Wingstop

Wingstop's Florida stores average -0.63 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.71 to -0.55), below the county baseline. Rank 3 of 9 chicken brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.63vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.71 to -0.55

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

162stores in 26 counties, 658 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Wingstop is known for Buffalo wings. 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, Wingstop vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 658). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Wingstop	Florida	Ratio
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	32.5	16.9	1.92x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	27.7	21.1	1.31x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	27.1	39.9	0.68x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	25.5	46.9	0.54x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	22.3	43.6	0.51x

Outcomes

14.1% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.30% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

99%of 143 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of Wingstop stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-09-08	Altamonte Springs	Seminole	Roach & fly activity
2026-05-07	Lakeland	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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Wingstop elsewhere

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

Store-level matching: a store counts for Wingstop 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.