Rank 2 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.50vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.54 to -0.46

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

865stores in 62 counties, 2,383 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

McDonald's is known for hamburger, french fries 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, McDonald's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 2,383). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	McDonald's	Florida	Ratio
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	32.9	46.9	0.70x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	28.4	43.6	0.65x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	26.5	42.0	0.63x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	21.7	39.9	0.54x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	21.2	23.6	0.90x

Outcomes

7.2% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.17% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

99%of 799 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

3 closures of McDonald's 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)
2026-11-02	Lithia	Hillsborough	Roach activity
2026-10-22	Lutz	Hillsborough	Sewage back up
2026-07-08	Wauchula	Hardee	Rodent activity

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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McDonald's elsewhere

McDonald's franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where McDonald's locates: PlazaLens

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