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The local digital gap in Liverpool
1,571 of 2,070 named businesses on the Liverpool map list no website: 76%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Liverpool comes 5 of 16.
The biggest gap is pubs: 247 of 304 list no website. The highest share is hairdressers and barbers at 96%. Supermarkets are the most likely to list one: 18% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Liverpool, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Liverpool, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pubs | 304 | 55 | 2 | 247 | 6% | 5% |
| Restaurants | 326 | 87 | 0 | 239 | 15% | 14% |
| Cafes | 235 | 45 | 0 | 190 | 9% | 20% |
| Hairdressers and barbers | 161 | 6 | 0 | 155 | 8% | 10% |
| Bars | 168 | 21 | 0 | 147 | 5% | 10% |
| Clothes shops | 102 | 15 | 0 | 87 | 5% | 11% |
| Hotels | 92 | 41 | 0 | 51 | 21% | 1% |
| GP surgeries and clinics | 52 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 35% | 27% |
| Pharmacies | 59 | 23 | 5 | 31 | 31% | 32% |
| Car repair garages | 33 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 15% | 6% |
| Beauty salons | 27 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 15% | 33% |
| Nightclubs | 29 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 7% | 3% |
| Jewellers | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0% | 4% |
| Nail salons | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0% | 5% |
| Bakeries | 23 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9% | 9% |
| Estate agents | 26 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 23% | 15% |
| Solicitors and law firms | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4% | 4% |
| Opticians | 25 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 16% | 8% |
| Gyms | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 7% | 18% |
| Supermarkets | 71 | 58 | 0 | 13 | 6% | 39% |
| Nurseries and childcare | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 25% | 25% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Liverpool: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 2,070 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 7 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/liverpool-uk/
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