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The local digital gap in Leicester
905 of 1,121 named businesses on the Leicester map list no website: 81%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Leicester comes 2 of 16.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 136 of 169 list no website. The highest share is hairdressers and barbers at 94%. Supermarkets are the most likely to list one: 48% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Leicester, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Leicester, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 169 | 33 | 0 | 136 | 15% | 19% |
| Pubs | 124 | 20 | 0 | 104 | 6% | 11% |
| Cafes | 112 | 15 | 0 | 97 | 5% | 33% |
| Hairdressers and barbers | 94 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 11% | 7% |
| Clothes shops | 57 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 4% | 18% |
| Car repair garages | 43 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 23% | 16% |
| GP surgeries and clinics | 37 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8% | 3% |
| Supermarkets | 64 | 33 | 0 | 31 | 11% | 58% |
| Bars | 38 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 3% | 11% |
| Pharmacies | 32 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 9% | 34% |
| Estate agents | 31 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 19% | 16% |
| Car dealers | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8% | 8% |
| Dentists | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 25% | 25% |
| Hotels | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 15% | 0% |
| Hardware and DIY shops | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 29% | 48% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Leicester: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 1,121 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 10 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/leicester-uk/
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