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The local digital gap in Melbourne
16,004 of 22,519 named businesses on the Melbourne map list no website: 71%. Across the 8 Australia cities in the study it is 71%; counting down from the highest share without one, Melbourne comes 4 of 8.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 2,915 of 4,174 list no website. The highest share is nail salons at 93%. Hotels 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.
Melbourne, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Melbourne, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 4,174 | 1,236 | 23 | 2,915 | 28% | 23% |
| Cafes | 3,099 | 731 | 60 | 2,308 | 20% | 26% |
| Hair salons | 1,213 | 190 | 6 | 1,017 | 25% | 17% |
| Clothing stores | 1,156 | 258 | 3 | 895 | 13% | 12% |
| Mechanics | 958 | 159 | 3 | 796 | 20% | 10% |
| Doctors and clinics | 1,105 | 312 | 1 | 792 | 27% | 20% |
| Bakeries | 731 | 156 | 5 | 570 | 23% | 26% |
| Pharmacies | 684 | 154 | 0 | 530 | 21% | 33% |
| Supermarkets | 1,020 | 501 | 3 | 516 | 20% | 40% |
| Real estate agents | 614 | 141 | 0 | 473 | 19% | 10% |
| Beauty salons | 464 | 85 | 4 | 375 | 20% | 12% |
| Gyms | 576 | 216 | 1 | 359 | 23% | 25% |
| Dentists | 499 | 170 | 0 | 329 | 30% | 19% |
| Bars | 529 | 213 | 3 | 313 | 23% | 21% |
| Pubs | 594 | 314 | 0 | 280 | 35% | 25% |
| Accountants | 325 | 50 | 0 | 275 | 18% | 10% |
| Childcare providers | 336 | 65 | 1 | 270 | 8% | 8% |
| Car dealers | 379 | 141 | 0 | 238 | 21% | 8% |
| Lawyers | 297 | 85 | 0 | 212 | 23% | 15% |
| Jewellers | 238 | 37 | 0 | 201 | 13% | 10% |
| Furniture stores | 264 | 107 | 0 | 157 | 24% | 21% |
| Car washes | 167 | 13 | 0 | 154 | 11% | 13% |
| Nail salons | 162 | 11 | 1 | 150 | 15% | 15% |
| Hardware stores | 256 | 111 | 0 | 145 | 25% | 30% |
| Florists | 192 | 53 | 1 | 138 | 26% | 18% |
| Travel agencies | 164 | 26 | 0 | 138 | 14% | 16% |
| Financial advisers | 157 | 24 | 0 | 133 | 14% | 6% |
| Hotels | 302 | 176 | 0 | 126 | 33% | 3% |
| Opticians | 142 | 24 | 0 | 118 | 18% | 20% |
| Dry cleaners | 102 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 21% | 20% |
| Vets | 159 | 69 | 0 | 90 | 36% | 30% |
| Pet shops | 141 | 51 | 0 | 90 | 27% | 26% |
| Event venues | 122 | 37 | 0 | 85 | 16% | 2% |
| Physiotherapists | 153 | 74 | 0 | 79 | 40% | 20% |
| Bike shops | 165 | 91 | 0 | 74 | 42% | 37% |
| Bookstores | 120 | 49 | 0 | 71 | 33% | 35% |
| Recruitment agencies | 82 | 17 | 0 | 65 | 9% | 13% |
| Funeral directors | 74 | 18 | 0 | 56 | 18% | 4% |
| Tattoo studios | 81 | 25 | 1 | 55 | 27% | 21% |
| Pet groomers | 66 | 19 | 0 | 47 | 36% | 21% |
| Architects | 70 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 27% | 14% |
| Photographers | 51 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 22% | 25% |
| Plumbers | 37 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 16% | 8% |
| Carpenters | 31 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 16% | 10% |
| HVAC contractors | 31 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 16% | 13% |
| Insurance agents | 34 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 21% | 18% |
| Coworking spaces | 32 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 13% | 6% |
| IT services | 47 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 28% | 26% |
| Nightclubs | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 20% | 20% |
| Advertising agencies | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 13% | 21% |
| Builders | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 43% | 10% |
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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Melbourne: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 22,519 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/melbourne-vic/
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