The Complete India File · a new edition every month
Every store we observe across seven delivery apps, in one file.
Delivery apps open a store only where enough orders sit nearby. Put every grocery app's stores together and you see where delivery demand is concentrated, pincode by pincode.
This month our monthly read found 351 new dark stores across India. Every store's exact location, area-wise counts and files are for clients. Contact us.
Priced by scope. We reply personally by email.
What the file answers
- 01 Which pincodes have five or more delivery apps within 2 km, and which have none?
- 02 How many stores and how many residents sit within 2 km of a pincode?
- 03 Where is one app missing while its rivals are already there?
- 04 How do cities compare on stores per app, share, rank and stores per lakh people?
What is in an edition
Every grocery quick-commerce store we observed in India, on Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, Flipkart Minutes, BigBasket, Amazon Now and JioMart, one row per store. It ships as an Excel workbook plus CSVs.
7,388
dark stores
- Blinkit 2,621
- Zepto 1,392
- Swiggy Instamart 1,296
- Flipkart Minutes 1,202
- BigBasket 877
843
Amazon Now stores
- Dark stores run by Amazon
- 650
- Partner stores (mostly More supermarkets)
- 193
Partner stores fulfil Amazon Now orders. They are labelled partner stores, not Amazon dark stores.
2,949
Reliance stores fulfilling JioMart’s quick delivery
- Grocery
- 2,301
- Electronics
- 648
These are Reliance stores, not dark stores, and are counted separately from the dark stores. JioMart stopped listing its fashion stores for quick delivery in October.
Ready views, not just rows
The workbook opens on answers. Each view is a sheet in Excel and a CSV of its own, and every file includes a read-me with the method and its limits.
01
Stores
One row per store: app, store type, name, locality, district, city, state and pincode, a map position with its precision label, and the month we first observed it. A street address appears only where we can place the store precisely.
02
Pincodes
For about 19,300 pincodes: which apps have a store within 2 km and how close each is, stores within 2 km, residents within 2 km, and a demand tier by how many apps are near (A, B or C).
03
Top pincodes by city
In each city, the pincodes where delivery demand is most concentrated.
04
Areas
Localities within each city, with their store count and which apps are present.
05
Cities
Stores per app, each app’s share, the city’s rank, and stores per lakh people.
06
Apps
Each app’s footprint nationally and by state, how often apps sit next to each other, and cities with only one app.
07
White space
Populated pincodes with no store nearby, and each app’s biggest gaps: pincodes where it is missing while rivals are present.
08
History
What we observed in April 2026, July 2026, August 2026, September 2026 and October 2026. Counts rose partly because our method improved, so this is what we observed each month, not market growth. October 2026 is the first like-for-like month.
Who uses it, and for what
Where to open
Cafes, gyms, clinics, salons, D2C stores and franchise buyers choosing a neighbourhood.
Where to advertise
Pincode lists for ad targeting, outdoor and sampling.
Where to sell
FMCG and D2C brands, distributors, and suppliers to dark stores.
Where to hire
Staffing agencies planning around store clusters.
Where to invest
Funds following Eternal, Swiggy, Zepto, Reliance and Amazon.
Where to build and deliver
Logistics, EV fleets, warehousing and commercial real estate.
Reaching areas where delivery demand is densest
Banks, insurers, consumer brands and developers deciding where to focus.
Research
Consultancies and newsrooms. Academics get it free in return for a citation.
Need less than all of India?
The same data, cut to what you need.
City files
Up to 4 cities, with the same views.
State files
One state, with the same views.
Location Shortlist
The best neighbourhoods in one city for one kind of business.
Monthly updates
A fresh file each month instead of a single snapshot.
Every store carries a precision label
In a recent edition, 6,766 of the 7,388 dark stores of Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, Flipkart Minutes and BigBasket are placed exactly. A street address appears only where we can place the store precisely, because an address computed from an imprecise position would be plausible and wrong.
- Exact (a measured pin)
- 6,766 · 91.6%
- Approximate (placed by service area)
- 461 · 6.2%
- Area level (placed by area so far)
- 161 · 2.2%
Of 7,388 dark stores, in a recent edition.
What the file is, and is not
- It records what was publicly observable at the stated time. It is not a census and is not drawn from any app’s internal records.
- “First observed” is the first month a store appears in our files, not a launch date. A store we can no longer find is marked no longer detected.
- History counts rose partly because our method improved. Read them as what we observed each month, not market growth.
- QuickCommerceMap is an independent publication, not affiliated with and not speaking for Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy, Flipkart, BigBasket, Amazon or Reliance/JioMart.
How we compile it
We compile the file from each platform’s publicly observable store-locator information. Every figure carries its date, every store carries a precision label, and residents around a pincode are estimates we label as estimates.
Read the full method and its limitsPriced by scope
Tell us what you need and we will quote it by email.
- 01We read your request ourselves.
- 02We reply by email with a sample for your city, any questions about scope, and a quote.
- 03If it fits, we send the file: an Excel workbook plus CSVs.
Prefer email? Write to hello@quickcommercemap.com. Academics get the file free in return for a citation.
Questions buyers ask
- Do the delivery apps supply this data?
- No. QuickCommerceMap is an independent publication. We compile the file from each platform’s publicly observable store-locator information. We are not affiliated with, and do not speak for, Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy, Flipkart, BigBasket, Amazon or Reliance/JioMart.
- How is the file priced?
- By scope: all of India, a few cities, a state, a Location Shortlist, one file or monthly updates. Tell us what you need and we will quote it by email.
- How current is it?
- A new edition comes every month, and every figure in it carries the month it was read. This page describes a recent edition; the latest month is quoted by email.
- Are JioMart’s stores dark stores?
- No. They are Reliance stores (grocery, fashion and electronics) that fulfil JioMart’s quick delivery. The file labels them that way and counts them separately from the dark stores of Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, Flipkart Minutes and BigBasket.
- Can I see a sample first?
- Yes. Ask with the form on this page and we will send a sample for your city with the quote.