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The local digital gap in Cape Town

2,566 of 3,530 named businesses on the Cape Town map list no website: 73%. Across the 2 South Africa cities in the study it is 75%; counting down from the highest share without one, Cape Town comes 2 of 2.

The biggest gap is restaurants: 599 of 884 list no website. The highest share is childcare providers at 100%. Gyms are the most likely to list one: 33% without.

3,530named businesses read
73%list no website
67%list no phone number
74%list no opening hours

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

Cape Town, by kind of business

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

  1. Restaurants 68%599 of 884
  2. Childcare providers 100%257 of 258
  3. Cafes 69%255 of 367
  4. Supermarkets 72%247 of 343
  5. Clothing stores 89%171 of 193
  6. Doctors and clinics 90%138 of 154
  7. Hotels 51%93 of 182
  8. Bars 80%82 of 102
  9. Pharmacies 62%71 of 115
  10. Hair salons 92%71 of 77
  11. Car dealers 86%61 of 71
  12. Pubs 85%51 of 60
  13. Hardware stores 79%48 of 61
  14. Furniture stores 87%40 of 46
  15. Auto repair shops 79%37 of 47
  16. Veterinarians 78%32 of 41
  17. Real estate agents 76%29 of 38
  18. Pet shops 79%23 of 29
  19. Beauty salons 69%22 of 32
  20. Dentists 73%22 of 30
  21. Bookstores 66%21 of 32
  22. Bakeries 72%21 of 29
  23. Bike shops 51%18 of 35
  24. Gyms 33%17 of 52
  25. Car washes 54%13 of 24
  26. Lawyers 62%13 of 21
  27. Event venues 55%11 of 20
Named OpenStreetMap business records in Cape Town, extract of 11 November 2026.
Kind of businessNamedOwn websiteSocial page onlyNo websitePhoneOpening hours
Restaurants884280559933%27%
Childcare providers2581025711%6%
Cafes367107525521%26%
Supermarkets34396024746%50%
Clothing stores19322017121%18%
Doctors and clinics15416013852%25%
Hotels1828909343%1%
Bars1022008212%23%
Pharmacies1154407143%50%
Hair salons77607151%25%
Car dealers711006115%6%
Pubs60905118%15%
Hardware stores611304823%26%
Furniture stores46604013%17%
Auto repair shops471003740%21%
Veterinarians41813239%32%
Real estate agents38902929%5%
Pet shops29602310%31%
Beauty salons32912256%38%
Dentists30802253%27%
Bookstores321102128%31%
Bakeries29802134%31%
Bike shops351701866%49%
Gyms523501756%48%
Car washes241101346%54%
Lawyers21801338%14%
Event venues20901125%0%

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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Cape Town: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 3,530 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/cape-town-za/

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