UK Food Hygiene Ratings & Business Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "fhrsId": 1675990,
  "businessName": "Cafe",
  "businessType": "Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen",
  "businessTypeId": 1,
  "addressLine1": "Whistlestop Valley Ltd",
  "addressLine2": "Park Mill Way",
  "addressLine3": "Clayton West",
  "addressLine4": "Huddersfield",
  "fullAddress": "Whistlestop Valley Ltd, Park Mill Way, Clayton West, Huddersfield",
  "postCode": "HD8 9XJ",
  "phone": null,
  "ratingValue": "5",
  "ratingKey": "fhrs_5_en-gb",
  "ratingDate": "2025-08-08T00:00:00",
  "newRatingPending": false,
  "schemeType": "FHRS",
  "hygieneScore": 5,
  "structuralScore": 5,
  "confidenceInManagementScore": 5,
  "rightToReply": null,
  "localAuthorityBusinessId": "PI/000311520",
  "localAuthorityCode": "411",
  "localAuthorityName": "Kirklees",
  "localAuthorityEmail": "food.safety@kirklees.gov.uk",
  "localAuthorityWebsite": "http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/",
  "latitude": 53.5970628,
  "longitude": -1.6117081,
  "fsaProfileUrl": "https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1675990",
  "source": "UK Food Standards Agency",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:31:03.272Z"
}

The most complete UK food hygiene ratings scraper available. It returns every field the Food Standards Agency publishes for each food business, plus derived fields like a single-line fullAddress and a ready-to-open fsaProfileUrl, and gives you three filters to target exactly the businesses you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor searches the UK Food Standards Agency food hygiene ratings database, applies the filters you pass as input (business name, address or town, and business type), paginates through the matching food businesses, and writes one normalized record per business to the run's dataset. Each record carries the business name, full split address plus a single-line fullAddress, postcode, hygiene rating and the three underlying component scores (hygiene, structural, confidence in management), the responsible local authority with its contact email and website, map coordinates, and a direct link to the FSA business profile. Missing source values are returned as null.

Data covers food businesses registered in the UK Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS in Scotland). It is business and premises data, not consumer or menu data.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the first 10 businesses whose name contains "cafe".

{
  "maxBusinesses": 10,
  "name": "cafe"
}

Provide a name, an address, or both. At least one of name or address is required; with neither, the actor returns a single record explaining that a search term is needed.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxBusinesses	integer	no	10	Maximum number of businesses to collect. The actor paginates the source 50 records at a time until this count is reached.
name	string	no	(empty)	Business name or a keyword in the name, for example cafe, nando, bakery. Leave blank to search by address only.
address	string	no	(empty)	Address, town, city or postcode, for example Manchester, Leeds, SW1. Combine with name for a tighter search.
businessTypeId	integer	no	(any)	Restrict to one FSA business type by its numeric id, for example 1 = Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, 7844 = Takeaway, 7838 = Retailers - other. Leave blank for all types.

At least one of name or address must be supplied. Filters combine with logical AND.

