The State of Local Business in India
An original analysis of 15,55,277 local businesses in 3,562 cities and towns across every state - what they sell, where they are, and how ready they are to be found online.
Key findings
We counted 15,55,277 local businesses in 3,562 Indian cities and towns. Delhi has the most of any city (1,19,463), and Maharashtra the most of any state (2,16,197). Being online is uneven: of the businesses mapped on the ground, only 18% list a website and 10% their opening hours.
- 15,55,277 businesses in 3,562 cities and towns
- Maharashtra has the most businesses of any state
- 18% of businesses on the open map list a website
- 10% of businesses on the open map publish opening hours
The business landscape
Retail lead the directory with 2,89,098 listings. Across every city, retail and everyday services outnumber the hospitality names that usually dominate the headlines.
Businesses by broad type
Directory listings grouped into Sunaam verticals.
The most common categories
Top 15 raw categories by number of listings.
- Bank1,38,330
- School1,22,532
- Restaurant84,381
- Clothes80,139
- Financial78,166
- Hotel68,574
- Hospital48,594
- Electronics45,476
- Fuel43,631
- Company43,063
- Clinic42,778
- Atm42,010
- Hardware39,370
- Car34,895
- Resort31,551
What India eats
Among food businesses that name a cuisine, Indian is the most listed, appearing on 2,140 menus - ahead of every regional and international kitchen.
Most-listed cuisines
Top 15 cuisine tags, from food and drink businesses on OpenStreetMap (the source that records cuisine).
- Indian2,140
- Pizza1,130
- Coffee Shop1,116
- Regional1,001
- Burger822
- Chinese648
- Chicken512
- Sandwich463
- Juice369
- Ice Cream273
- Italian261
- South Indian179
- Asian164
- Tea145
- Kebab122
The biggest local markets
Delhi is the largest local market in our data with 1,19,463 businesses, 8% of every listing in the study.
Businesses by state
Top 15 states and union territories by number of listings.
- Maharashtra2,16,197
- Karnataka1,32,244
- Tamil Nadu1,21,716
- Delhi1,20,528
- Uttar Pradesh1,16,803
- Gujarat1,11,089
- West Bengal87,988
- Kerala76,874
- Rajasthan73,581
- Telangana71,110
- Madhya Pradesh58,808
- Punjab53,543
- Andhra Pradesh44,180
- Bihar43,460
- Haryana41,010
Businesses by city
Top 12 cities and towns by number of listings.
- Delhi1,19,463
- Bengaluru90,745
- Mumbai78,703
- Hyderabad55,397
- Chennai49,153
- Pune46,867
- Kolkata46,526
- Ahmedabad34,100
- Jaipur22,158
- Kochi18,012
- Lucknow16,590
- Surat15,853
| # | City | State | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi | Delhi | 1,19,463 | 7.7% |
| 2 | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 90,745 | 5.8% |
| 3 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 78,703 | 5.1% |
| 4 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 55,397 | 3.6% |
| 5 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 49,153 | 3.2% |
| 6 | Pune | Maharashtra | 46,867 | 3.0% |
| 7 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 46,526 | 3.0% |
| 8 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 34,100 | 2.2% |
| 9 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 22,158 | 1.4% |
| 10 | Kochi | Kerala | 18,012 | 1.2% |
| 11 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 16,590 | 1.1% |
| 12 | Surat | Gujarat | 15,853 | 1.0% |
| 13 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 15,439 | 1.0% |
| 14 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 14,365 | 0.9% |
| 15 | Guwahati | Assam | 12,033 | 0.8% |
| 16 | Patna | Bihar | 11,620 | 0.7% |
| 17 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 11,526 | 0.7% |
| 18 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 11,181 | 0.7% |
| 19 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 11,164 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 10,153 | 0.7% |
| 21 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 8,675 | 0.6% |
| 22 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | 8,118 | 0.5% |
| 23 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 8,019 | 0.5% |
| 24 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 7,544 | 0.5% |
| 25 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 7,235 | 0.5% |
The digital readiness gap
How online a business looks depends on where you find it. Businesses mapped on the ground are mostly offline: only 18% list a website and 25% a phone number. Businesses that reached the web on their own, through Facebook pages and search listings, are the opposite: 72% list a website. The gap between the two is the high street that has not come online yet.
Mapped on the ground (OpenStreetMap)
Share of 1,28,252 businesses on the open map that publish each detail.
- Address33%
- Phone25%
- Opening hours10%
- Website18%
Found through their web presence (Overture Maps)
Share of 14,27,010 businesses drawn from Facebook pages, Bing and other web listings. Opening hours are not recorded in this source.
- Address100%
- Phone88%
- Website72%
Amenity adoption
What local businesses offer, as published to the open map, the one source that records it. Every share below is out of all 1,28,252 businesses on the map, so blanks pull the numbers down - a floor, not a ceiling.
Share of businesses offering each amenity
Percentage of businesses on the open map tagged with the amenity.
- Takeaway3%
- Vegetarian2%
- Wheelchair access2%
- Card payments2%
- Delivery1%
- Wi-Fi1%
Methodology and attribution
This study counts the 15,55,277 businesses in Sunaam's public directory, in 3,562 cities and towns and 672 categories. They come from two open sources: 14,27,010 from Overture Maps (release 2026-10-21, which draws on Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others; places with confidence 0.7 or higher, with closed places and non-businesses left out) and 1,28,252 from OpenStreetMap. Where both held the same business, it is counted once. Each business outside our 35 largest cities is placed in the nearest town of 15,000+ people (GeoNames). Every figure is a direct count; we invent nothing. The two sources record different things, so opening hours, amenities and cuisines come from OpenStreetMap alone, and online presence is shown per source rather than pooled: pooling would describe the sources, not India's businesses. A blank field means the detail is missing from the source, not necessarily absent in reality, so the shares are best read as a floor.
Cite this study
Sunaam Research. "The State of Local Business in India (2026)." Teknesya Networks Pvt Ltd. https://sunaam.io/reports/state-of-local-business-india
Business data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare (Foursquare data under Apache-2.0). Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
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