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Food hygiene ratings in Walsall

West Midlands · 2,122 registered food establishments · 60.5% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

33 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 76 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 328 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

456Opened (12m)
623Closed (12m)
20Relisted (12m)
76Takeover (12m)
760Rating changes (12m)
24Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 126 improved 89 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

Awaiting publication 1
5 1,103
4 341
3 260
2 48
1 63
0 8
Awaiting inspection 236
Exempt 62

Time to first published rating

142 days median · 216 days average
across 678 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 328 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 Walsall

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.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-11 Selekt Chicken Grill & Peri Peri Awaiting inspection → 4WS3 1SP
2026-10-11 Dixy Chicken 5 → 4WS2 9QL
2026-10-08 Arcade Supermarket Awaiting inspection → 3WS1 1RE
2026-09-30 Cathy's Cakes Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-09-30 Queen Fishbar Awaiting inspection → 5WS4 1HY
2026-09-30 Royal George Awaiting inspection → 5WV13 2AQ

Latest changes in Walsall

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-09Takeover Nar Conveniencewas Gills News & Booze
2026-10-01Takeover International Marketwas Darlo Express Ltd
2026-09-30Opened Olive Tree Coffee & KitchenWS9 0SB
2026-09-30Opened Rollin RotiWS2 9QL
2026-09-30Takeover The Village FellowshipWS1 4JL
2026-09-30Opened Bollywood TadkaWS4 1NA
2026-09-30Opened Prancing Pony Bakery
2026-09-30Opened Bevy Bloem

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.

Ask the data

How does Walsall's closure rate compare to the national average this year? Which business types close most often in Walsall? Which businesses lost their 5 rating in Walsall this year?

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