Taco Bell

Taco Bell's Florida stores average -0.82 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.87 to -0.79), below the county baseline. Rank 1 of 4 Mexican brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.82vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.87 to -0.79

0.33 vs 1.15raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

447stores in 55 counties, 2,279 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Taco Bell is known for tacos, nachos and quesadilla. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

TacosHistory of Tacos: Silver Mines, Not 10,000 YearsPlateTales

NachosWho Invented Nachos? Ignacio Anaya and the 1940 Paper TrailPlateTales

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, Taco Bell vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 2,279). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Taco Bell	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	34.8	39.9	0.87x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	26.0	23.6	1.10x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	25.4	46.9	0.54x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	24.9	43.6	0.57x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	20.4	16.9	1.20x

Outcomes

3.1% 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)

100%of 440 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Taco Bell 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)
2026-09-30	Tampa	Hillsborough	Roach activity

Other Mexican brands

Ranked Mexican brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Taco Bell	-0.82	-0.87 to -0.79	447
2	Chipotle	-0.58	-0.65 to -0.51	282
3	Moe's Southwest Grill	-0.44	-0.54 to -0.33	92
4	Tijuana Flats	-0.27	-0.37 to -0.16	115

Look up a single Taco Bell location

Taco Bell elsewhere

Taco Bell franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Taco Bell locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Taco Bell 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.