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15% business websites load a consent manager, in the 674 indexes read so far

148,139 business websites read in 674 indexes, as of 17 October 2026. 122 of 675 indexes have enough pages read to be compared so far.

Main points

That is 15% of 148,139 business websites read.
The most common: Complianz (5,214), Cookiebot (4,745), Borlabs (2,452).
By kind of business: highest among tours, attractions and museums (21%), lowest among cafes and bars (12%).
Among 18 clinic indexes, Cologne is highest at 35%; the median is 23%.

Figure 1

Which consent managers

Tool	Sites
Complianz	5,214
Cookiebot	4,745
Borlabs	2,452
CookieYes	1,985
iubenda	1,186
OneTrust	1,165
CookieControl	1,118
Usercentrics	941

Figure 2

By kind of business

Kind	Share	Of
restaurants	13%	67,051
cafes and bars	12%	26,931
hairdressers and beauty salons	14%	16,738
dentists, clinics and vets	20%	28,152
tours, attractions and museums	21%	9,267

Figure 3

Dentists, clinics and vets, city by city

another clinic indexmedian, 23%

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18 clinic indexes. The median is 23%; the highest is Cologne at 35%.

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Cologne DE	35%	454
2	Hanover DE	32%	363
3	Munich DE	31%	904
4	Hamburg DE	31%	1,021
5	Leipzig DE	27%	302
6	Dortmund DE	26%	316
6	Frankfurt DE	26%	348
8	Dresden DE	23%	350
8	Lisbon PT	23%	436
10	Berlin DE	23%	7,045

All 18 clinic indexes

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Cologne DE	35%	454
2	Hanover DE	32%	363
3	Munich DE	31%	904
4	Hamburg DE	31%	1,021
5	Leipzig DE	27%	302
6	Dortmund DE	26%	316
6	Frankfurt DE	26%	348
8	Dresden DE	23%	350
8	Lisbon PT	23%	436
10	Berlin DE	23%	7,045
11	Stuttgart DE	23%	358
11	Vienna AT	23%	830
13	Warsaw PL	21%	418
14	London GB	14%	891
15	Miami US	7.3%	2,532
16	New York US	7.0%	555
17	Toronto CA	6.2%	453
18	Melbourne AU	3.4%	446

Indexes are compared once 300 pages, and half of the scanned sites, have been read. The "Of" column is the base each figure rests on.

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About these numbers
Counted when the page loads one of 19 known consent-management tools. Banners written by hand aren't recognised, so this is a lower bound.

Cite this

15% business websites load a consent manager, in the 674 indexes read so far (The Direct Index, 17 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/consent).

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Data: ODbL. Business data from OpenStreetMap contributors and Overture Maps; website facts from the Direct Index scanner, which reads each site's public pages.