Whataburger

Whataburger's Florida stores average -0.40 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.55 to -0.26), below the county baseline. Rank 5 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.40vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.55 to -0.26

0.40 vs 0.80raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

45stores in 10 counties, 116 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Whataburger is known for hamburger 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, Whataburger vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 116). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Whataburger	Florida	Ratio
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	15.5	23.6	0.66x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	14.7	46.9	0.31x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	12.9	39.9	0.32x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	12.1	43.6	0.28x
24	Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils	10.3	10.5	0.98x

Outcomes

7.8% 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 44 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

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

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

Look up a single Whataburger location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Whataburger 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.