Local business in Delhi, by the numbers
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What Delhi's local businesses are, how the city differs from the rest of India, and how many of its businesses can be found online.
The short answer
Sunaam's directory lists 1,19,463 businesses in Delhi, the most of any Indian city. The largest groups are shops (20.1%) and business services (18.6%). Compared with India as a whole, Delhi has more business services (18.6% of its businesses, against 13.9%) and fewer fuel stations and garages (3.2% against 6.9%). 79.5% of its businesses with an online footprint list a website, against 72.1% across India.
- 1,19,463 businesses listed, the most of any Indian city
- The 2nd most restaurants of any Indian city (11,352)
- The most clinics and hospitals of any Indian city (14,642)
- 79.5% list a website, ranking 6th of India's 25 biggest cities
What kinds of business are in Delhi?
Business services make up 18.6% of Delhi's listed businesses, against 13.9% across India: the clearest way the city's high street differs from the country's.
Delhi's businesses by kind
Share of the city's listed businesses.
- Shops20.1%
- Business services18.6%
- Banks and finance13.6%
- Clinics and hospitals12.3%
- Restaurants and cafés9.5%
- Schools and education9.5%
- Hotels and stays6.9%
- Fuel stations and garages3.2%
- Salons and spas3%
- Gyms and sports centres2.7%
- Cinemas and entertainment venues0.7%
| Kind of business | Delhi | Share in Delhi | Share in India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shops | 23,982 | 20.1% | 18.6% |
| Business services | 22,208 | 18.6% | 13.9% |
| Banks and finance | 16,208 | 13.6% | 16.6% |
| Clinics and hospitals | 14,642 | 12.3% | 11.5% |
| Restaurants and cafés | 11,352 | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Schools and education | 11,332 | 9.5% | 11.5% |
| Hotels and stays | 8,208 | 6.9% | 7.7% |
| Fuel stations and garages | 3,881 | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Salons and spas | 3,602 | 3% | 2.3% |
| Gyms and sports centres | 3,243 | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Cinemas and entertainment venues | 805 | 0.7% | 0.7% |
The most common businesses in Delhi
Banks are the single most common category, with 7,240 listed.
Top categories
Listings in each directory category.
- Banks7,240
- Schools7,170
- Clothing stores6,882
- Restaurants6,375
- Financial services6,057
- Companies4,767
- Clinics4,517
- Hotels3,931
- Electronics stores3,206
- Resorts3,015
- Atms2,909
- Beauty salons2,619
How Delhi ranks among Indian cities
| Kind of business | In Delhi | Rank in India |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 11,352 | 2nd |
| Clinics and hospitals | 14,642 | 1st |
| Salons | 3,602 | 1st |
| Gyms | 3,243 | 1st |
| Shops | 23,982 | 1st |
How many Delhi businesses have a website?
79.5% of Delhi's businesses with an online footprint list a website and 91.3% a phone number, against 72.1% and 87.9% across India. That puts Delhi 6th of the 25 biggest cities for websites. Every city compared.
How we counted
Every figure is a direct count of the businesses in Sunaam's public directory, built from two open sources: Overture Maps (which draws on Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others; places with confidence 0.7 or higher, closed places and non-businesses left out) and OpenStreetMap. A business both sources hold is counted once. It is a count of listed businesses, not a census: a shop no map has recorded is not in it.
Website and phone shares are counted over the Overture listings only. Overture is built from businesses' own web presence (Facebook pages, search listings), so these shares answer “of the businesses with an online footprint, how many list a website?”. Businesses mapped on the ground list far fewer; the State of Local Business report shows both.
A city is the area around its centre: a square about 45 to 50 km across for Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad, and about 25 km across for other large cities, so “Delhi” includes parts of Noida, Gurugram and Ghaziabad. Anywhere else, a business belongs to the nearest town of 15,000 or more people (GeoNames).
Cite this study
Sunaam Research. "Local business in Delhi, by the numbers." Teknesya Networks Pvt Ltd, 2026. https://sunaam.io/research/local-business-in/delhi
You are welcome to quote any figure on this page with a link back to it.
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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