The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Blackburn
North West · 1,335 registered food establishments · 68.1% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
58 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 62 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 333 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Blackburn interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 81 improved 111 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
150 days median · 185 days average
across 503 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 333 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).
Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.
Latest published ratings in Blackburn
New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Blue Ribbon Health and Wellbeing | → | |
| 2026-10-24 | Blackburn Northern | → | BB1 8QA |
| 2026-10-21 | Shandar Sweets | → | BB1 6JY |
| 2026-10-21 | Lazeeza Karahi | → | BB2 1ES |
| 2026-10-21 | Black Bull | → | BL7 0AF |
| 2026-10-20 | Amarai's Cart | → | BB2 4QS |
Latest changes in Blackburn
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | Closed | AG Wholesale Limited | BB2 3SU |
| 2026-10-20 | Opened | MU Trade | BB2 3ST |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Tastytreatsbytabz | |
| 2026-10-17 | Takeover | Darwen Flamingos Ltd | BB3 2AA |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Brick and Feathers | |
| 2026-10-17 | Closed | Flamingos | BB3 2AA |
| 2026-10-17 | Closed | Tastes of Home Catering Collective | BB2 1SN |
| 2026-10-17 | Closed | Spindles Diner | BB1 5AF |
Contact the council
Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.
These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.
If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.
Ask the data
How does Blackburn's closure rate compare to the national average this year? Which business types close most often in Blackburn? Which businesses lost their 5 rating in Blackburn this year?
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