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The local digital gap in Christchurch
1,444 of 2,463 named businesses on the Christchurch map list no website: 59%. Across the 3 New Zealand cities in the study it is 72%; counting down from the highest share without one, Christchurch comes 2 of 3.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 276 of 449 list no website. The highest share is car dealers at 72%. Event venues are the most likely to list one: 31% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Christchurch, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Christchurch, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 449 | 172 | 1 | 276 | 34% | 44% |
| Cafes | 280 | 85 | 8 | 187 | 25% | 46% |
| Clothing stores | 226 | 100 | 0 | 126 | 36% | 33% |
| Hair salons | 132 | 40 | 4 | 88 | 42% | 33% |
| Mechanics | 84 | 31 | 0 | 53 | 40% | 29% |
| Bakeries | 76 | 21 | 2 | 53 | 30% | 50% |
| Pharmacies | 75 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 44% | 51% |
| Doctors and clinics | 84 | 35 | 0 | 49 | 40% | 37% |
| Bars | 73 | 24 | 0 | 49 | 19% | 36% |
| Supermarkets | 80 | 32 | 0 | 48 | 39% | 63% |
| Car dealers | 67 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 39% | 12% |
| Pubs | 66 | 26 | 0 | 40 | 32% | 35% |
| Gyms | 62 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 21% | 47% |
| Dentists | 42 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 50% | 24% |
| Hotels | 54 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 30% | 2% |
| Beauty salons | 43 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 26% | 37% |
| Car washes | 27 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 15% | 33% |
| Event venues | 61 | 42 | 0 | 19 | 2% | 2% |
| Jewellers | 34 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 47% | 21% |
| Bike shops | 37 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 49% | 51% |
| Bookstores | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 33% | 47% |
| Real estate agents | 37 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 46% | 11% |
| Vets | 25 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 52% | 32% |
| Furniture stores | 31 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 68% | 71% |
| Hardware stores | 25 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 60% | 60% |
| Physiotherapists | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 45% | 10% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Christchurch: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 2,463 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/christchurch-nz/
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