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FSA Food Hygiene Data

Food shops & convenience retailers: UK food hygiene ratings

Independent food shops, convenience stores, bakeries, butchers and delis that sell food to the public.

Of the 87,636 food shops & convenience retailers in the UK with a published Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating, 71.2% hold the top 5 (Very Good) rating — 7 points below the 78.2% average across all food businesses. 3% are rated 2 stars or below, and the mean rating is 4.5 out of 5. Source: FSA FHRS open data (OGL v3.0), as of June 2026.

Data as of June 2026 · generated .

71.2%
rated 5 (Very Good)
4.5
mean rating (of 5)
87,636
rated premises

Rating breakdown (0–5)

5★ Very Good
71.2% (62,419)
4★ Good
16.8% (14,715)
3★ Generally Satisfactory
6.8% (5,948)
2★ Improvement Necessary
2.2% (1,897)
1★ Major Improvement Necessary
2.7% (2,373)
0★ Urgent Improvement Necessary
0.3% (284)

Percentages are of the 87,636 rated premises in this category. A further 9,830 are awaiting their first inspection and 14,611 are exempt.

How this compares

Food shops & convenience retailers sit 7 points below the 78.2% all-types average for 5-star ratings, across the full FSA register of 483,927 rated premises. Remember: a category average says nothing about any single business — always check the premises you are ordering from.

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Food shops & convenience retailers hygiene by city

City-level FSA hygiene ratings for food shops, cleanest first. Only cities with at least 25 rated food shops are shown.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene ratings are sourced from the Food Standards Agency at ratings.food.gov.uk. Ratings reflect the most recent inspection on record and may have changed since publication.