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New food businesses in Glasgow City.

Glasgow City had 1,943 food premises with a published postcode awaiting a first hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract of 2026-10-14. 625 are restaurant / café and 432 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); Glasgow City council food registration (via gov.uk/food-business-registration)

1,943awaiting 1st inspection, Glasgow City, extract of 2026-10-14. Baseline stock, mostly backlog.
6,659premises on the council register in that extract
6,361with a usable postcode (the rest are hidden)
?of the awaiting rows show “Name withheld” (possible sole traders)
New this week: not counted yet.We only started watching on 18 Oct 2026. A real weekly figure needs more than one snapshot. Until then every row is an EARLIER FIND and we show no weekly number.
PREVIEW NOTE: passes the indexing rule (25+ awaiting, 2+ types with 5+, 3+ sample rows, data under 14 days old). Noindex in preview; indexable at go-live.

Awaiting 1st inspection, by type

Glasgow City, extract of 2026-10-14. First looked at by us on 18 Oct 2026.

TypePremises
Restaurant / café625
Food retailer432
Mobile caterer240
Takeaway / sandwich shop234
Other catering premises154
Hospitals / Childcare / Caring Premises58
Pub / bar / nightclub48
Retailers - supermarkets / hypermarkets45
Manufacturers / packers43
Distributors / Transporters32
Importers / Exporters15
Hotel / bed & breakfast / guest house9
School / college / university7
Farmers / growers1

Sample rows

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.

BusinessTypeCouncil · areaOur dateOfficial
Name withheldDistributors / TransportersGlasgow City · G1Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
Name withheldRestaurant / caféGlasgow City · G11Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
Name withheldFood retailerGlasgow City · G12Earlier 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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Questions

How many food businesses are awaiting inspection in Glasgow City?

1,943 premises with a published postcode showed as awaiting a first food hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract for Glasgow City dated 2026-10-14. Premises without a published postcode are not counted here.

Are these new food businesses in Glasgow City?

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.

Where does this data come from?

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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