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The local digital gap in Glasgow
2,248 of 3,306 named businesses on the Glasgow map list no website: 68%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Glasgow comes 11 of 16.
The biggest gap is cafes: 319 of 454 list no website. The highest share is beauty salons at 94%. Supermarkets are the most likely to list one: 28% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Glasgow, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Glasgow, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cafes | 454 | 123 | 12 | 319 | 13% | 34% |
| Restaurants | 485 | 202 | 2 | 281 | 32% | 32% |
| Hairdressers and barbers | 312 | 30 | 6 | 276 | 18% | 11% |
| Pubs | 311 | 94 | 2 | 215 | 22% | 22% |
| Clothes shops | 188 | 31 | 1 | 156 | 6% | 22% |
| Beauty salons | 109 | 7 | 0 | 102 | 15% | 10% |
| Bars | 136 | 42 | 0 | 94 | 26% | 24% |
| Pharmacies | 108 | 41 | 0 | 67 | 28% | 33% |
| Car repair garages | 65 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 29% | 17% |
| Dentists | 73 | 25 | 0 | 48 | 41% | 26% |
| Hotels | 96 | 49 | 0 | 47 | 29% | 3% |
| GP surgeries and clinics | 70 | 23 | 1 | 46 | 33% | 24% |
| Jewellers | 52 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 2% | 4% |
| Estate agents | 64 | 28 | 0 | 36 | 36% | 13% |
| Bakeries | 56 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 13% | 30% |
| Car dealers | 44 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 16% | 5% |
| Nail salons | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13% | 7% |
| Hardware and DIY shops | 46 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 24% | 26% |
| Supermarkets | 100 | 72 | 0 | 28 | 14% | 56% |
| Opticians | 52 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 31% | 25% |
| Tattoo studios | 32 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 22% | 19% |
| Gyms | 46 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 17% | 15% |
| Funeral directors | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 47% | 30% |
| Solicitors and law firms | 28 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 29% | 11% |
| Furniture shops | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 32% | 25% |
| Nightclubs | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 20% | 25% |
| Bookshops | 27 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 15% | 59% |
| Bike shops | 25 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 48% | 56% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Glasgow: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 3,306 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 7 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/glasgow-uk/
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