Wendy's

Wendy's's Florida stores average -0.42 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.47 to -0.38), below the county baseline. Rank 4 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.42vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.47 to -0.38

0.73 vs 1.16raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

539stores in 51 counties, 2,725 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Wendy's is known for hamburger, chili and french fries. 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, Wendy's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 2,725). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Wendy's	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	35.7	39.9	0.90x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	34.7	43.6	0.80x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	31.7	46.9	0.68x
03	Food Out of Temperature	28.2	35.0	0.81x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	22.0	23.6	0.93x

Outcomes

10.8% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.40% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

94%of 524 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

4 closures of Wendy's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 4 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-09-08	Davenport	Polk	Roach activity
2026-08-26	Lake City	Columbia	Fly activity
2026-03-05	Lake Worth	Palm Beach	Roach & fly activity
2026-03-02	Boca Raton	Palm Beach	Roach activity

Other burger brands

Ranked burger brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Five Guys	-0.69	-0.77 to -0.60	126
2	McDonald's	-0.50	-0.54 to -0.46	865
3	Burger King	-0.49	-0.54 to -0.44	511
4	Wendy's	-0.42	-0.47 to -0.38	539
5	Whataburger	-0.40	-0.55 to -0.26	45
6	Checkers & Rally's	-0.38	-0.48 to -0.28	150
7	Culver's	-0.33	-0.41 to -0.25	125
8	Hardee's	-0.22	-0.35 to -0.08	80
9	Steak 'n Shake	-0.21	-0.36 to -0.03	68
10	Sonic Drive-In	-0.20	-0.33 to -0.07	97
11	BurgerFi	-0.20	-0.39 to -0.02	58
12	Krystal	+0.25	-0.10 to +0.64	30

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Wendy's elsewhere

Wendy's franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Wendy's locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Wendy'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.