--- title: Hamburg vs London: which city's businesses can AI agents use? · The Direct Index url: https://directindex.org/compare/hamburg/london?format=md --- [The Direct Index](https://directindex.org/) [Scanner](https://directindex.org/scan)[Cities](https://directindex.org/cities)[Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings)[Search](https://directindex.org/search)[Guides](https://directindex.org/guides)[About](https://directindex.org/about) [Compare](https://directindex.org/compare) · restaurants and fast food · as of 2026-10-15 # Hamburg or London: whose businesses can AI agents use? Hamburg: 1,956 business websites scanned, 30% take a booking or an order on their own site, 35% turn an AI crawler away, 20% score A or B. London: 2,590 business websites scanned, 61% take a booking or an order on their own site, 31% turn an AI crawler away, 41% score A or B. Numbers as of 2026-10-15. | | Hamburg | London | | --- | --- | --- | | Business websites scanned | 1,956 of 3,654 with a site | 2,590 of 13,388 with a site | | Take a booking or an order on their own site | 30% of 1,710 reachable | **61%** of 2,308 reachable | | Turn an AI crawler away at the edge | 35% of 1,710 reachable | **31%** of 2,308 reachable | | Score A or B | 20% 389 sites | **41%** 1,058 sites | [Hamburg](https://directindex.org/city/hamburg) · [Germany](https://directindex.org/country/de) ********** A 117 · B 272 · C 456 · D 487 · F 624 [London](https://directindex.org/city/london) · [United Kingdom](https://directindex.org/country/gb) ********** A 384 · B 674 · C 520 · D 325 · F 687 Shares are over the reachable sites of each index, latest scan of each; A or B over all scanned. 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Findings ## What the index found in each city Menu or price list | | Hamburg | London | | --- | --- | --- | | HTML page | 40% 692 | 59% 1,352 | | none | 38% 658 | 28% 643 | | PDF | 14% 239 | 9% 217 | | on the page | 5% 91 | 1% 18 | | elsewhere | 2% 27 | 3% 73 | | image | 0% 3 | 0% 5 | Direct booking or ordering | | Hamburg | London | | --- | --- | --- | | none | 60% 1,021 | 29% 671 | | own site | 26% 437 | 51% 1,172 | | vendor on own site | 4% 70 | 10% 232 | | marketplace | 7% 119 | 5% 122 | | third party | 4% 63 | 5% 111 | Site builder | | Hamburg | London | | --- | --- | --- | | Unknown | 50% 851 | 40% 922 | | WordPress | 40% 679 | 35% 814 | | Squarespace | 2% 35 | 10% 229 | | Wix | 3% 51 | 8% 191 | | Shopify | 0% 5 | 3% 59 | | Webflow | 2% 28 | 1% 34 | | Jimdo | 3% 58 | 0% 3 | Booking and ordering vendors | | Hamburg | London | | --- | --- | --- | | [OpenTable](https://directindex.org/vendors/opentable) | 85 | 131 | | [SevenRooms](https://directindex.org/vendors/sevenrooms) | 0 | 155 | | [Deliveroo](https://directindex.org/vendors/deliveroo) | 0 | 96 | | [Just Eat](https://directindex.org/vendors/justeat) | 65 | 22 | | [Uber Eats](https://directindex.org/vendors/ubereats) | 11 | 31 | | [Dojo](https://directindex.org/vendors/dojo) | 0 | 35 | | [Slerp](https://directindex.org/vendors/slerp) | 0 | 22 | | [Toast](https://directindex.org/vendors/toast) | 0 | 20 | | [Wolt](https://directindex.org/vendors/wolt) | 13 | 0 | | [gastronovi](https://directindex.org/vendors/gastronovi) | 11 | 0 | Menu, channel and builder shares are over the reachable sites (1,710 in Hamburg, 2,308 in London). Vendor counts are sites whose booking or ordering runs through that vendor, direct or marketplace, from the daily vendor pass. Month by month ## Hamburg / London, month by month Each cell reads Hamburg / London. A month is final once it ends; the current month updates hourly. Each city's dated pages: [Hamburg](https://directindex.org/city/hamburg), [London](https://directindex.org/city/london). | Month | Sites scanned | Book or order on their own site | Turn a crawler away | Score A or B | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | October 2026 so far | 2,168 / 3,147 | 30% / 61% | 35% / 31% | 389 / 1,058 | More ## Keep comparing [Germany: every city](https://directindex.org/country/de) · [United Kingdom: every city](https://directindex.org/country/gb) · [Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings?kind=restaurants) · [Pick two other cities](https://directindex.org/compare) · [Hamburg on a map](https://directindex.org/city/hamburg/map) · [London on a map](https://directindex.org/city/london/map) #### The Direct Index [Why direct](https://directindex.org/why)[What agent-direct means](https://directindex.org/agent-direct)[About and principles](https://directindex.org/about)[Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology)[Privacy](https://directindex.org/privacy)[Terms](https://directindex.org/terms) #### Use it [Free scanner](https://directindex.org/scan)[City indexes](https://directindex.org/cities)[Search the index](https://directindex.org/search)[Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings)[What assistants recommend](https://directindex.org/assistants)[Ask the index](https://directindex.org/ask) #### Vendors and help [Booking and ordering vendors](https://directindex.org/vendors)[Do their terms allow agents?](https://directindex.org/vendors/terms)[Vendor verification](https://directindex.org/vendors/verification)[Website builders](https://directindex.org/builders)[Who can fix this](https://directindex.org/providers)[For agencies](https://directindex.org/agency) #### For agents [llms.txt](https://directindex.org/llms.txt)[llms-full.txt](https://directindex.org/llms-full.txt)[OpenAPI](https://directindex.org/openapi.json)[MCP server](https://directindex.org/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)[A2A agent](https://directindex.org/.well-known/agent-card.json)[Direct feeds](https://directindex.org/direct.json) #### Data [Open data, CSV and JSON](https://directindex.org/data)[The quarterly edition](https://directindex.org/editions)[City data, JSON and Markdown](https://directindex.org/cities)[Sitemap](https://directindex.org/sitemap.xml) Business listings from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. 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