Popeyes

Popeyes's Florida stores average -0.42 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.49 to -0.34), below the county baseline. Rank 5 of 9 chicken brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.42vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.49 to -0.34

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

213stores in 50 counties, 1,034 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Popeyes is known for Southern fried chicken, red beans and rice and biscuits. 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, Popeyes vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 1,034). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Popeyes	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	84.0	39.9	2.11x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	42.6	46.9	0.91x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	39.2	43.6	0.90x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	34.0	23.6	1.44x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	32.1	16.9	1.90x

Outcomes

11.3% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

1.35% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

93%of 209 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

5 closures of Popeyes stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 5 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-10-19	Jacksonville	Duval	Sewage leaks
2026-07-14	Tallahassee	Leon	Sewage back up
2026-02-17	Gainesville	Alachua	Sewage back up
2026-02-09	Tampa	Hillsborough	Sewage back up
2026-01-20	Haines City	Polk	Rodent activity

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

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Popeyes elsewhere

Popeyes franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Popeyes locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Popeyes 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.