Quick commerce store density measures how many fulfilment nodes each platform operates in a city. Our registry tracks 7,717 dark stores nationwide across 7 platforms and 779 cities.
Why density matters
Higher dark store density usually means shorter delivery radii, wider SKU availability, and more competitive promos in that city. Comparing platforms on the same city slug avoids apples-to-oranges national totals.
Cities with the most dark stores
These cities have the highest total quick commerce store counts in our index (all platforms combined):
- Bengaluru — 904 stores across 7 platforms
- New Delhi — 595 stores across 5 platforms
- Hyderabad — 544 stores across 7 platforms
- Chennai — 419 stores across 6 platforms
- Mumbai — 374 stores across 6 platforms
- Pune — 364 stores across 6 platforms
- Kolkata — 284 stores across 5 platforms
- Gurugram — 266 stores across 5 platforms
- Thane — 160 stores across 6 platforms
- Lucknow — 156 stores across 5 platforms
- Ahmedabad — 148 stores across 6 platforms
- Noida — 146 stores across 5 platforms
- Ghaziabad — 130 stores across 5 platforms
- Jaipur — 109 stores across 5 platforms
- Greater Noida — 96 stores across 5 platforms
Compare platforms in the same city
Use platform×city pages to see side-by-side fulfilment footprint. Examples:
- Blinkit stores in Mumbai — 2,621 stores nationally
- Zepto stores in Mumbai — 1,407 stores nationally
- Swiggy Instamart stores in Mumbai — 1,289 stores nationally
- BigBasket stores in Mumbai — 1,290 stores nationally
Next steps
- City hub — platform chips link to each platform×city map.
- Methodology — refresh cadence and data limitations.
- Datasets — export store registries and catalogue slices.