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The local digital gap in Sydney
12,366 of 16,957 named businesses on the Sydney map list no website: 73%. Across the 8 Australia cities in the study it is 71%; counting down from the highest share without one, Sydney comes 3 of 8.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 2,670 of 3,673 list no website. The highest share is dry cleaners at 96%. Financial advisers are the most likely to list one: 45% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Sydney, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Sydney, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 3,673 | 982 | 21 | 2,670 | 23% | 26% |
| Cafes | 2,959 | 631 | 27 | 2,301 | 13% | 31% |
| Clothing stores | 792 | 97 | 1 | 694 | 6% | 10% |
| Hair salons | 783 | 91 | 12 | 680 | 21% | 17% |
| Supermarkets | 875 | 327 | 1 | 547 | 17% | 45% |
| Pharmacies | 539 | 96 | 1 | 442 | 18% | 34% |
| Doctors and clinics | 653 | 221 | 0 | 432 | 32% | 29% |
| Bakeries | 470 | 83 | 3 | 384 | 17% | 26% |
| Pubs | 596 | 226 | 0 | 370 | 22% | 28% |
| Gyms | 490 | 164 | 3 | 323 | 20% | 30% |
| Real estate agents | 443 | 127 | 0 | 316 | 21% | 7% |
| Mechanics | 357 | 54 | 1 | 302 | 24% | 11% |
| Bars | 338 | 113 | 0 | 225 | 11% | 23% |
| Dentists | 357 | 136 | 0 | 221 | 37% | 27% |
| Beauty salons | 272 | 57 | 1 | 214 | 24% | 17% |
| Hotels | 328 | 154 | 0 | 174 | 26% | 4% |
| Car dealers | 216 | 42 | 0 | 174 | 15% | 14% |
| Childcare providers | 293 | 131 | 1 | 161 | 22% | 19% |
| Jewellers | 176 | 25 | 1 | 150 | 19% | 11% |
| Furniture stores | 170 | 41 | 0 | 129 | 11% | 23% |
| Nail salons | 122 | 7 | 2 | 113 | 16% | 11% |
| Vets | 143 | 39 | 0 | 104 | 31% | 23% |
| Florists | 138 | 36 | 0 | 102 | 22% | 16% |
| Accountants | 133 | 39 | 0 | 94 | 29% | 14% |
| Dry cleaners | 94 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 26% | 26% |
| Hardware stores | 151 | 67 | 0 | 84 | 26% | 31% |
| Opticians | 84 | 8 | 0 | 76 | 7% | 13% |
| Car washes | 89 | 13 | 1 | 75 | 11% | 17% |
| Travel agencies | 88 | 13 | 0 | 75 | 8% | 11% |
| Pet shops | 97 | 25 | 0 | 72 | 12% | 20% |
| Lawyers | 106 | 50 | 0 | 56 | 42% | 16% |
| Event venues | 111 | 56 | 0 | 55 | 7% | 2% |
| Physiotherapists | 93 | 38 | 0 | 55 | 37% | 22% |
| Bookstores | 70 | 19 | 1 | 50 | 19% | 46% |
| Bike shops | 94 | 49 | 0 | 45 | 35% | 39% |
| Funeral directors | 52 | 13 | 0 | 39 | 27% | 12% |
| Financial advisers | 84 | 46 | 0 | 38 | 21% | 7% |
| Recruitment agencies | 43 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 9% | 23% |
| Pet groomers | 39 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 21% | 33% |
| Tattoo studios | 36 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 22% | 17% |
| Insurance agents | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 10% | 23% |
| Nightclubs | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 13% | 13% |
| Coworking spaces | 31 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 13% | 16% |
| Photographers | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 29% | 25% |
| Architects | 37 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 22% | 14% |
| IT services | 47 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 23% | 23% |
| Builders | 28 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 39% | 4% |
| Advertising agencies | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 39% | 13% |
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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Sydney: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 16,957 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/sydney-nsw/
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