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The local digital gap in Johannesburg

2,571 of 3,324 named businesses on the Johannesburg map list no website: 77%. Across the 2 South Africa cities in the study it is 75%; counting down from the highest share without one, Johannesburg comes 1 of 2.

The biggest gap is restaurants: 514 of 761 list no website. The highest share is jewelry stores at 96%. Gyms are the most likely to list one: 48% without.

3,324named businesses read
77%list no website
76%list no phone number
81%list no opening hours

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

Johannesburg, by kind of business

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

  1. Restaurants 68%514 of 761
  2. Clothing stores 92%393 of 425
  3. Supermarkets 75%290 of 385
  4. Cafes 70%160 of 230
  5. Hair salons 94%104 of 111
  6. Pharmacies 66%93 of 141
  7. Doctors and clinics 86%92 of 107
  8. Car dealers 82%84 of 103
  9. Hotels 61%83 of 137
  10. Furniture stores 95%83 of 87
  11. Hardware stores 85%80 of 94
  12. Jewelry stores 96%66 of 69
  13. Auto repair shops 89%55 of 62
  14. Pubs 96%51 of 53
  15. Bars 72%36 of 50
  16. Gyms 48%31 of 64
  17. Bakeries 94%30 of 32
  18. Event venues 78%29 of 37
  19. Beauty salons 79%27 of 34
  20. Dry cleaners 93%25 of 27
  21. Opticians 89%24 of 27
  22. Bookstores 73%22 of 30
  23. Bike shops 75%18 of 24
  24. Dentists 90%18 of 20
  25. Florists 85%17 of 20
  26. Pet shops 67%16 of 24
  27. Veterinarians 71%15 of 21
  28. Lawyers 67%14 of 21
Named OpenStreetMap business records in Johannesburg, extract of 11 November 2026.
Kind of businessNamedOwn websiteSocial page onlyNo websitePhoneOpening hours
Restaurants761245251430%24%
Clothing stores42532039311%8%
Supermarkets38595029038%35%
Cafes23070016018%25%
Hair salons1117010410%8%
Pharmacies1414809338%35%
Doctors and clinics1071509247%22%
Car dealers1031908419%10%
Hotels1375408341%4%
Furniture stores8740836%3%
Hardware stores941408015%12%
Jewelry stores6930664%4%
Auto repair shops62705510%5%
Pubs5320512%0%
Bars501403618%14%
Gyms643303141%42%
Bakeries3220303%6%
Event venues37802911%0%
Beauty salons34702721%29%
Dry cleaners27202511%7%
Opticians2730247%4%
Bookstores30802213%7%
Bike shops24601813%17%
Dentists20201835%15%
Florists20301715%10%
Pet shops24801613%29%
Veterinarians21601529%29%
Lawyers21701438%19%

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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Johannesburg: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 3,324 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/johannesburg-za/

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