# 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.

## Key facts

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Dark stores | 13; counted 31 Oct 2026 |
| Rank among cities | 141 of 688; under 1% of India's 13,748 stores |
| Apps with a store here | 3: JioMart, Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart |
| Apps not found here | Zepto, Flipkart Minutes, BigBasket, DMart; in our weekly checks |
| Named areas with a store | 11; most stores: Nattassery S H Mount (2), Athirampuzha (1), Ayarkunnam (1) |
| Checked | 23 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026; weekly, per app |

## Stores by app

| App | Stores |
| --- | --- |
| JioMart | 9 |
| Blinkit | 2 |
| Swiggy Instamart | 2 |

## Areas with the most stores

| Area | Stores | Apps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nattassery S H Mount | 2 | JioMart |
| Athirampuzha | 1 | Swiggy Instamart |
| Ayarkunnam | 1 | JioMart |
| Erayikadavu | 1 | Blinkit |
| Ettumanur | 1 | JioMart |
| Gandhi Nagar SO Kottayam | 1 | JioMart |
| Kanakari | 1 | JioMart |
| Manganam | 1 | JioMart |
| Nagampadam | 1 | Swiggy Instamart |
| Pakkil | 1 | JioMart |
| Pampady | 1 | JioMart |

## What the 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).

## 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.

Every city and app: https://rewalto.com/data/dark-stores

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Last content change: 2026-10-31