Food retailers: food hygiene ratings across the UK

120,789 registered food retailers · 71.5% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12

19,718 closed in 12 months → 2,559 changed hands →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

16,757Opened (12m)

19,718Closed (12m)

2,687Relisted (12m)

2,559Takeover (12m)

24,016Rating change (12m)

Current ratings

Awaiting publication 3

Pass and Eat Safe 8

5 63,350

4 14,701

3 5,948

2 1,938

1 2,419

0 287

Awaiting inspection 10,027

Pass 6,815

Improvement Required 792

Exempt 14,501

Percentages cover FHRS-rated businesses; Scotland's FHIS scheme (Pass / Improvement Required) is shown in the bars but excluded from the shares.

Time to first published rating

72 days median · 126 days average
across 31,282 newly listed food retailers since 2022

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.

Where food retailers concentrate

Birmingham 2,178 (1.8%)

Leeds 1,684 (1.4%)

North Yorkshire 1,535 (1.3%)

Manchester 1,471 (1.2%)

Glasgow City 1,156 (1.0%)

Bradford 1,150 (1.0%)

Highland 1,008 (0.8%)

Dorset 999 (0.8%)

Liverpool 997 (0.8%)

Somerset 991 (0.8%)

Camden 991 (0.8%)

Durham 981 (0.8%)

Leicester City 972 (0.8%)

Fife 937 (0.8%)

Westminster 889 (0.7%)

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