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The local digital gap in Sheffield
2,914 of 3,567 named businesses on the Sheffield map list no website: 82%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Sheffield comes 1 of 16.
The biggest gap is hairdressers and barbers: 392 of 405 list no website. Supermarkets are the most likely to list one: 24% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Sheffield, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Sheffield, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hairdressers and barbers | 405 | 13 | 0 | 392 | 4% | 7% |
| Cafes | 449 | 56 | 4 | 389 | 6% | 25% |
| Restaurants | 409 | 94 | 1 | 314 | 15% | 23% |
| Pubs | 315 | 86 | 0 | 229 | 10% | 23% |
| Clothes shops | 169 | 16 | 0 | 153 | 5% | 12% |
| Beauty salons | 117 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 4% | 3% |
| Bars | 118 | 14 | 0 | 104 | 4% | 24% |
| Car repair garages | 126 | 23 | 0 | 103 | 21% | 19% |
| GP surgeries and clinics | 115 | 10 | 4 | 101 | 9% | 21% |
| Estate agents | 108 | 8 | 0 | 100 | 3% | 13% |
| Car dealers | 77 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 14% | 13% |
| Pharmacies | 96 | 32 | 2 | 62 | 11% | 21% |
| Bakeries | 63 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 6% | 22% |
| Gyms | 63 | 12 | 0 | 51 | 5% | 10% |
| Nail salons | 55 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 0% | 11% |
| Dentists | 65 | 14 | 1 | 50 | 17% | 20% |
| Furniture shops | 51 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 18% | 12% |
| Solicitors and law firms | 44 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 7% | 2% |
| Hardware and DIY shops | 54 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 11% | 22% |
| Tattoo studios | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3% | 5% |
| Jewellers | 42 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0% | 14% |
| Opticians | 47 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 15% | 15% |
| Florists | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10% | 17% |
| Accountants | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8% | 12% |
| Supermarkets | 91 | 69 | 0 | 22 | 9% | 57% |
| Hotels | 40 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 23% | 5% |
| Travel agencies | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 21% | 28% |
| Car washes | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5% | 14% |
| Vets | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9% | 14% |
| Funeral directors | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10% | 19% |
| Pet shops | 23 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0% | 17% |
| Event venues | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9% | 5% |
| Bookshops | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 9% | 32% |
| Bike shops | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 74% | 96% |
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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Sheffield: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 3,567 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 10 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/sheffield-uk/
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