The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Monmouthshire
Wales · 1,104 registered food establishments · 78.6% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
50 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 20 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 1 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Monmouthshire interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 67 improved 80 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
16 days median · 27 days average
across 141 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 1 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.
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 Monmouthshire's closure rate compare to the national average this year? Which business types close most often in Monmouthshire? Which businesses lost their 5 rating in Monmouthshire this year?
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