State guide

Restaurant health inspection grades in Missouri

Coverage: 14 of 115 counties · Jackson, Boone, Clay +11 more · more coming

GradeLocal lists 5,525 Missouri restaurants. Their average score is 95.9, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

5,525restaurants listed

95.9 · Aaverage score

14counties covered

Oct 31, 2026latest inspection date

See every Missouri grade

Who inspects restaurants in Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri Health Department, Columbia/Boone County Public Health & Human Services and the Springfield-Greene County Health Department. Scores out of 100 (Kansas City) and violation counts. 654 Kansas City listings carry only a violation count, with no score. Only a small part of Springfield is covered so far.

Coverage: Kansas City, Columbia and Springfield (partial), 14 of 115 counties. All sources

Kansas City: Kansas City, Missouri Health Department food inspections (inspectionsonline.us). Kansas City publishes scores out of 100, and we show that score, but the letter is GradeLocal’s, based on the number of violations found, not on the score.

Columbia and Boone County: Columbia/Boone County Public Health & Human Services (columbia-mo.healthinspections.us). Violation counts, which GradeLocal turns into letters.

Springfield (Greene County): Springfield-Greene County Health Department (www1.springfieldmo.gov). Violation counts, which GradeLocal turns into letters.

GradeLocal counts the violations cited 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. Public records; the Kansas City and Columbia sites post no terms of use. St. Louis City and St. Louis County aren’t covered yet.

What Missouri publishes

The agencies behind our Missouri listings publish scores out of 100 and violation counts. 3,574 of the 5,525 listings (64.7%) carry an official score out of 100. The other 1,951 show a GradeLocal score worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades Missouri restaurants

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 Missouri data, and the letter each became
Official result	Letter	Listings
0 violations	A	1,245
1 violation	B	270
2 violations	B	179
3 violations	C	109
4 violations	C	51
5 violations	C	41
6 violations	D	24
8 violations	D	11

How Missouri restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 5,525 listings.

3,237

58.6% · grade A

1,411

25.5% · grade B

701

12.7% · grade C

176

3.2% · grade D

Inspection dates in our Missouri data run from Oct 31, 2011 to Oct 31, 2026. 5,147 of the 5,525 listings (93.2%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 31, 2026, our latest record. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in Missouri

Ten A-grade places with the highest scores. Ties go to the most recent inspection, and each name appears once.

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

Counties in Missouri

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

County	Restaurants	Average
Audrain County	44	90.9 · A
Boone County	1,207	91.1 · A
Callaway County	6	95.0 · A
Cass County	20	99.9 · A
Clay County	645	97.0 · A
Cole County	4	90.0 · A
Greene County	25	89.3 · B
Howard County	2	95.0 · A
Jackson County	3,123	97.5 · A
Johnson County	1	100.0 · A
Monroe County	2	90.0 · A
Pettis County	1	95.0 · A
Platte County	439	96.8 · A
Randolph County	6	93.3 · A

Questions about Missouri grades

Who inspects restaurants in Missouri?

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

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Missouri?

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 Missouri restaurants are on GradeLocal?

5,525 restaurants in 14 counties. The average score is 95.9, an A. 58.6% have an A.

How current are the Missouri grades?

Inspection dates in our Missouri data run from Oct 31, 2011 to Oct 31, 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.