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Hardee County

DBPR D7. In FY2024-25 restaurants here averaged 1.33 high-priority violations per routine inspection (Florida 0.98), number 9 of 67 counties from the highest. This is the baseline InspectLens compares Hardee stores against.

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1.33high-priority violations per routine inspection, FY2024-25, n = 98
1.69first-visit baseline used for scores, n = 74 inspections
6.8%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, FY2024-25

By fiscal year

01.56FY2016-17: 1.07 (n = 104)16-17FY2017-18: 0.81 (n = 64)17-18FY2018-19: 1.56 (n = 57)18-19FY2019-20: 1.49 (n = 78)19-20FY2020-21: 1.27 (n = 102)20-21FY2021-22: 1.33 (n = 88)21-22FY2022-23: 1.47 (n = 95)22-23FY2023-24: 1.11 (n = 106)23-24FY2024-25: 1.33 (n = 98)24-25FY2025-26: 0.77 (n = 93)25-26FY2026-27: 0.87 (n = 46) partial year26-27*
High-priority violations per routine inspection, Hardee vs Florida. * = fiscal year in progress. Data as of 2026-11-09.
Fiscal yearHardeeRoutine inspections (n)FloridaFirst-visit baseline
FY2026-27*0.87461.040.95
FY2025-260.77930.980.91
FY2024-251.33980.981.69
FY2023-241.111061.001.47
FY2022-231.47951.041.59
FY2021-221.33881.051.38
FY2020-211.271020.951.49
FY2019-201.49780.941.86
FY2018-191.56571.022.10
FY2017-180.81641.060.91
FY2016-171.071041.141.37

Recent emergency closures in Hardee

Latest 2 of 2 closures in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06). Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedBusinessCityReason (DBPR)Re-opened
2026-08-10Kings FriesBowling GreenNo warewashing facilities2026-08-10
2026-07-08McDonald's Restaurants of Florida IncWauchulaRodent activity2026-07-08