Quick delivery apps and dark stores in Varanasi

Updated October 2026 · Uttar Pradesh

Six quick delivery apps deliver in Varanasi (Banaras, Benares): Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart, BigBasket BB Now, Flipkart Minutes, Zepto and JioMart. Blinkit has the most dark stores (18).

The city has 42 dark stores. Each dark store delivers only a few kilometres around it, so check your full address in each app.

Dark stores in Varanasi by app

How many stores each app has in Varanasi

JioMart’s Reliance Stores are not part of the dark-store total.

Blinkit and Instamart are the two biggest in Varanasi: Blinkit vs Instamart in Varanasi puts them head to head, and the best quick delivery app in Varanasi ranks every app on stores and free-delivery bar. Other match-ups in Varanasi: Blinkit vs Flipkart Minutes, Blinkit vs BB Now, Blinkit vs Zepto, Instamart vs Flipkart Minutes and Zepto vs Instamart.

Apps that don’t deliver in Varanasi yet

Amazon Now has no store in Varanasi and no launch announced.

Quick delivery store locations in Varanasi by area

The number next to each area or PIN code is its store count.

Varanasi areas with the most quick delivery stores

Varanasi PIN codes with the most quick delivery stores

Quick delivery stores in all 37 Varanasi areas, with each app’s count.

Quick delivery store addresses in Varanasi

2 stores have no area or PIN code yet.

Dark store jobs in Varanasi

Rider, picker and packer jobs in Varanasi are with Blinkit, Instamart, BB Now, Flipkart Minutes and Zepto. Blinkit runs the most stores.

Dark stores in other Uttar Pradesh cities

Varanasi has 4.4% of the 956 dark stores in Uttar Pradesh. Cities with a similar store count: Thiruvananthapuram (44), Ludhiana (42), Mysuru (42), Vasai Virar (42), Vijayawada (40) and Mohali (39).

Why your Varanasi neighbourhood matters more than the city total

The city leader is not present everywhere. Elsewhere:

Open the app with a store in your own area first, then try the rest.

Zepto and JioMart in Varanasi

See the JioMart Varanasi page for its locations.