Papa John's

Papa John's's Florida stores average -0.65 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.71 to -0.58), below the county baseline. Rank 3 of 7 pizza brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.65vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.71 to -0.58

0.48 vs 1.12raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

297stores in 43 counties, 837 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Papa John's is known for 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

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, Papa John's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 837). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Papa John's	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	35.8	39.9	0.90x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	31.5	21.1	1.49x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	30.1	43.6	0.69x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	22.1	42.0	0.53x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	21.4	46.9	0.46x

Outcomes

19.5% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.60% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

100%of 276 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Papa John's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 1 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-07-15	Clermont	Lake	Roach & 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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Papa John's elsewhere

Papa John's franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Papa John'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.