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

25% of business websites are ready for AI agents

176,262 scanned business websites in 675 indexes, as scanned by 17 October 2026.

Main points
  • That is 25% of 176,262 scanned business websites.
  • By kind of business: highest among restaurants (32%), lowest among tours, attractions and museums (12%).
  • Among 19 salon indexes, Paris is highest at 22%; the median is 15%.
Figure 1

By kind of business

KindShareOf
restaurants32%82,167
cafes and bars23%32,767
hairdressers and beauty salons15%19,330
dentists, clinics and vets16%31,283
tours, attractions and museums12%10,715
Figure 2

Hairdressers and beauty salons, city by city

another salon indexmedian, 15%
0%13%25%

19 salon indexes. The median is 15%; the highest is Paris at 22%.

#IndexShareOf
1Paris FR22%326
2Vancouver CA21%209
3New York US20%478
4Miami US20%2,373
5Amsterdam NL20%251
6Toronto CA19%338
7London GB18%791
8Helsinki FI18%334
9Seattle US18%240
10Melbourne AU15%241
All 19 salon indexes
#IndexShareOf
1Paris FR22%326
2Vancouver CA21%209
3New York US20%478
4Miami US20%2,373
5Amsterdam NL20%251
6Toronto CA19%338
7London GB18%791
8Helsinki FI18%334
9Seattle US18%240
10Melbourne AU15%241
11Munich DE13%410
12Zurich CH12%273
13Lisbon PT12%336
14Stockholm SE11%268
15Berlin DE10%3,389
16Cologne DE9.0%244
17Vienna AT8.2%291
18Hamburg DE6.0%418
19Budapest HU1.7%345

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.