Commissary and virtual-brand proxy candidates
40 proxy candidates are retained in Data Lab but withheld from public named ranking until classification precision is validated.
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 data ยท License records. 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.