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

7,460 business websites scanned in 5 cities of France, across 25 indexes. 51% of the reachable sites take a booking or an order on their own site, 20% turn an AI crawler away at the edge, 34% of scanned sites score A or B. Numbers as of 2026-10-14.

7,460

business websites scanned, of 8,675 with a site of their own

51%

take a booking or an order on their own site

20%

turn an AI crawler away at the edge

34%

score A or B (2,532 sites)

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A 759 · B 1773 · C 1829 · D 1362 · F 1737

Shares are over the 6,610 reachable sites; A or B over all scanned. [Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/country/fr?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/api/country/fr) · [Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings).

 Cities

## France, city by city

Every index of each city added together; the kinds are listed under the city and each has its own page.

| City | Sites scanned | Book or order on their own site | Turn a crawler away | A or B | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Paris](https://directindex.org/city/paris)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/paris) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/paris-cafes-bars) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/paris-tours) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/paris-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/paris-clinics) | 4,556 | 53% | 21% | 36% |
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A 526 · B 1118 · C 1037 · D 778 · F 1097

 |
| [Lyon](https://directindex.org/city/lyon)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/lyon) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/lyon-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/lyon-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/lyon-tours) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/lyon-cafes-bars) | 1,374 | 49% | 21% | 31% |
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A 105 · B 323 · C 354 · D 282 · F 310

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| [Bordeaux](https://directindex.org/city/bordeaux)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/bordeaux) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/bordeaux-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/bordeaux-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/bordeaux-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/bordeaux-tours) | 623 | 48% | 20% | 30% |
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A 61 · B 125 · C 193 · D 127 · F 117

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| [Nice](https://directindex.org/city/nice)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/nice) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/nice-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/nice-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/nice-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/nice-tours) | 552 | 41% | 17% | 28% |
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A 35 · B 120 · C 163 · D 117 · F 117

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| [Marseille](https://directindex.org/city/marseille)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/marseille) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/marseille-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/marseille-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/marseille-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/marseille-tours) | 355 | 46% | 20% | 34% |
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A 32 · B 87 · C 82 · D 58 · F 96

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Side by side: [Paris / Lyon](https://directindex.org/compare/lyon/paris) · [Paris / Bordeaux](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/paris) · [Paris / Nice](https://directindex.org/compare/nice/paris) · [Paris / Marseille](https://directindex.org/compare/marseille/paris) · [Lyon / Bordeaux](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/lyon) · [Lyon / Nice](https://directindex.org/compare/lyon/nice) · [Lyon / Marseille](https://directindex.org/compare/lyon/marseille) · [Bordeaux / Nice](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/nice) · [Bordeaux / Marseille](https://directindex.org/compare/bordeaux/marseille) · [Nice / Marseille](https://directindex.org/compare/marseille/nice).

 Kinds

## By kind of business

| Kind | Sites scanned | Book or order on their own site | Turn a crawler away | A or B | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| restaurants and fast food 5 indexes | 4,800 | 49% | 19% | 38% |
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A 620 · B 1225 · C 1006 · D 906 · F 1043

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| cafes and bars 5 indexes | 1,257 | 49% | 25% | 32% |
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A 111 · B 287 · C 310 · D 206 · F 343

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| hairdressers and beauty salons 5 indexes | 689 | 54% | 29% | 20% |
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A 20 · B 117 · C 220 · D 125 · F 207

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| dentists, clinics and vets 5 indexes | 346 | 66% | 12% | 21% |
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A 3 · B 69 · C 152 · D 61 · F 61

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| tours, attractions and museums 5 indexes | 368 | 62% | 18% | 22% |
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A 5 · B 75 · C 141 · D 64 · F 83

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 Vendors

## Booking and ordering vendors common in France

Sites in the country whose booking or ordering runs through each vendor, on the business's own domain or on a marketplace, from the daily vendor pass. Each vendor's page says how its sites score.

| Vendor | Sites |
| --- | --- |
| [Zenchef](https://directindex.org/vendors/zenchef) | 615 |
| [Uber Eats](https://directindex.org/vendors/ubereats) | 140 |
| [Deliveroo](https://directindex.org/vendors/deliveroo) | 132 |
| [TheFork](https://directindex.org/vendors/thefork) | 129 |
| [Doctolib](https://directindex.org/vendors/doctolib) | 85 |
| [Planity](https://directindex.org/vendors/planity) | 69 |
| [SevenRooms](https://directindex.org/vendors/sevenrooms) | 60 |
| [Privateaser](https://directindex.org/vendors/privateaser) | 20 |
| [Treatwell](https://directindex.org/vendors/treatwell) | 13 |
| [Square](https://directindex.org/vendors/square) | 11 |
| [GloriaFood](https://directindex.org/vendors/gloriafood) | 5 |
| [Fresha](https://directindex.org/vendors/fresha) | 4 |

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