Most competitive quick-commerce cities

Updated October 2026

Coimbatore has the closest race: Blinkit and Instamart are tied on 16 stores each.

Among cities with 30 or more dark stores, Mysuru and Howrah are next. 40 cities have stores from all of Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart, BB Now, Flipkart Minutes and Amazon Now, so shoppers there have the widest choice.

How close the top two apps are in each city

In the 46 cities with at least 30 dark stores, the leading app has 32.9% of the stores on average. Coimbatore, Mysuru and Howrah are an exact tie at the top. In Chennai (Zepto), Secunderabad (Amazon Now), Hyderabad (Zepto) and Kochi (Instamart), the leader is not Blinkit. At the other end, Bhopal is the most one-sided: Blinkit has 25 stores against 8 for Instamart.

Gap between the top two dark-store apps, as a share of the leader’s stores. Closest race first.

1 Coimbatore Tied Blinkit 16 Instamart 16 Blinkit has 30.8% of the city’s dark stores
2 Mysuru Tied Zepto 9 Instamart 9 Zepto has 21.4% of the city’s dark stores
3 Howrah Tied Blinkit 9 Flipkart Minutes 9 Blinkit has 30% of the city’s dark stores
4 Bengaluru 7 apart Blinkit 190 Zepto 183 Blinkit has 20.5% of the city’s dark stores
5 Chennai 7 apart Zepto 96 Instamart 89 Zepto has 22.2% of the city’s dark stores
6 Noida 3 apart Blinkit 39 Zepto 36 Blinkit has 25.7% of the city’s dark stores
7 Thane 2 apart Blinkit 25 Instamart 23 Blinkit has 23.6% of the city’s dark stores
8 Kolkata 5 apart Blinkit 60 Flipkart Minutes 55 Blinkit has 24.2% of the city’s dark stores
9 Ghaziabad 4 apart Blinkit 37 Zepto 33 Blinkit has 24.5% of the city’s dark stores
10 Navi Mumbai 3 apart Blinkit 27 Instamart 24 Blinkit has 25% of the city’s dark stores
11 Surat 2 apart Blinkit 18 Zepto 16 Blinkit has 33.3% of the city’s dark stores
12 Secunderabad 1 apart Amazon Now 9 Zepto 8 Amazon Now has 20.5% of the city’s dark stores
13 Dombivli 1 apart Blinkit 9 Instamart 8 Blinkit has 25.7% of the city’s dark stores
14 Guwahati 4 apart Blinkit 26 Flipkart Minutes 22 Blinkit has 40.6% of the city’s dark stores
15 Hyderabad 23 apart Zepto 135 Blinkit 112 Zepto has 24.3% of the city’s dark stores
16 Bhubaneswar 3 apart Blinkit 17 Instamart 14 Blinkit has 32.7% of the city’s dark stores
17 Vijayawada 2 apart Blinkit 11 Instamart 9 Blinkit has 27.5% of the city’s dark stores
18 New Town 2 apart Blinkit 10 Zepto 8 Blinkit has 26.3% of the city’s dark stores
19 Kochi 3 apart Instamart 14 Blinkit 11 Instamart has 29.2% of the city’s dark stores
20 Greater Noida 7 apart Blinkit 31 Zepto 24 Blinkit has 30.1% of the city’s dark stores
21 Mumbai 26 apart Blinkit 111 Zepto 85 Blinkit has 28.5% of the city’s dark stores
22 Faridabad 5 apart Blinkit 21 Zepto 16 Blinkit has 25.6% of the city’s dark stores
23 Visakhapatnam 5 apart Blinkit 18 Instamart 13 Blinkit has 30% of the city’s dark stores
24 Gurugram 24 apart Blinkit 83 Zepto 59 Blinkit has 29.4% of the city’s dark stores
25 Patna 9 apart Blinkit 31 Flipkart Minutes 22 Blinkit has 40.3% of the city’s dark stores
26 Pune 28 apart Blinkit 90 Zepto 62 Blinkit has 25.3% of the city’s dark stores
27 Ludhiana 5 apart Blinkit 15 Zepto 10 Blinkit has 35.7% of the city’s dark stores
28 Meerut 4 apart Blinkit 12 Zepto 8 Blinkit has 37.5% of the city’s dark stores
29 Prayagraj 5 apart Blinkit 14 Zepto 9 Blinkit has 37.8% of the city’s dark stores
30 Lucknow 22 apart Blinkit 58 Zepto 36 Blinkit has 33.9% of the city’s dark stores

Cities where one app dominates

Bhopal: Blinkit 25, Instamart 8 (55.6% of ranked stores with the leader)
Mohali: Blinkit 17, Zepto 6 (43.6% of ranked stores with the leader)
Dehradun: Blinkit 25, Zepto 9 (46.3% of ranked stores with the leader)
Ranchi: Blinkit 20, BB Now 8 (54.1% of ranked stores with the leader)
Indore: Blinkit 22, Zepto 10 (44% of ranked stores with the leader)
Agra: Blinkit 15, Zepto 7 (44.1% of ranked stores with the leader)
Jamshedpur: Blinkit 14, BB Now 7 (45.2% of ranked stores with the leader)
Nagpur: Blinkit 20, BB Now 11 (36.4% of ranked stores with the leader)
Varanasi: Blinkit 18, Instamart 10 (42.9% of ranked stores with the leader)
Vasai Virar: Blinkit 14, Flipkart Minutes 8 (33.3% of ranked stores with the leader)

Cities with the most quick delivery apps to choose from

Cities ranked by how many of Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart, BB Now, Flipkart Minutes and Amazon Now have stores there. JioMart is left out because it delivers from Reliance Stores. Where it also delivers, its figure follows each city’s dark-store count.

Figures show dark-store apps per city.

In a close race, the better app for you depends on which one has a store nearest your address. Keep both leading apps on your phone: when one shows an item out of stock or charges a higher fee, the other may have it in stock for less. The best app in each city guide shows the leader city by city, and Blinkit vs Zepto compares the two biggest apps.

Frequently asked questions about quick-commerce competition

How is competition measured?

Take the two apps with the most dark stores in a city and divide the gap between them by the leader’s store total. The smaller the share, the closer the race. Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, BigBasket BB Now, Flipkart Minutes and Amazon Now are compared; JioMart, which delivers from Reliance Stores, is not ranked.