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Polk Restaurant Intelligence

Per-county FRI pressure detail pages.

Polk has 1,701 active licenses, 10.9% closure pressure, and 2.57 closures per 10K residents. This county deep-dive isolates local survival pressure with rate and per-capita context, so a small county losing several places is not read the same way as a large metro losing the same raw count.

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Updated 2026-05-22 15:03 UTC

Active licenses1,701
Closure-status186
Closure rate10.9%
Closures / 10K pop2.57
EOR rate2.0%
Anomaly count9,358

Charts

Inspections per month
2025-06 0.0 263.72727272727275
2025-07 299.0 263.72727272727275
2025-08 321.0 263.72727272727275
2025-09 306.0 263.72727272727275
2025-10 277.0 263.72727272727275
2025-11 277.0 263.72727272727275
2025-12 263.0 263.72727272727275
2026-01 242.0 263.72727272727275
2026-02 244.0 263.72727272727275
2026-03 338.0 263.72727272727275
2026-04 334.0 263.72727272727275
2026-05 184.0 263.72727272727275

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Closure-status licenses per month
2025-06 8.0 14.090909090909092 0.5% 0.11
2025-07 10.0 14.090909090909092 0.6% 0.14
2025-08 21.0 14.090909090909092 1.2% 0.29
2025-09 23.0 14.090909090909092 1.4% 0.32
2025-10 18.0 14.090909090909092 1.1% 0.25
2025-11 9.0 14.090909090909092 0.5% 0.12
2025-12 15.0 14.090909090909092 0.9% 0.21
2026-01 7.0 14.090909090909092 0.4% 0.10
2026-02 11.0 14.090909090909092 0.6% 0.15
2026-03 16.0 14.090909090909092 0.9% 0.22
2026-04 17.0 14.090909090909092 1.0% 0.23
2026-05 5.0 14.090909090909092 0.3% 0.07

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Top kill-zone neighborhoods
Lakeland Lakeland 597 21 3.5% 1.86

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Top oversaturated cuisines

Open
Donuts 7 5 71.4% 0.07 ›
Wings 5 2 40.0% 0.03 ›
Lounge 5 1 20.0% 0.01 ›
Tea 6 1 16.7% 0.01 ›
American 14 2 14.3% 0.03 ›

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Top supertransition addresses

Open
502 E MAIN ST Lakeland 20 26 76.9% ›
1 LEGOLAND WAY Winter Haven 18 18 100.0% ›
104 W CENTRAL AVE Winter Haven 17 17 100.0% ›
741 N WABASH AVE Lakeland 10 18 55.6%
303 NW 1 AVE Mulberry 7 12 58.3%

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Data sources: Inspection history ยท Turnover analysis. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records โ€” no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.