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The local digital gap in Edinburgh

2,553 of 5,125 named businesses on the Edinburgh map list no website: 50%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Edinburgh comes 15 of 16.

The biggest gap is cafes: 456 of 714 list no website. The highest share is hairdressers and barbers at 77%. Supermarkets are the most likely to list one: 16% without.

5,125named businesses read
50%list no website
66%list no phone number
68%list no opening hours

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

Edinburgh, by kind of business

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

  1. Cafes 64%456 of 714
  2. Hairdressers and barbers 77%381 of 496
  3. Restaurants 40%271 of 680
  4. Clothes shops 54%151 of 279
  5. Pubs 45%144 of 323
  6. Beauty salons 66%139 of 210
  7. Car repair garages 63%106 of 169
  8. Bars 39%66 of 169
  9. GP surgeries and clinics 44%59 of 135
  10. Car dealers 70%51 of 73
  11. Bakeries 59%49 of 83
  12. Estate agents 44%48 of 109
  13. Pharmacies 45%47 of 105
  14. Hotels 21%46 of 215
  15. Jewellers 49%38 of 77
  16. Dentists 29%36 of 125
  17. Tattoo studios 72%34 of 47
  18. Gyms 35%33 of 93
  19. Solicitors and law firms 42%30 of 72
  20. Nail salons 88%30 of 34
  21. Opticians 38%23 of 60
  22. Accountants 43%20 of 46
  23. Financial advisers 33%19 of 57
  24. Bookshops 28%16 of 57
  25. Furniture shops 41%16 of 39
  26. Nurseries and childcare 75%15 of 20
  27. Supermarkets 16%14 of 88
  28. Hardware and DIY shops 30%14 of 47
  29. Funeral directors 34%14 of 41
  30. Vets 45%14 of 31
  31. Pet shops 67%14 of 21
  32. Carpenters and joiners 70%14 of 20
  33. Architects 23%13 of 56
  34. Florists 39%11 of 28
  35. Bike shops 21%8 of 39
  36. Travel agencies 27%7 of 26
  37. Photographers 30%6 of 20
Named OpenStreetMap business records in Edinburgh, extract of 7 November 2026.
Kind of businessNamedOwn websiteSocial page onlyNo websitePhoneOpening hours
Cafes7142481045617%47%
Hairdressers and barbers496111438130%21%
Restaurants680404527143%39%
Clothes shops279127115119%34%
Pubs323178114443%42%
Beauty salons21071013932%21%
Car repair garages16963010656%11%
Bars16910216627%40%
GP surgeries and clinics1356885936%19%
Car dealers732205118%14%
Bakeries833314920%48%
Estate agents1096104841%19%
Pharmacies1055804745%78%
Hotels21516904646%1%
Jewellers773903817%27%
Dentists1258903661%33%
Tattoo studios471303421%23%
Gyms936003322%19%
Solicitors and law firms724203047%6%
Nail salons34403021%26%
Opticians603702337%50%
Accountants462602048%11%
Financial advisers573801944%4%
Bookshops574011633%65%
Furniture shops392301631%31%
Nurseries and childcare20501535%5%
Supermarkets887401414%84%
Hardware and DIY shops473301434%26%
Funeral directors412701461%20%
Vets311701471%48%
Pet shops21701424%24%
Carpenters and joiners20601460%10%
Architects564301350%4%
Florists281701157%50%
Bike shops39310854%67%
Travel agencies26190723%23%
Photographers20140640%30%

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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Edinburgh: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 5,125 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 7 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/edinburgh-uk/

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