Colchester had 78 food premises with a published postcode awaiting a first hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract of 16 Oct 2026. 34 are restaurant / café and 16 are food retailer. This is a backlog snapshot, not a count of new openings, because the register gives no opening date. Source: Food Standards Agency open data.
Sources: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating open data (ratings.food.gov.uk/open-data); Colchester council food registration (via gov.uk/food-business-registration)
Colchester, extract of 16 Oct 2026. First looked at by us on 18 Oct 2026.
| Type | Premises |
|---|---|
| Restaurant / café | 34 |
| Food retailer | 16 |
| Takeaway / sandwich shop | 8 |
| Hospitals / Childcare / Caring Premises | 4 |
| Manufacturers / packers | 4 |
| Pub / bar / nightclub | 4 |
| School / college / university | 4 |
| Other catering premises | 2 |
| Farmers / growers | 1 |
| Mobile caterer | 1 |
Real FHRS data. Limited-company and trade-style names only, postcode district only, no street address. All EARLIER FIND: spotted on our first look, so we can't call them new.
| Business | Type | Council · area | Our date | Official |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEPCO (Glebe) Ltd | Farmers / growers | Colchester · CO4 | Earlier find spotted 18 Oct 2026 | FSA page |
| Bianca Vibe Cafe ltd | Restaurant / café | Colchester · CO1 | Earlier find spotted 18 Oct 2026 | FSA page |
| Name withheld | Food retailer | Colchester · CO1 | Earlier find spotted 18 Oct 2026 | FSA page |
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data as at council extracts dated 15 to 16 Oct 2026. Not endorsed by the FSA.
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78 premises with a published postcode showed as awaiting a first food hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract for Colchester dated 16 Oct 2026. Premises without a published postcode are not counted here.
Not necessarily. Awaiting inspection means there is no published hygiene rating yet. Some premises are new, some have waited a long time, and some changed owner. The register gives no opening or registration date.
The Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The figures are from the council's own extract. NewFoodLeads is not endorsed by the FSA or the council.
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