Subway

Subway's Florida stores average -0.53 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.56 to -0.49), below the county baseline. Rank 2 of 6 sandwich brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.53vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.56 to -0.49

0.58 vs 1.11raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

970stores in 65 counties, 2,846 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

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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, Subway vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 2,846). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Subway	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	36.2	39.9	0.91x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	35.7	21.1	1.69x
11	Personnel with infections restricted	28.0	16.5	1.69x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	26.0	43.6	0.60x
03	Food Out of Temperature	24.7	35.0	0.70x

Outcomes

24.2% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.67% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

98%of 917 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

8 closures of Subway stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 8 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-09-30	Davie	Broward	Fly activity
2026-09-28	St Petersburg	Pinellas	Rodent activity
2026-09-03	Davie	Broward	Rodent activity
2026-08-24	Port Richey	Pasco	Rodent, Roach & Fly activity
2026-08-04	Orlando	Orange	Fly activity
2026-07-24	Miami	Miami-Dade	Sewage back up
2026-07-20	Niceville	Okaloosa	Rodent activity
2026-04-01	Jacksonville	Duval	Rodent activity

Other sandwich brands

Ranked sandwich brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Arby's	-0.54	-0.62 to -0.45	148
2	Subway	-0.53	-0.56 to -0.49	970
3	Jimmy John's	-0.47	-0.58 to -0.36	146
4	Jersey Mike's	-0.46	-0.53 to -0.38	248
5	Firehouse Subs	-0.44	-0.52 to -0.36	169
6	Charleys Philly Steaks	-0.03	-0.16 to +0.12	107

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Subway elsewhere

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Store-level matching: a store counts for Subway 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.