Burger King Below the Local Rate in 8 of 9 Places: What the Tally Means

FastFoodFact's tally for Burger King through the 2026-10-02 snapshots reads: below the local rate in 8 of the 9 places where it can be charted, overlapping in 1, and above in none. This guide explains what that sentence counts, what it leaves out, and why it is not a score.

What the tally counts

Each of the ten places FastFoodFact covers publishes inspections in its own way, so each place gets its own comparison. For every place, the routine inspections at Burger King restaurants are counted for one event, and the same event is counted across all restaurants in that place's file to give the local rate. Burger King's 95% range is then set beside the local rate:

• Below means the whole 95% range sits under the local rate.
• Overlaps means the range covers the local rate, so the two are not separated.
• Above means the whole range sits over it.

The tally adds up those positions. It is a count of places, not a rate, and it is never averaged, ranked or turned into a national figure.

The nine places, one at a time

The event counted differs in every row, so no two rows measure the same thing. Each row is read only against its own local rate.

Place	What is counted	Burger King	95% range	Local rate	Position
Florida	At least one high-priority violation	40.1% (595 of 1,483 routine inspections)	37.7% to 42.6%	58.2% of 270,924 routine inspections	Below the local rate
New York City	A first-visit score of 14 or more points (no A)	26.9% (47 of 175 routine inspections)	20.8% to 33.9%	40.2% of 44,638 routine inspections	Below the local rate
New York State (outside New York City, Suffolk and Erie)	At least one critical (red) violation	12.2% (104 of 853 routine inspections)	10.2% to 14.6%	25.1% of 116,738 routine inspections	Below the local rate
Chicago	A Fail	9.9% (12 of 121 routine inspections)	5.8% to 16.5%	24.4% of 39,049 routine inspections	Below the local rate
Seattle and King County	An Unsatisfactory result	24.8% (30 of 121 routine inspections)	18.0% to 33.2%	35.6% of 38,765 routine inspections	Below the local rate
Las Vegas and Clark County	At least one 5-demerit violation	30.8% (49 of 159 routine inspections)	24.2% to 38.4%	44.8% of 25,461 routine inspections	Below the local rate
Louisville	A C grade	6.1% (7 of 115 routine inspections)	3.0% to 12.0%	5.0% of 19,122 routine inspections	Overlaps the local rate
Raleigh and Wake County	At least one foodborne illness risk factor out of compliance	67.6% (123 of 182 routine inspections)	60.5% to 74.0%	83.1% of 21,497 routine inspections	Below the local rate
Sacramento County	A yellow or red placard	1.9% (2 of 104 routine inspections)	0.5% to 6.7%	7.9% of 16,240 routine inspections	Below the local rate

The periods are:

• Florida: routine inspections recorded 2023-07-01 through 2026-10-01, pulled 2026-10-02.
• New York City: routine inspections recorded 2023-01-01 through 2026-09-30, pulled 2026-10-02.
• New York State (outside New York City, Suffolk and Erie): routine inspections recorded 2023-01-01 through 2026-09-25, pulled 2026-10-02.
• Chicago: routine inspections recorded 2019-01-01 through 2026-09-30, pulled 2026-10-02.
• Seattle and King County: routine inspections recorded 2023-01-01 through 2026-09-30, pulled 2026-10-02.
• Las Vegas and Clark County: routine inspections recorded 2023-09-01 through 2026-10-01, pulled 2026-10-02.
• Louisville: routine inspections recorded 2021-09-27 through 2026-09-24, pulled 2026-10-02.
• Raleigh and Wake County: routine inspections recorded 2021-10-01 through 2026-10-01, pulled 2026-10-02.
• Sacramento County: routine inspections recorded 2023-10-04 through 2026-10-01, pulled 2026-10-02.

A worked example: Louisville is the one overlap

In Louisville, Burger King had 7 C grades in 115 routine inspections, or 6.1%, with a 95% range of 3.0% to 12.0%. The local rate is 5.0% across 19,122 routine inspections. The range covers 5.0%, so the records do not separate Burger King from the local rate in either direction. With 115 inspections behind it, a handful more or fewer C grades would move the percentage a long way, and the range says so.

Why the tally is not a score

• Eight of nine is not 89% of anything. The nine positions come from nine different events: a violation tier in Florida, a score threshold in New York City, a grade in Louisville, a placard color in Sacramento County. The count of places is the only thing they share.
• Below does not mean good, and overlaps does not mean bad. "Below" only says the range sits under that place's own rate. Louisville's local rate is 5.0% and Wake County's is 83.1%. Those numbers describe two different counts and say nothing about which county has the more careful kitchens.
• A small sample shows up as a wide range. Chicago's range runs from 5.8% to 16.5% on 121 inspections, while Florida's runs from 37.7% to 42.6% on 1,483. The wider the range, the less the record pins down.

Austin is missing, and that is on purpose

Burger King has 50 counted routine inspections in Austin's file, under the 100 that FastFoodFact requires before it charts a chain. It is listed as not charted there, which is why the tally says 9 places of the 10 covered rather than 10.

What these figures do not show

• Not one restaurant. A figure describes the Burger King locations that appear in that place's file during that period. It says nothing about any single restaurant and nothing about the brand as a whole.
• Not management quality alone. Chains differ in food-handling risk, so the bands do not measure management quality alone.
• Routine inspections only. Re-inspections, callbacks, follow-ups and complaint-driven visits are left out of every count above.
• Name matching. FastFoodFact assigns restaurants to a chain by a published matching table, and a location the table does not match is not counted.
• No national figure. The nine places are not combined, averaged or ranked, because their inspection systems differ.

Where to see the full record

The Burger King page lays out the chain's band in each place beside the local rate, with the number of inspections behind each one. To see how one place's event works, start with What a High-Priority Violation Means in Florida or A Score of 95 and a Grade of C: How Louisville Inspections Work. To set Burger King beside another chain in a single place, read How to Compare Two Fast Food Chains Without Fooling Yourself first.

Notices

• New York State: The analyses, interpretations and conclusions drawn from New York State data on this site were reached by FastFoodFact and not by the New York State Department of Health. The department states that this data was not collected for use as a restaurant grading system and does not support or endorse such a use; the figures here describe groups of inspections and are not a grade of any restaurant.
• Chicago: This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.cityofchicago.org, the official website of the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one’s own risk.
• Raleigh and Wake County: Contains data from Wake County Government's open data portal, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). FastFoodFact grouped the county's inspection records by chain and counted them; the county did not make or review these figures. Wake County states that it shall not be held liable for any errors in these data, and that primary sources must be consulted for verification.

This guide is informational only, not professional advice. Last reviewed: October 2026.

— Eric, FastFoodFact founder

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Last reviewed: October 2026 · Against the sources listed above.