UK Food Hygiene Ratings - FSA Business Data

Look up official food hygiene ratings for UK restaurants, cafes, takeaways, shops and other food businesses. Search by business name, town, address or postcode, council or business type, and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Handy for restaurant directories and review sites, checking suppliers, comparing branches of a chain, or local market research. Every row carries the inspection date and a link to the business's page on the FSA ratings site. Data comes from the Food Standards Agency's public ratings API.

Quick start

{
  "name": "Pret A Manger",
  "address": "London",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Leave name empty to get every business in an area, or leave address empty to search a name nationwide.

Input

Field	Default	What it does
name	empty	Business name to search. Empty means any name.
address	empty	Town, address or postcode. Empty means anywhere.
localAuthorityId	0	Optional council filter using the FSA's authority ID (0 = off).
businessTypeId	0	Optional business type filter, e.g. 1 for Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen (0 = off).
maxItems	20	Stop after this many businesses (up to 10,000).
proxyConfiguration	off	Not needed.

Council and business type IDs are listed in the FSA API reference. The address search uses the FSA's own matching, so it is a text match rather than an exact map boundary.

Output

One row per business. Example:

{
  "fhrsId": "902473",
  "businessName": "Pret A Manger",
  "businessType": "Takeaway/sandwich shop",
  "address": "London City Airport, London",
  "postcode": "E16 2PX",
  "rating": "4",
  "ratingDate": "2026-03-24",
  "schemeType": "FHRS",
  "newRatingPending": false,
  "hygieneScore": 10,
  "structuralScore": 5,
  "managementScore": 5,
  "localAuthorityName": "City of London Corporation",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "sourceUrl": "https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/902473",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-28T22:50:30Z",
  "dataSource": "Food Standards Agency"
}

Ratings are kept as text because Scotland's scheme uses words such as Pass and Improvement Required, and some businesses show Exempt or AwaitingInspection. For the sub-scores, lower is better (0 is the best).

Pricing

$1.00 per 1,000 businesses on the Free plan, $0.90 on Starter, $0.80 on Scale and $0.70 on Business. Duplicates are free, and there is no start fee.

FAQ

Is this the current rating? It is the rating the FSA publishes at the time of your run, with its inspection date. Ratings change after new inspections, so re-run for fresh data.

Why are some coordinates empty? The FSA doesn't publish a location for every business.

Can I use the data commercially? FSA data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Credit the Food Standards Agency and keep the source links. This actor is not affiliated with the FSA.

Responsible use

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