Dataset · Quick commerce
Dark stores in Kottayam: how many, which apps and which areas
On 31 October 2026, Rewalto counted 13 quick-commerce dark stores in Kottayam: JioMart 9, Blinkit 2 and Swiggy Instamart 2. Kottayam ranks 141 of 688 cities by store count, with under 1% of India's stores. It has 4% of the stores Rewalto counts in Kerala.
Part of Rewalto's count of dark stores in India, by app, city and pin code. New to the term? Read what a dark store is.
Key facts
| Dark stores | 13counted 31 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Rank among cities | 141 of 688under 1% of India's 13,740 stores |
| Apps with a store here | 3: JioMart, Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart |
| Apps not found here | Zepto, Flipkart Minutes, BigBasket, DMartin our weekly checks |
| Named areas with a store | 11most stores: Nattassery S H Mount (2), Athirampuzha (1), Ayarkunnam (1) |
| Checked | 23 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026weekly, per app |
Counted on 31 Oct 2026
Stores in Kottayam
- Blinkit215%
- JioMart969%
- Swiggy Instamart215%
What the Kottayam counts show
- JioMart runs more than half of Kottayam's dark stores: 9 of 13.
- JioMart holds 69% of the stores here, against 23% across India.
- No Zepto, Flipkart Minutes, BigBasket or DMart store was found in Kottayam in our checks.
- 11 named areas have at least one store. Nattassery S H Mount (2), Athirampuzha (1) and Ayarkunnam (1) have the most, 31% of the city's stores together.
- 1 store has no named area, because the app did not show one.
- Kottayam holds 4% of the 360 stores Rewalto counts in 23 Kerala cities, the 8th most in the state.
- Across the state that is 1.2 stores per 100,000 people living in Kerala's towns and cities (official projection for 1 March 2026: 29.5 million). For India the figure is 2.7.
- The nearest other cities Rewalto counts are Kochi (49 km, 111 stores), Kalamassery (56 km, 14 stores) and Kollam (79 km, 20 stores).
Areas of Kottayam with the most stores
all 11- Nattassery S H Mount2 stores: JioMart
- Athirampuzha1 store: Swiggy Instamart
- Ayarkunnam1 store: JioMart
- Erayikadavu1 store: Blinkit
- Ettumanur1 store: JioMart
- Gandhi Nagar SO Kottayam1 store: JioMart
- Kanakari1 store: JioMart
- Manganam1 store: JioMart
- Nagampadam1 store: Swiggy Instamart
- Pakkil1 store: JioMart
- Pampady1 store: JioMart
Counts are what the apps show shoppers, so they are a floor, not a census. How we count dark stores. State population: Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, Government of India, 2020. City location: Wikidata, read 28 October 2026.
Related
- Dark stores in IndiaAll 13,740 stores, by app and city
- Dark stores in Kerala360 stores in 23 cities
- Dark stores in Kochi49 km away, 111 stores
- Dark stores in Kalamassery56 km away, 14 stores
- Dark stores in Kollam79 km away, 20 stores
- Dark stores in Thrissur109 km away, 39 stores
- Dark stores in Thiruvananthapuram132 km away, 64 stores
- Dark stores in Palakkad133 km away, 19 stores
- Dark-store coverage map
- Stock state by pin code
- Delivery time by pin code
- What is a dark store?
- Quick commerce market share
Questions people ask
- How many dark stores are there in Kottayam?
- 13, counted by Rewalto on 31 October 2026 across 3 apps.
- Which quick-commerce apps deliver from dark stores in Kottayam?
- JioMart, Blinkit and Swiggy Instamart. We found no Zepto, Flipkart Minutes, BigBasket or DMart store in Kottayam in our checks.
- How many dark stores are there in Kerala?
- 360, in 23 cities, counted by Rewalto on 31 October 2026; Kottayam has 13 of them.