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30% of business websites that show a copyright year say 2024 or older, in the 667 indexes read so far

42,689 sites that show a year in 667 indexes, as of 17 October 2026. 95 of 675 indexes have enough pages read to be compared so far.

Main points

That is 30% of 42,689 sites that show a year.
By kind of business: highest among hairdressers and beauty salons (36%), lowest among tours, attractions and museums (25%).
Among 59 restaurant indexes, Rome is highest at 41%; the median is 29%.

Figure 1

By kind of business

Kind	Share	Of
restaurants	30%	18,844
cafes and bars	30%	7,000
hairdressers and beauty salons	36%	5,208
dentists, clinics and vets	29%	9,052
tours, attractions and museums	25%	2,585

Figure 2

Restaurants, city by city

another restaurant indexmedian, 29%

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59 restaurant indexes. The median is 29%; the highest is Rome at 41%.

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Rome IT	41%	173
2	Verona IT	40%	168
3	Warsaw PL	39%	140
4	Madrid ES	39%	233
5	Barcelona ES	38%	143
6	Calgary CA	37%	142
7	Brussels BE	37%	160
8	Nuremberg DE	37%	133
9	Frankfurt DE	37%	213
9	Munich DE	37%	333

All 59 restaurant indexes

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Rome IT	41%	173
2	Verona IT	40%	168
3	Warsaw PL	39%	140
4	Madrid ES	39%	233
5	Barcelona ES	38%	143
6	Calgary CA	37%	142
7	Brussels BE	37%	160
8	Nuremberg DE	37%	133
9	Frankfurt DE	37%	213
9	Munich DE	37%	333
11	Milan IT	36%	279
12	Budapest HU	35%	223
13	Prague CZ	34%	291
13	Vancouver CA	34%	227
15	Stuttgart DE	34%	170
16	Stockholm SE	33%	277
17	Hamburg DE	33%	373
17	Seattle US	33%	159
19	Helsinki FI	32%	176
20	Lisbon PT	32%	266
21	Rotterdam NL	32%	109
22	Berlin DE	31%	861
23	Atlanta US	31%	120
24	Cologne DE	31%	218
25	Zurich CH	31%	157
26	Hanover DE	30%	120
26	Toronto CA	30%	243
28	Los Angeles US	30%	278
29	Lyon FR	30%	287
30	San Francisco US	29%	208
31	Porto PT	29%	113
32	Singapore SG	29%	162
33	Sydney AU	29%	206
34	Melbourne AU	28%	277
35	Minneapolis US	28%	107
36	San Jose US	28%	169
36	Vienna AT	28%	618
38	Utrecht NL	28%	119
39	San Diego US	27%	233
40	Düsseldorf DE	27%	138
41	Chicago US	27%	315
41	Denver US	27%	161
43	London GB	27%	666
44	Washington US	26%	292
45	New York US	26%	851
46	Boston US	26%	147
47	Houston US	26%	141
47	The Hague NL	26%	141
49	Copenhagen DK	25%	207
49	Montreal CA	25%	207
51	Amsterdam NL	24%	292
52	Austin US	24%	101
53	Ottawa CA	24%	157
54	Philadelphia US	24%	170
55	Dallas US	23%	184
56	Phoenix US	23%	123
57	Paris FR	22%	776
58	Miami US	20%	881
59	Nice FR	20%	114

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
Read from the newest year next to a © or the word copyright. An old year shows that the footer wasn't updated, not that nothing else was.

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30% of business websites that show a copyright year say 2024 or older, in the 667 indexes read so far (The Direct Index, 17 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/copyright-year).

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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.