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The local digital gap in Boston, MA

1,101 of 2,645 named businesses on the Boston, MA map list no website: 42%. Across the 39 United States cities in the study it is 56%; counting down from the highest share without one, Boston, MA comes 34 of 39.

The biggest gap is restaurants: 379 of 877 list no website. The highest share is hair salons at 62%. Real estate agents are the most likely to list one: 24% without.

2,645named businesses read
42%list no website
51%list no phone number
63%list no opening hours

"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.

Boston, MA, by kind of business

Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Boston, MA, the most businesses without a website listed first.

  1. Restaurants 43%379 of 877
  2. Cafes 45%126 of 279
  3. Hair salons 62%83 of 133
  4. Bars 53%60 of 114
  5. Clothing stores 25%40 of 159
  6. Doctors and clinics 49%29 of 59
  7. Hotels 25%27 of 110
  8. Gyms 33%27 of 82
  9. Beauty salons 49%25 of 51
  10. Dentists 50%23 of 46
  11. Auto repair shops 55%22 of 40
  12. Bakeries 55%22 of 40
  13. Supermarkets 35%21 of 60
  14. Real estate agents 24%20 of 85
  15. Pubs 37%19 of 52
  16. Dry cleaners 67%18 of 27
  17. Pharmacies 35%16 of 46
  18. Jewelry stores 47%14 of 30
  19. Bookstores 57%13 of 23
  20. Nail salons 46%12 of 26
  21. Florists 40%8 of 20
  22. Lawyers 23%7 of 31
  23. Opticians 18%4 of 22
Named OpenStreetMap business records in Boston, MA, extract of 11 November 2026.
Kind of businessNamedOwn websiteSocial page onlyNo websitePhoneOpening hours
Restaurants877498037948%41%
Cafes279151212642%51%
Hair salons1335008345%23%
Bars1145406038%39%
Clothing stores15911904066%33%
Doctors and clinics593002937%37%
Hotels1108302766%5%
Gyms825502751%22%
Beauty salons512602547%29%
Dentists462302354%28%
Auto repair shops401802220%20%
Bakeries401802243%50%
Supermarkets603902173%72%
Real estate agents856502041%19%
Pubs523301948%56%
Dry cleaners27901852%41%
Pharmacies463001617%50%
Jewelry stores301601463%40%
Bookstores231001322%52%
Nail salons261311262%35%
Florists20120855%40%
Lawyers31240771%23%
Opticians22180477%45%

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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Boston, MA: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 2,645 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/boston-ma/

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