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The local digital gap in Birmingham
4,189 of 5,565 named businesses on the Birmingham map list no website: 75%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Birmingham comes 6 of 16.
The biggest gap is hairdressers and barbers: 525 of 560 list no website. The highest share is car repair garages at 95%. Financial advisers are the most likely to list one: 10% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Birmingham, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Birmingham, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hairdressers and barbers | 560 | 33 | 2 | 525 | 9% | 8% |
| Restaurants | 623 | 198 | 5 | 420 | 24% | 20% |
| Clothes shops | 444 | 38 | 0 | 406 | 6% | 9% |
| Cafes | 384 | 84 | 1 | 299 | 16% | 27% |
| Car repair garages | 272 | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6% | 3% |
| Pubs | 350 | 122 | 2 | 226 | 15% | 13% |
| Jewellers | 212 | 10 | 0 | 202 | 8% | 5% |
| GP surgeries and clinics | 185 | 21 | 10 | 154 | 12% | 9% |
| Estate agents | 190 | 50 | 0 | 140 | 24% | 8% |
| Pharmacies | 176 | 34 | 5 | 137 | 13% | 22% |
| Beauty salons | 125 | 16 | 0 | 109 | 13% | 8% |
| Supermarkets | 218 | 116 | 0 | 102 | 8% | 37% |
| Opticians | 123 | 22 | 0 | 101 | 14% | 12% |
| Hotels | 132 | 51 | 0 | 81 | 14% | 2% |
| Bars | 106 | 28 | 2 | 76 | 18% | 26% |
| Solicitors and law firms | 140 | 66 | 0 | 74 | 48% | 9% |
| Travel agencies | 80 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 4% | 4% |
| Car dealers | 86 | 13 | 0 | 73 | 6% | 5% |
| Furniture shops | 72 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 8% | 6% |
| Nightclubs | 71 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 6% | 4% |
| Dentists | 72 | 9 | 0 | 63 | 11% | 10% |
| Hardware and DIY shops | 86 | 25 | 0 | 61 | 7% | 13% |
| Florists | 53 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 8% | 15% |
| Gyms | 79 | 34 | 0 | 45 | 16% | 20% |
| Dry cleaners | 43 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 9% | 14% |
| Accountants | 63 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 33% | 6% |
| Tattoo studios | 40 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 13% | 10% |
| Nail salons | 33 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 27% | 27% |
| Bakeries | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 21% | 15% |
| Nurseries and childcare | 40 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 20% | 13% |
| Recruitment agencies | 65 | 44 | 0 | 21 | 66% | 6% |
| Car washes | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5% | 10% |
| Vets | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15% | 10% |
| Bike shops | 27 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 30% | 22% |
| Pet shops | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 17% | 8% |
| Funeral directors | 29 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 17% | 17% |
| Bookshops | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 17% | 21% |
| Insurance brokers | 36 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 69% | 6% |
| IT services | 35 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 69% | 6% |
| Financial advisers | 68 | 61 | 0 | 7 | 91% | 4% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Birmingham: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 5,565 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 7 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/birmingham-uk/
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