KFC food hygiene ratings
There are 978 KFC 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. 60 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 KFC scores
94% of rated KFC branches hold the top score of 5, and 100% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.93 out of 5, a strikingly consistent record, well above the roughly 70% of all UK food businesses that manage a 5.
| 5 out of 5 | 854 | 94% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 54 | 6% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 4 | <1% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 0 | 0% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 0 | 0% |
A further 66 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated branches
Not one KFC branch in the country currently sits at 2 or below.
Questions about KFC
What is KFC's food hygiene rating?
KFC does not have a single rating. Every one of its 978 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 94% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.93 out of 5.
Is KFC clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 94% of KFC branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, though in this case not one branch sits at 2 or below.
Which KFC has the worst hygiene rating?
None. No KFC branch in the UK currently holds a rating of 2 or below.
Who inspects KFC?
Not KFC. 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 KFC branches.
Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow City, Barnet, Belfast City
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 KFC.