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The local digital gap in Southampton
915 of 1,212 named businesses on the Southampton map list no website: 75%. Across the 16 United Kingdom cities in the study it is 66%; counting down from the highest share without one, Southampton comes 7 of 16.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 144 of 189 list no website. The highest share is hairdressers and barbers at 90%. Pubs are the most likely to list one: 70% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Southampton, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Southampton, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 189 | 44 | 1 | 144 | 16% | 23% |
| Hairdressers and barbers | 140 | 12 | 2 | 126 | 11% | 7% |
| Cafes | 114 | 30 | 0 | 84 | 7% | 25% |
| Pubs | 103 | 31 | 0 | 72 | 10% | 15% |
| Beauty salons | 44 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 7% | 11% |
| Bars | 44 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 11% | 9% |
| Clothes shops | 44 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 11% | 18% |
| Car repair garages | 40 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 10% | 5% |
| Estate agents | 43 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 26% | 9% |
| GP surgeries and clinics | 33 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18% | 30% |
| Car dealers | 25 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8% | 12% |
| Pharmacies | 34 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 18% | 38% |
| Supermarkets | 41 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 22% | 44% |
| Dentists | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 4% | 12% |
| Hardware and DIY shops | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0% | 10% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Southampton: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 1,212 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 10 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/southampton-uk/
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