The Direct Index
The numbers / Agents · live, 2026-10-17

46% of business websites take a booking or an order themselves

161,416 reachable business websites in 675 indexes, as scanned by 17 October 2026.

Main points
  • That is 46% of 161,416 reachable business websites.
  • By kind of business: highest among dentists, clinics and vets (50%), lowest among tours, attractions and museums (40%).
  • Among 33 clinic indexes, Calgary is highest at 76%; the median is 52%.
Figure 1

By kind of business

Figure 2

Dentists, clinics and vets, city by city

another clinic indexmedian, 52%
0%50%100%

33 clinic indexes. The median is 52%; the highest is Calgary at 76%.

#IndexShareOf
1Calgary CA76%190
2London GB75%905
3Toronto CA75%461
4Melbourne AU72%460
5Dallas US72%220
6Seattle US71%205
7New York US69%585
8Sydney AU67%302
9Los Angeles US66%212
10Brisbane AU65%217
All 33 clinic indexes
#IndexShareOf
1Calgary CA76%190
2London GB75%905
3Toronto CA75%461
4Melbourne AU72%460
5Dallas US72%220
6Seattle US71%205
7New York US69%585
8Sydney AU67%302
9Los Angeles US66%212
10Brisbane AU65%217
11Zurich CH58%207
12Munich DE55%922
13Miami US55%2,768
14Amsterdam NL54%249
14Vienna AT54%834
16Graz AT53%240
17Cologne DE52%467
18Frankfurt DE50%360
19Stuttgart DE48%370
20Leipzig DE47%315
21Düsseldorf DE47%247
22Hanover DE45%368
23Hamburg DE44%1,045
24Lisbon PT42%459
25Berlin DE41%7,425
26Nuremberg DE41%211
27Dortmund DE40%323
28Bremen DE35%254
29Madrid ES34%285
30Dresden DE29%357
31Tokyo JP28%265
32Warsaw PL11%419
33Budapest HU6.6%303

Indexes under 200 scanned websites are left out. The "Of" column is the base each figure rests on.

About these numbers
Counted when the site takes the booking or order on its own pages or through a vendor acting for the business. A link out to a marketplace doesn't count.
Cite this

46% of business websites take a booking or an order themselves (The Direct Index, 17 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/direct-booking).

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