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The local digital gap in Wellington
818 of 1,410 named businesses on the Wellington map list no website: 58%. Across the 3 New Zealand cities in the study it is 72%; counting down from the highest share without one, Wellington comes 3 of 3.
The biggest gap is cafes: 146 of 242 list no website. The highest share is hair salons at 68%. Restaurants are the most likely to list one: 51% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Wellington, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Wellington, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cafes | 242 | 84 | 12 | 146 | 21% | 51% |
| Restaurants | 255 | 119 | 5 | 131 | 32% | 56% |
| Clothing stores | 120 | 45 | 2 | 73 | 13% | 26% |
| Bars | 90 | 37 | 1 | 52 | 11% | 36% |
| Hair salons | 77 | 24 | 1 | 52 | 14% | 22% |
| Mechanics | 43 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 21% | 12% |
| Hotels | 59 | 27 | 0 | 32 | 34% | 3% |
| Supermarkets | 36 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 25% | 72% |
| Bakeries | 39 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 26% | 51% |
| Event venues | 47 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 2% | 0% |
| Pubs | 43 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 40% | 65% |
| Doctors and clinics | 29 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 31% | 41% |
| Gyms | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 17% | 33% |
| Pharmacies | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 29% | 71% |
| Beauty salons | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 10% | 29% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Wellington: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 1,410 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/wellington-nz/
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