Tesco food hygiene ratings
There are 3,301 Tesco 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. 300 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 Tesco scores
94% of rated Tesco branches hold the top score of 5, and 100% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.92 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 | 2,786 | 94% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 166 | 6% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 11 | <1% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 10 | <1% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 2 | <1% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 0 | 0% |
A further 326 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated Tesco branches
12 branches hold a rating of 2 or below. That is 0% of Tesco'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco Express E4 7BE | Waltham Forest | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 29 July 2026 |
| Tesco LN2 4QQ | Lincoln City | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 15 July 2026 |
| Tesco CM22 6DP | Uttlesford | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 23 June 2026 |
| Tesco Stores Limited M41 9NU | Trafford | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 27 April 2026 |
| Tesco L26 0AD | Knowsley | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 31 March 2026 |
| Tesco B90 4EN | Solihull | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 28 March 2026 |
| Tesco Stores Limited KT20 5TG | Reigate and Banstead | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 24 February 2026 |
| Tesco Superstore OX4 6XJ | Oxford City | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 3 February 2026 |
| Tesco SW11 1HG | Wandsworth | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 10 November 2025 |
| Tesco HU6 7XP | Hull City | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 13 September 2025 |
| Tesco Stores Plc NN11 4BT | West Northamptonshire | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 25 June 2025 |
| Tesco UB6 8QY | Ealing | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 29 December 2023 |
Questions about Tesco
What is Tesco's food hygiene rating?
Tesco does not have a single rating. Every one of its 3,301 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 4.92 out of 5.
Is Tesco clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 94% of Tesco branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 12 branches score 2 or below.
Which Tesco has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 12 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 2,975 rated sites.
Who inspects Tesco?
Not Tesco. 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 Tesco branches.
Birmingham, Glasgow City, Leeds, Edinburgh (City of), Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Buckinghamshire, Liverpool, Bristol
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 Tesco.