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

20,590 business websites scanned in 9 cities of United States, across 44 indexes. 59% of the reachable sites take a booking or an order on their own site, 38% turn an AI crawler away at the edge, 33% of scanned sites score A or B. Numbers as of 2026-10-14.

20,590

business websites scanned, of 22,876 with a site of their own

59%

take a booking or an order on their own site

38%

turn an AI crawler away at the edge

33%

score A or B (6,805 sites)

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A 2120 · B 4685 · C 4141 · D 2466 · F 7178

Shares are over the 15,884 reachable sites; A or B over all scanned. [Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/country/us?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/api/country/us) · [Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings).

 Cities

## United States, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New York](https://directindex.org/city/new-york)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/new-york) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-tours) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-clinics) | 7,386 | 56% | 36% | 34% |
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A 815 · B 1721 · C 1382 · D 921 · F 2547

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| [Chicago](https://directindex.org/city/chicago)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/chicago) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-tours) | 2,784 | 61% | 41% | 33% |
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A 301 · B 615 · C 550 · D 329 · F 989

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| [Los Angeles](https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles-tours) | 2,508 | 60% | 44% | 31% |
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A 240 · B 530 · C 494 · D 295 · F 949

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| [Seattle](https://directindex.org/city/seattle)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/seattle) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/seattle-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/seattle-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/seattle-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/seattle-tours) | 2,224 | 61% | 35% | 31% |
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A 166 · B 517 · C 514 · D 299 · F 728

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| [San Francisco](https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco-tours) | 1,961 | 60% | 40% | 33% |
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A 224 · B 417 · C 385 · D 185 · F 750

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| [Boston](https://directindex.org/city/boston)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/boston) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/boston-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/boston-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/boston-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours) | 1,374 | 63% | 33% | 36% |
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A 177 · B 312 · C 291 · D 179 · F 415

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| [Austin](https://directindex.org/city/austin)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/austin) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/austin-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/austin-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/austin-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/austin-tours) | 1,189 | 66% | 37% | 34% |
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A 108 · B 296 · C 265 · D 125 · F 395

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| [Washington, DC](https://directindex.org/city/washington-cafes-bars)
[cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/washington-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/washington-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/washington-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/washington-tours) | 814 | 60% | 40% | 27% |
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A 42 · B 179 · C 191 · D 106 · F 296

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| [Miami](https://directindex.org/city/miami)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/miami) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/miami-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/miami-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/miami-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/miami-tours) | 350 | 61% | 29% | 41% |
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A 47 · B 98 · C 69 · D 27 · F 109

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Side by side: [New York / Chicago](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/new-york) · [New York / Los Angeles](https://directindex.org/compare/los-angeles/new-york) · [New York / Seattle](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/seattle) · [New York / San Francisco](https://directindex.org/compare/new-york/san-francisco) · [New York / Boston](https://directindex.org/compare/boston/new-york) · [Chicago / Los Angeles](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/los-angeles) · [Chicago / Seattle](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/seattle) · [Chicago / San Francisco](https://directindex.org/compare/chicago/san-francisco) · [Chicago / Boston](https://directindex.org/compare/boston/chicago) · [Los Angeles / Seattle](https://directindex.org/compare/los-angeles/seattle).

 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 8 indexes | 11,245 | 63% | 37% | 40% |
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A 1678 · B 2767 · C 1851 · D 1166 · F 3783

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| cafes and bars 9 indexes | 5,025 | 51% | 41% | 29% |
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A 392 · B 1053 · C 996 · D 658 · F 1926

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| hairdressers and beauty salons 9 indexes | 1,776 | 60% | 36% | 17% |
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A 25 · B 280 · C 528 · D 280 · F 663

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| dentists, clinics and vets 9 indexes | 1,888 | 67% | 34% | 28% |
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A 22 · B 509 · C 566 · D 243 · F 548

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| tours, attractions and museums 9 indexes | 656 | 48% | 38% | 12% |
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A 3 · B 76 · C 200 · D 119 · F 258

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 Vendors

## Booking and ordering vendors common in United States

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 |
| --- | --- |
| [Toast](https://directindex.org/vendors/toast) | 1,628 |
| [OpenTable](https://directindex.org/vendors/opentable) | 618 |
| [Square](https://directindex.org/vendors/square) | 585 |
| [Resy](https://directindex.org/vendors/resy) | 513 |
| [DoorDash Storefront](https://directindex.org/vendors/doordash_storefront) | 403 |
| [BentoBox](https://directindex.org/vendors/bentobox) | 307 |
| [ChowNow](https://directindex.org/vendors/chownow) | 253 |
| [Grubhub](https://directindex.org/vendors/grubhub) | 144 |
| [SpotOn](https://directindex.org/vendors/spoton) | 140 |
| [SevenRooms](https://directindex.org/vendors/sevenrooms) | 124 |
| [DoorDash](https://directindex.org/vendors/doordash) | 96 |
| [Tock](https://directindex.org/vendors/tock) | 90 |

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