State guide

Restaurant health inspection grades in Maryland

Coverage: 4 of 24 counties · Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Baltimore City · more coming

GradeLocal lists 10,141 Maryland restaurants. Their average score is 92.0, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

10,141restaurants listed

92.0 · Aaverage score

4counties covered

Oct 29, 2026latest inspection date

See every Maryland grade

Who inspects restaurants in Maryland

Montgomery and Prince George's: the counties' open data, with results such as Pass or Fail. Anne Arundel: Anne Arundel County Department of Health critical-violation counts. Baltimore City: Baltimore City Health Department violation counts. We turn counts into letters.

Coverage: Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Montgomery and Prince George's, 4 of 24 counties. All sources

Prince George's County: Prince George's County Health Department Food Inspection open data (data.princegeorgescountymd.gov). GradeLocal counts the critical items out of compliance on the latest inspection: 0 is an A, 1 to 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D; Facility Closed is a D. The county stopped updating the dataset in early 2024, so most Prince George's results are from 2022 to 2024. No license is stated.

What Maryland publishes

The agencies behind our Maryland listings publish pass or fail results and violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Maryland score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades Maryland restaurants

For pass or fail results, a pass is an A, a pass with conditions or a required reinspection is a C, and a fail or a closure is a D.

For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D.

Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.

There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.

How grades work has the full rules.

Most common official results in our Maryland data, and the letter each became
Official result	Letter	Listings
Pass	A	4,799
0 critical violations	A	2,472
0 violations	A	1,168
1 violation	B	493
2 violations	B	254
No Critical Violations Noted	A	154
1 critical violation	B	148
3 violations	C	122

How Maryland restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 10,141 listings.

8,598

84.8% · grade A

907

8.9% · grade B

327

3.2% · grade C

309

3.0% · grade D

Inspection dates in our Maryland data run from Jan 2, 2022 to Oct 29, 2026. 6,480 of the 10,141 listings (63.9%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 29, 2026, our latest record. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in Maryland

Every A-grade place in our Maryland data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in Maryland

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

County	Restaurants	Average
Anne Arundel County	2,649	94.1 · A
Baltimore City	401	77.7 · C
Montgomery County	5,237	93.0 · A
Prince George's County	1,854	89.2 · B

Questions about Maryland grades

Who inspects restaurants in Maryland?

What does Maryland publish: a score, a letter or something else?

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Maryland?

For pass or fail results, a pass is an A, a pass with conditions or a required reinspection is a C, and a fail or a closure is a D. For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.

How many Maryland restaurants are on GradeLocal?

10,141 restaurants in 4 counties. The average score is 92.0, an A. 84.8% have an A.

How current are the Maryland grades?

Inspection dates in our Maryland data run from Jan 2, 2022 to Oct 29, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.