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title: Country by country: business websites and AI agents · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/countries?format=md
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# Country by country: which businesses can AI agents use?

26 countries, 60 cities, 103,948 business websites scanned the same way. 45% of the reachable sites take a booking or an order on their own site; 32% turn an AI crawler away at the edge. Numbers as of 2026-10-14.

| Country | Cities | Sites scanned | Book or order on their own site | Turn a crawler away | A or B | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [United States](https://directindex.org/country/us) | 9 | 20,590 | 59% | 38% | 33% |
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A 2120 · B 4685 · C 4141 · D 2466 · F 7178

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| [Germany](https://directindex.org/country/de) | 5 | 19,718 | 38% | 38% | 15% |
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A 614 · B 2388 · C 4598 · D 4659 · F 7459

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| [United Kingdom](https://directindex.org/country/gb) | 5 | 11,118 | 59% | 34% | 32% |
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A 1027 · B 2559 · C 2699 · D 1422 · F 3411

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| [France](https://directindex.org/country/fr) | 5 | 7,461 | 51% | 21% | 34% |
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A 759 · B 1768 · C 1821 · D 1354 · F 1759

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| [Canada](https://directindex.org/country/ca) | 3 | 6,099 | 52% | 35% | 29% |
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A 376 · B 1371 · C 1401 · D 951 · F 2000

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| [Italy](https://directindex.org/country/it) | 5 | 4,191 | 38% | 30% | 22% |
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A 179 · B 756 · C 975 · D 894 · F 1387

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| [Spain](https://directindex.org/country/es) | 4 | 4,175 | 49% | 28% | 31% |
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A 382 · B 917 · C 965 · D 790 · F 1121

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| [Austria](https://directindex.org/country/at) | 1 | 3,904 | 41% | 27% | 21% |
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A 179 · B 637 · C 946 · D 913 · F 1229

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| [Netherlands](https://directindex.org/country/nl) | 2 | 3,703 | 40% | 31% | 27% |
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A 244 · B 741 · C 925 · D 863 · F 930

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| [Belgium](https://directindex.org/country/be) | 2 | 2,527 | 44% | 19% | 28% |
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A 266 · B 439 · C 582 · D 540 · F 700

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| [Switzerland](https://directindex.org/country/ch) | 2 | 2,320 | 46% | 43% | 20% |
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A 113 · B 352 · C 559 · D 485 · F 811

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| [Czechia](https://directindex.org/country/cz) | 1 | 2,286 | 19% | 27% | 12% |
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A 30 · B 239 · C 401 · D 842 · F 774

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| [Sweden](https://directindex.org/country/se) | 1 | 2,274 | 29% | 18% | 13% |
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A 32 · B 266 · C 608 · D 650 · F 718

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| [Hungary](https://directindex.org/country/hu) | 1 | 2,205 | 12% | 30% | 7% |
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A 20 · B 133 · C 426 · D 645 · F 981

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| [Denmark](https://directindex.org/country/dk) | 1 | 2,021 | 39% | 24% | 23% |
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A 120 · B 349 · C 516 · D 495 · F 541

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| [Poland](https://directindex.org/country/pl) | 1 | 1,676 | 12% | 36% | 10% |
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A 18 · B 155 · C 380 · D 579 · F 544

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| [Finland](https://directindex.org/country/fi) | 1 | 1,673 | 37% | 22% | 18% |
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A 65 · B 242 · C 452 · D 398 · F 516

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| [Ireland](https://directindex.org/country/ie) | 2 | 1,414 | 60% | 36% | 32% |
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A 122 · B 330 · C 351 · D 226 · F 385

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| [Portugal](https://directindex.org/country/pt) | 2 | 971 | 46% | 32% | 26% |
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A 68 · B 187 · C 232 · D 177 · F 307

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| [Singapore](https://directindex.org/country/sg) | 1 | 954 | 55% | 33% | 34% |
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A 58 · B 263 · C 181 · D 129 · F 323

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| [Norway](https://directindex.org/country/no) | 1 | 844 | 37% | 21% | 16% |
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A 11 · B 125 · C 280 · D 205 · F 223

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| [Greece](https://directindex.org/country/gr) | 1 | 711 | 25% | 25% | 16% |
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A 14 · B 98 · C 181 · D 192 · F 226

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| [Argentina](https://directindex.org/country/ar) | 1 | 436 | 27% | 24% | 8% |
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A 4 · B 29 · C 86 · D 132 · F 185

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| [Mexico](https://directindex.org/country/mx) | 1 | 387 | 29% | 34% | 14% |
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A 12 · B 41 · C 74 · D 106 · F 154

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| [Brazil](https://directindex.org/country/br) | 1 | 290 | 27% | 33% | 11% |
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A 1 · B 30 · C 73 · D 73 · F 113

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| [Luxembourg](https://directindex.org/country/lu) | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |

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Business listings from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Scores under the same licence.

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```