PDQ

PDQ's Florida stores average +0.06 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.16 to +0.30), above the county baseline. Rank 9 of 9 chicken brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

+0.06vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.16 to +0.30

1.26 vs 1.20raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

52stores in 22 counties, 206 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

PDQ is known for chicken tenders. 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, PDQ vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 206). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	PDQ	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	60.7	39.9	1.52x
03	Food Out of Temperature	59.2	35.0	1.69x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	40.3	42.0	0.96x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	35.4	46.9	0.76x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	34.5	16.9	2.04x

Outcomes

14.6% 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)

40%of 50 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

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

Other chicken brands

Ranked chicken brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	KFC	-0.71	-0.77 to -0.65	239
2	Chick-fil-A	-0.67	-0.73 to -0.61	262
3	Wingstop	-0.63	-0.71 to -0.55	162
4	Pollo Tropical	-0.52	-0.61 to -0.43	132
5	Popeyes	-0.42	-0.49 to -0.34	213
6	Chicken Salad Chick	-0.41	-0.55 to -0.24	38
7	Zaxby's	-0.27	-0.39 to -0.13	122
8	Chicken Kitchen	-0.20	-0.40 to +0.01	33
9	PDQ	+0.06	-0.16 to +0.30	52

Look up a single PDQ location

Store-level matching: a store counts for PDQ 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.