Panda Express

Panda Express's Florida stores average -0.51 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.61 to -0.40), below the county baseline. Rank 4 of 9 other quick-service brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.51vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.61 to -0.40

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

117stores in 32 counties, 443 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Panda Express is known for orange chicken and fried rice. 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, Panda Express vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 443). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Panda Express	Florida	Ratio
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	30.0	46.9	0.64x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	29.1	21.1	1.38x
03	Food Out of Temperature	27.1	35.0	0.77x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	26.2	43.6	0.60x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	23.0	16.9	1.36x

Outcomes

9.0% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.23% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

97%of 109 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

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

Other other quick-service brands

Ranked other quick-service brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Playa Bowls	-0.80	-0.97 to -0.62	36
2	Cold Stone Creamery	-0.74	-0.84 to -0.64	100
3	Tropical Smoothie Cafe	-0.56	-0.64 to -0.46	216
4	Panda Express	-0.51	-0.61 to -0.40	117
5	Dairy Queen	-0.49	-0.60 to -0.37	114
6	Cava	-0.41	-0.60 to -0.18	31
7	Mission BBQ	-0.29	-0.50 to -0.07	31
8	Captain D's	-0.25	-0.41 to -0.07	35
9	Pei Wei	-0.10	-0.33 to +0.14	34

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Panda Express elsewhere

Panda Express franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Panda Express locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Panda Express 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.