The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Highland
Scotland · 6,044 registered food establishments · 86% pass (FHIS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
13 businesses lost their Pass rating this year → 23 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 320 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Highland interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 36 improved 19 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
131 days median · 253 days average
across 329 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 320 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).
Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.
Latest published ratings in Highland
New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Harbour Fish & Chips | → | IV9 8PT |
| 2026-10-09 | Highland Spud Ltd | → | IV24 3AS |
| 2026-10-09 | Gp shack | → | IV2 4JH |
| 2026-10-09 | Balgown Croft | → | IV56 8FA |
| 2026-10-09 | Pickleboxx | → | IV26 2TY |
| 2026-10-09 | Aska Marine | → | IV40 8AJ |
Latest changes in Highland
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Desert parlour | IV2 6JG |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Dunnets Service Station | KW14 8EP |
| 2026-10-09 | Takeover | The 19th Hole Coffee House | IV54 8YS |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Croft 16 Diabaig | IV22 2HE |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Yonder | IV26 |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Northwards Ltd | KW14 7UJ |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Made by Anna | |
| 2026-10-09 | Opened | Mama Bakes |
Contact the council
Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.
These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.
If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.
Chains in Highland
Every branch of these chains here, with its rating, rating date and inspection standards. The number is how many branches.
Co-op · 34 Spar · 22 Tesco · 18 Premier · 15 Slimming World · 14 Boots UK Ltd · 12 Costa Coffee · 9 Morrisons Daily · 9 Lidl · 8 Royal British Legion · 7 The Salvation Army · 6 Asda · 5 Home Bargains · 5 Lloyds Pharmacy · 5 The Original Factory Shop · 5 Well Pharmacy · 5 Aldi · 4 Aramark · 4 B & M Retail Ltd · 4 McDonalds · 4 Royal Hotel · 4 Starbucks · 4 Superdrug · 4 Travelodge · 4 Busy Bees · 3 Domino's Pizza · 3 Farmfoods · 3 Subway · 3 Sweet Treats · 3 WH Smith · 3 Argos · 2 Best One · 2 Burger King · 2 Card Factory · 2 Crumbs · 2 Londis · 2 Marks & Spencer · 2 Nisa Local · 2 Poundland · 2 Poundstretcher · 2 Rowlands Pharmacy · 2 Sports Direct · 2 Station Hotel · 2 Taste of India · 2 TG Jones High Street Limited · 2 The Cabin · 2 The Chippy · 2 The Filling Station · 2 Yo! To Go! · 2 B&Q · 1 Bake My Day · 1 Coffee Corner · 1 Courtyard Cafe · 1 Fireaway Pizza · 1 Food Warehouse · 1 Golden Fry · 1 Greggs · 1 Hollywood Bowl · 1 Lucky House · 1 Majestic Wine Warehouse · 1 Masonic Hall · 1 Mr Chips · 1 Munchies · 1 Oh Crumbs · 1 Panku Streetfood · 1 Pepe's Piri Piri · 1 Primark · 1 Saffron · 1 Snack Shack · 1 Sodexo · 1 Sostrene Grene · 1 Taj Mahal · 1 The Bakery · 1 The Coffee Box · 1 The Junction · 1 The Village Inn · 1 Wingstop · 1 Wok Inn · 1 Yo! Sushi · 1 Zizzi · 1
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