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 8 tour and attraction indexes, Paris is highest at 20%; the median is 9.3%.
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

Tours, attractions and museums, city by city

another tour and attraction indexmedian, 9.3%
0%10%20%

8 tour and attraction indexes. The median is 9.3%; the highest is Paris at 20%.

#IndexShareOf
1Paris FR20%203
2Lisbon PT12%354
3London GB10%343
4Berlin DE9.7%1,790
5Miami US8.8%1,473
6Hamburg DE8.0%287
7Budapest HU2.8%211
8Tokyo JP2.0%252

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.