25% of business websites are ready for AI agents

170,576 scanned business websites in 675 indexes, as scanned by 17 October 2026.

Main points

That is 25% of 170,576 scanned business websites.
By kind of business: highest among restaurants (32%), lowest among tours, attractions and museums (12%).
Among 101 restaurant indexes, Miami is highest at 51%; the median is 35%.

Figure 1

By kind of business

Kind	Share	Of
restaurants	32%	79,214
cafes and bars	23%	32,657
hairdressers and beauty salons	14%	16,993
dentists, clinics and vets	16%	31,259
tours, attractions and museums	12%	10,453

Figure 2

Restaurants, city by city

another restaurant indexmedian, 35%

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101 restaurant indexes. The median is 35%; the highest is Miami at 51%.

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Miami US	51%	215
2	Dublin IE	50%	408
3	Aarhus DK	49%	266
4	Minneapolis US	48%	417
5	Lille FR	48%	264
6	Edinburgh GB	48%	453
7	Valencia ES	47%	260
8	Utrecht NL	47%	551
9	Washington US	47%	1,299
10	Calgary CA	47%	582

All 101 restaurant indexes

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Miami US	51%	215
2	Dublin IE	50%	408
3	Aarhus DK	49%	266
4	Minneapolis US	48%	417
5	Lille FR	48%	264
6	Edinburgh GB	48%	453
7	Valencia ES	47%	260
8	Utrecht NL	47%	551
9	Washington US	47%	1,299
10	Calgary CA	47%	582
11	Madrid ES	45%	1,033
12	Glasgow GB	44%	250
13	Birmingham GB	44%	311
13	Dallas US	44%	707
15	Nantes FR	44%	376
16	Ghent BE	43%	420
17	Orlando US	43%	280
18	Boston US	43%	811
19	Sydney AU	42%	746
20	New York US	42%	4,126
21	San Francisco US	42%	1,100
22	London GB	42%	2,929
23	Phoenix US	42%	491
24	Manchester GB	42%	238
25	Austin US	42%	638
25	San Diego US	42%	795
27	Paris FR	41%	2,853
28	Charlotte US	41%	338
29	Chicago US	40%	1,517
30	Lyon FR	40%	841
31	Atlanta US	40%	493
31	Vancouver CA	40%	931
33	Philadelphia US	39%	640
34	Barcelona ES	39%	679
35	Auckland NZ	39%	334
36	Los Angeles US	39%	1,440
36	Strasbourg FR	39%	367
38	Houston US	39%	610
39	Seattle US	38%	874
39	The Hague NL	38%	510
41	Denver US	38%	763
42	Lausanne CH	38%	289
43	Brussels BE	38%	800
44	Marseille FR	37%	218
45	Toronto CA	37%	1,118
46	Melbourne AU	37%	970
47	Brisbane AU	37%	256
48	Antwerp BE	36%	424
49	Bordeaux FR	36%	363
50	Eindhoven NL	35%	277
51	Singapore SG	35%	542
51	Toulouse FR	35%	426
53	San Jose US	35%	570
54	Turin IT	35%	286
55	Ottawa CA	35%	516
56	Nice FR	33%	369
57	Dresden DE	33%	394
58	Amsterdam NL	32%	1,257
58	Dubai AE	32%	200
58	Florence IT	32%	200
61	Milan IT	31%	972
62	Hanover DE	30%	459
63	Bremen DE	28%	443
64	Montreal CA	28%	791
64	Rotterdam NL	28%	440
66	Lisbon PT	27%	1,088
67	Leipzig DE	27%	395
68	Graz AT	27%	278
69	Rome IT	27%	753
70	Zurich CH	27%	812
71	Copenhagen DK	27%	1,101
71	Essen DE	27%	347
73	Porto PT	26%	482
74	Düsseldorf DE	26%	592
74	Geneva CH	26%	256
76	Stuttgart DE	25%	767
77	Malmö SE	25%	215
78	Basel CH	25%	226
78	Cologne DE	25%	985
78	Munich DE	25%	1,742
81	Venice IT	24%	207
81	Vienna AT	24%	2,562
83	Nuremberg DE	24%	588
84	Gothenburg SE	24%	419
85	Frankfurt DE	23%	962
86	Verona IT	23%	592
87	Athens GR	23%	329
88	Hamburg DE	21%	2,030
89	Helsinki FI	20%	823
90	Berlin DE	19%	4,655
91	Bern CH	19%	313
91	Dortmund DE	19%	313
93	Oslo NO	17%	432
94	Warsaw PL	17%	594
95	Osaka JP	16%	226
96	Mexico City MX	15%	227
97	Istanbul TR	14%	275
98	Stockholm SE	13%	1,351
99	Budapest HU	13%	829
100	Prague CZ	12%	1,198
101	Tokyo JP	9.8%	439

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

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About these numbers
Ready means grade A or B on the Agent-Direct Score, the open method on /methodology. Provisional grades are included.

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25% of business websites are ready for AI agents (The Direct Index, 17 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/grade-ab).

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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.