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Food & hospitalityImported 2026-10-24Open Government Licence v3.0

Food business lists and hygiene ratings data

Choose a council, business type and hygiene rating, then preview the records before downloading your CSV. This dataset covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland has a separate scheme. The FSA's original files are free if you prefer to filter the source yourself.

Preview 25 rows free. Larger CSVs £1.99 GBP. Pay once. No account needed.

England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Available council areas and business types follow the FSA’s classifications. DataScoop import: . Scotland uses a separate scheme.

555,523 live food businesses imported 2026-10-24

Example: takeaways rated 1 in Leeds

These filters apply to the table, free sample and list builder. Change the filters.

Local authority contains Leeds
Hygiene rating 1
Business type contains Takeaway
food-hygiene-ratings.csv
5 example rows from 5 matching records
Business nameBusiness typeHygiene ratingTownPostcodeLocal authority
Chicken VillageTakeaway/sandwich shop1Not providedLS2 8JDLeeds
China And Thai ExpresTakeaway/sandwich shop1East ArdsleyWF3 2HFLeeds
Leeds Sahar Food LtdTakeaway/sandwich shop1LeedsLS4 2JJLeeds
MunchiesTakeaway/sandwich shop1Not providedLS28 7RZLeeds
Ryans KitchenTakeaway/sandwich shop1LeedsLS4 2HDLeeds
The table shows 6 selected columns. The free sample includes all 11 public columns for up to 25 matching rows. Blank source values stay blank in the CSV. Source: Food Standards Agency, Open Government Licence v3.0. Preview 25 rows free; buy this filtered export or use Pro for every matching row.

Research restaurants in an area

See a dated Leeds sample, the fields available and ways to query the same selection in an assistant or an app. Open the worked example.

Or pull it straight into your code or your agent

cURLJavaScriptPythonMCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor)
# All 1-star takeaways in Leeds, as CSV
curl "https://datascoop.io/v1/datasets/fsa/query?\
  localAuthority=Leeds&rating=1&businessType=Takeaway&format=csv" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ds_your_key"
// # All 1-star takeaways in Leeds, as CSV
const res = await fetch("https://datascoop.io/v1/datasets/fsa/query?localAuthority=Leeds&rating=1&businessType=Takeaway", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer ds_your_key" }
});
const { rows, total, attribution } = await res.json();
# # All 1-star takeaways in Leeds, as CSV
import requests
r = requests.get("https://datascoop.io/v1/datasets/fsa/query",
                 params={"localAuthority":"Leeds","rating":"1","businessType":"Takeaway"},
                 headers={"Authorization": "Bearer ds_your_key"})
rows = r.json()["rows"]
# Claude Code (one line; other clients on /agents)
claude mcp add --transport http datascoop https://datascoop.io/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ds_your_key"

# Your agent then calls
query_dataset({ dataset: "fsa", filters: {"localAuthority":"Leeds","rating":"1","businessType":"Takeaway"} })

Fields in the CSV

Organisational fields only. No personal contact lists.

View all 11 CSV column names
  1. Business name
  2. Business type
  3. Hygiene rating
  4. Rated on
  5. Address line 1
  6. Address line 2
  7. Town
  8. Postcode
  9. Local authority
  10. Latitude
  11. Longitude

The preview and paid CSV use these same public columns. A populated column is not a guarantee that every record has a value. Check the free sample for your chosen filters.

The deal

Preview it free. Pay only when you download.

See any area free. When the rows are right, your spreadsheet-ready file is £1.99, no account needed. Need it every week? The Pro annual pass includes up to 10 CSV downloads per day, plus full API and MCP access, for 12 months. Pay once, with no automatic renewal.

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Source & licence

Food Standards Agency food hygiene ratings, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not reproduce the FHRS badge, ratings are timestamped, and we sell organisational data only. DataScoop is independent and not affiliated with the FSA. How we build and refresh this dataset →

Area statistics and filtered lists

Compare areas, see who is rated 0 to 2 (improvement required), and download any list. Browse statistics and preview up to 25 rows free. Larger CSV exports cost £1.99 each.

Building something? Get a free API key.

Query the current DataScoop import of food hygiene data from your app or AI agent in one call. The Pro annual pass includes up to 10 CSV downloads per day and full API and MCP access for 12 months, with one payment and no automatic renewal. Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.