Blinkit vs Zepto vs Swiggy Instamart

Blinkit leads across India with 2621 stores, ahead of Zepto (1392) and Swiggy Instamart (1296).

Blinkit

2,621 stores

481 cities · 35.5% share

Zepto

1,392 stores

126 cities · 18.8% share

Swiggy Instamart

1,296 stores

203 cities · 17.5% share

Where each one is across India

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Blinkit 2,621
Zepto 1,392
Swiggy Instamart 1,296

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Head to head

Metric	Blinkit Blinkit	Zepto Zepto	Swiggy Instamart Instamart
Total stores	2,621	1,392	1,296
Cities with presence	481	126	203
States with presence	28	21	24
Market share	35.5%	18.8%	17.5%
Top city	Delhi	Bangalore	Bangalore
Stores in top city	218	183	171
Tier 1 metro coverage	100%	100%	100%
Tier 2 coverage	91.1%	21.3%	36.4%
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Top 20 cities side by side

Store counts per platform in the biggest quick commerce markets.

City	Blinkit Blinkit	Zepto Zepto	Swiggy Instamart Instamart	Total
Bangalore	190	183	171	544
Delhi	218	117	75	410
Hyderabad	112	136	104	352
Mumbai	111	92	65	268
Chennai	76	96	89	261
Pune	89	62	51	202
Gurgaon	83	59	34	176
Kolkata	61	41	38	140
Lucknow	58	36	18	112
Ahmedabad	56	33	18	107
Noida	39	36	23	98
Ghaziabad	37	36	17	90
Jaipur	46	28	16	90
Thane	26	21	24	71
Navi Mumbai	27	19	24	70
Greater Noida	31	22	10	63
Faridabad	21	16	7	44
Surat	18	17	9	44
Coimbatore	15	10	16	41
Patna	31	0	10	41

Coverage gaps

Cities where each platform operates exclusively. 99 cities served by all platforms in this comparison.

Only Blinkit

20

Dhanbad 6 stores
Gaya 5 stores
Haldwani 5 stores
Bhagalpur 4 stores
Darbhanga 4 stores
Purnia 4 stores

+ 14 more

Only Zepto

0

No exclusive cities in this comparison.

Only Swiggy Instamart

20

Thiruvankulam 2 stores
Chalakudy 2 stores
Kannur 1 store
Bidhannagar 1 store
Bambolim 1 store
Bhimaram 1 store

+ 14 more

99 cities have all three platforms competing head-to-head.

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About the platforms

Blinkit

Parent: Zomato
Founded: 2013 (as Grofers)
Headquarters: Gurugram, Haryana
Total stores: 2,621

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Zepto

Parent: Zepto
Founded: 2021
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Total stores: 1,392

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Swiggy Instamart

Parent: Swiggy
Founded: 2014 (Instamart: 2020)
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka
Total stores: 1,296

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What this means for you

Blinkit has the widest geographic spread with stores in 481 cities; Zepto is concentrated in 126 cities and Swiggy Instamart in 203. All three platforms compete head-to-head in 99 cities across India.

About this comparison

From our read of recently. Store counts, area coverage and exclusive-area figures are from that read; exact locations and files are for clients. Methodology → · Report incorrect data →

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