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The local digital gap in Manchester
2,329 of 3,201 named businesses on the Manchester map list no website: 73%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Manchester comes 8 of 16.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 392 of 566 list no website. The highest share is beauty salons at 95%. Supermarkets are the most likely to list one: 42% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Manchester, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Manchester, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 566 | 171 | 3 | 392 | 19% | 27% |
| Cafes | 339 | 80 | 3 | 256 | 11% | 32% |
| Hairdressers and barbers | 256 | 20 | 1 | 235 | 14% | 14% |
| Clothes shops | 217 | 21 | 5 | 191 | 5% | 8% |
| Pubs | 247 | 88 | 1 | 158 | 13% | 23% |
| Bars | 221 | 69 | 0 | 152 | 13% | 22% |
| Beauty salons | 73 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 11% | 10% |
| Car repair garages | 76 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 18% | 11% |
| GP surgeries and clinics | 94 | 21 | 12 | 61 | 22% | 18% |
| Estate agents | 74 | 16 | 0 | 58 | 19% | 22% |
| Hotels | 122 | 68 | 0 | 54 | 37% | 5% |
| Solicitors and law firms | 54 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 19% | 9% |
| Pharmacies | 69 | 24 | 2 | 43 | 25% | 32% |
| Supermarkets | 97 | 56 | 0 | 41 | 6% | 48% |
| Jewellers | 45 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 2% | 4% |
| Gyms | 61 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 8% | 23% |
| Dentists | 45 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 20% | 27% |
| Accountants | 33 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0% | 3% |
| Bakeries | 41 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 15% | 39% |
| Opticians | 31 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 19% | 29% |
| Car washes | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0% | 8% |
| Nurseries and childcare | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 17% | 3% |
| Nail salons | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10% | 14% |
| Travel agencies | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5% | 10% |
| Furniture shops | 23 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0% | 4% |
| Hardware and DIY shops | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 15% | 26% |
| Bookshops | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 29% | 42% |
| Car dealers | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 5% | 5% |
| Event venues | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 14% | 0% |
| Bike shops | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 30% | 20% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Manchester: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 3,201 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 7 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/manchester-uk/
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