Output reference

One dataset item per food business. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
fhrsId	integer	Food Hygiene Rating Scheme ID, unique per business premises.
businessName	string	Registered trading name of the food business.
businessType	string	FSA business type label, for example Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, Takeaway/sandwich shop.
businessTypeId	integer	Numeric FSA business type id.
addressLine1	string	First line of the premises address, or null.
addressLine2	string	Second line of the premises address, or null.
addressLine3	string	Third line of the premises address, or null.
addressLine4	string	Fourth line of the premises address, or null.
fullAddress	string	The non-empty address lines joined into one line, ready for CRM or mapping.
postCode	string	UK postcode of the premises.
phone	string	Business phone number when published by the local authority, otherwise null.
ratingValue	string	Hygiene rating as published: 0 to 5 for FHRS, or Pass, Improvement Required, etc. for FHIS.
ratingKey	string	FSA rating key used for the official rating badge, for example fhrs_5_en-gb.
ratingDate	string	Date of the inspection the rating is based on.
newRatingPending	boolean	true when a new rating has been given but not yet published, else false.
schemeType	string	FHRS (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) or FHIS (Scotland).
hygieneScore	integer	Hygiene component score (lower is better), or null.
structuralScore	integer	Structural component score (lower is better), or null.
confidenceInManagementScore	integer	Confidence in management component score (lower is better), or null.
rightToReply	string	Business owner right-to-reply statement when present, otherwise null.
localAuthorityBusinessId	string	The local authority's own reference for the premises.
localAuthorityCode	string	FSA code of the responsible local authority.
localAuthorityName	string	Name of the responsible local authority.
localAuthorityEmail	string	Food safety contact email for the local authority.
localAuthorityWebsite	string	Website of the local authority.
latitude	number	Latitude of the premises, or null.
longitude	number	Longitude of the premises, or null.
fsaProfileUrl	string	Direct link to the business profile on ratings.food.gov.uk.
source	string	Always UK Food Standards Agency.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	Present only on a failed or empty search; a single item with this field is written instead of business records.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"maxBusinesses": 10, "name": "cafe"}):

{
  "fhrsId": 1675990,
  "businessName": "Cafe",
  "businessType": "Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen",
  "businessTypeId": 1,
  "addressLine1": "Whistlestop Valley Ltd",
  "addressLine2": "Park Mill Way",
  "addressLine3": "Clayton West",
  "addressLine4": "Huddersfield",
  "fullAddress": "Whistlestop Valley Ltd, Park Mill Way, Clayton West, Huddersfield",
  "postCode": "HD8 9XJ",
  "phone": null,
  "ratingValue": "5",
  "ratingKey": "fhrs_5_en-gb",
  "ratingDate": "2025-08-08T00:00:00",
  "newRatingPending": false,
  "schemeType": "FHRS",
  "hygieneScore": 5,
  "structuralScore": 5,
  "confidenceInManagementScore": 5,
  "rightToReply": null,
  "localAuthorityBusinessId": "PI/000311520",
  "localAuthorityCode": "411",
  "localAuthorityName": "Kirklees",
  "localAuthorityEmail": "food.safety@kirklees.gov.uk",
  "localAuthorityWebsite": "http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/",
  "latitude": 53.5970628,
  "longitude": -1.6117081,
  "fsaProfileUrl": "https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1675990",
  "source": "UK Food Standards Agency",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:31:03.272Z"
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~uk-food-hygiene-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"cafe","address":"Manchester","maxBusinesses":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~uk-food-hygiene-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"address":"Leeds","businessTypeId":7844,"maxBusinesses":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/uk-food-hygiene-scraper \
  --input '{"name":"bakery","address":"SW1"}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors or the search matches nothing, the actor writes a single item with an error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for a higher maxBusinesses.
• Search-based results. Results are drawn from the FSA search for your name and address terms; broaden the terms to widen coverage or narrow them to sharpen it.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned only an error record. Why? You ran with neither name nor address. Supply at least one search term. This case is not charged.

How do I get every restaurant in a town? Set address to the town or postcode, set businessTypeId to 1 for Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, and raise maxBusinesses. Leave name blank.

What do the hygiene, structural and management scores mean? They are the three components behind the headline rating. Lower numbers are better; 0 is the best possible for each component. The headline ratingValue (0 to 5) summarizes them.

Why is phone or rightToReply null? The FSA only publishes those when the local authority or business supplies them. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

What is the difference between FHRS and FHIS? England, Wales and Northern Ireland use FHRS with a 0 to 5 numeric rating. Scotland uses FHIS with a pass or improvement-required style rating. The schemeType field tells you which applies.

Is this an official FSA tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with the Food Standards Agency. It reads only data that the FSA publishes as open data. Use it in accordance with the FSA terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with the UK Food Standards Agency. Accesses only publicly available FSA open data. Use in accordance with the FSA terms.