Cities with the most dark stores in India

Updated October 2026 · 498 cities

How dark stores are spread across Indian cities

The top 10 cities have 51.3% of India’s dark stores: 4,229 out of 8,241. Only 16 cities have 100 or more stores and 27 have 50 or more. At the other end, 398 cities have fewer than 10 stores and 183 have a single store. 40 cities have stores from all 6 apps.

Maharashtra has the most cities in the top 30 (5). Below the 100-store mark, Faridabad is the biggest, with 82 stores, and Patna leads the cities that are not metro suburbs, with 77. Blinkit has the most stores in 315 cities, more than any other app. JioMart appears on each city page but not in the city totals, because it delivers from Reliance Stores.

All 498 cities ranked by dark stores

“launched” marks the 2 places where an app has started but has no store count yet. If your city is missing, check the A to Z list of cities.

Dark store rankings by state, neighbourhood and competition

• States with the most dark stores
• Neighbourhoods with the most dark stores
• Cities where apps compete hardest