B&M food hygiene ratings
There are 789 B&M sites in the United Kingdom with a published food hygiene rating. Each is inspected by its own local council, the chain does not rate itself, and a rating earned in one town says nothing about the branch in the next. 78 sites are in Scotland, which uses a pass-or-improve scheme rather than a score out of five, and so are not counted in the figures below.
How B&M scores
87% of rated B&M branches hold the top score of 5, and 95% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.79 out of 5, comfortably ahead of the roughly 70% of all UK food businesses that hold a 5.
| 5 out of 5 | 601 | 87% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 57 | 8% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 10 | 1% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 11 | 2% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 6 | 1% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 2 | <1% |
A further 102 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated B&M branches
19 branches hold a rating of 2 or below, including 2 rated 0. That is 3% of B&M's rated sites. A low rating is not a closure order, the business is required to fix what the inspector found.
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| Branch | Council | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| B And M Bargains L34 5NQ | Knowsley | 0 - Urgent improvement necessary | 25 September 2025 |
| B&M Retail Limited B4 7LL | Birmingham | 0 - Urgent improvement necessary | 22 January 2025 |
| B&M Stores SE28 8RD | Greenwich | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 19 August 2025 |
| B And M RG22 4TW | Basingstoke and Deane | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 26 June 2025 |
| B And M Retail Ltd ME11 5AR | Swale | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 30 January 2025 |
| B And M Retail Ltd DA1 1LA | Dartford | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 13 November 2024 |
| B & M Bargains ST6 2EH | Stoke-On-Trent | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 3 September 2024 |
| B & M Retail Ltd M46 9AT | Wigan | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 31 July 2024 |
| B And M Stores RM20 1WN | Thurrock | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 7 March 2026 |
| B&M Stores SE7 8LU | Greenwich | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 3 November 2025 |
| B & M Bargains OX4 3UZ | Oxford City | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 23 October 2025 |
| B & M NR31 0DW | Great Yarmouth | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 21 July 2025 |
| B&M Stores Ltd PO14 1TR | Fareham | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 16 July 2025 |
| B & M Retail B10 0XA | Birmingham | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 2 July 2025 |
| B & M Store N11 1QJ | Enfield | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 16 March 2025 |
Questions about B&M
What is B&M's food hygiene rating?
B&M does not have a single rating. Every one of its 789 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 87% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.79 out of 5.
Is B&M clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 87% of B&M branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 19 branches score 2 or below.
Which B&M has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 19 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 687 rated sites.
Who inspects B&M?
Not B&M. Environmental health officers at each site's local council carry out the inspection, unannounced, and set the rating. The Food Standards Agency publishes the result. A chain cannot rate itself, and cannot change a rating.
Where the branches are
The councils inspecting the most B&M branches.
Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bradford, Northumberland, Hull City, Cumberland, Wakefield
Other chains
Data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland under the Open Government Licence. Branches are identified from the business names councils publish; one trading under an unusual name may not be counted here. This site is not affiliated with B&M.