# Dark stores in Vellore: how many, which apps and which areas

On 31 October 2026, Rewalto counted 19 quick-commerce dark stores in Vellore: Blinkit 5, JioMart 5, Flipkart Minutes 3, Swiggy Instamart 3 and Zepto 3. Vellore ranks 104 of 688 cities by store count, with under 1% of India's stores. It has 2% of the stores Rewalto counts in Tamil Nadu.

## Key facts

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Dark stores | 19; counted 31 Oct 2026 |
| Rank among cities | 104 of 688; under 1% of India's 13,748 stores |
| Apps with a store here | 5: Blinkit, JioMart, Flipkart Minutes, Swiggy Instamart, Zepto |
| Apps not found here | BigBasket, DMart; in our weekly checks |
| Named areas with a store | 10; most stores: Katpadi (3), Thottapalayam (2), Vellore Fort (2) |
| Checked | 23 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026; weekly, per app |

## Stores by app

| App | Stores |
| --- | --- |
| Blinkit | 5 |
| JioMart | 5 |
| Flipkart Minutes | 3 |
| Swiggy Instamart | 3 |
| Zepto | 3 |

## Areas with the most stores

| Area | Stores | Apps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katpadi | 3 | Blinkit, JioMart, Swiggy Instamart |
| Thottapalayam | 2 | Blinkit, Zepto |
| Vellore Fort | 2 | Blinkit, Zepto |
| Ariyur | 1 | JioMart |
| Bagayam | 1 | Swiggy Instamart |
| Kagithapatarai | 1 | Swiggy Instamart |
| Saidapet | 1 | JioMart |
| Sathuvacheri | 1 | Flipkart Minutes |
| Vit | 1 | Zepto |
| VIT University | 1 | Flipkart Minutes |

## What the counts show

- Blinkit and JioMart have the same number of stores in Vellore: 5 each.
- Blinkit holds 26% of the stores here, against 37% across India.
- No BigBasket or DMart store was found in Vellore in our checks.
- 10 named areas have at least one store. Katpadi (3), Thottapalayam (2) and Vellore Fort (2) have the most, 37% of the city's stores together.
- Katpadi is served by 3 apps: Blinkit, JioMart and Swiggy Instamart.
- 5 stores have no named area, because the app did not show one.
- Vellore holds 2% of the 866 stores Rewalto counts in 28 Tamil Nadu cities, the 7th most in the state.
- Across the state that is 2 stores per 100,000 people living in Tamil Nadu's towns and cities (official projection for 1 March 2026: 42.7 million). For India the figure is 2.7.
- The nearest other cities Rewalto counts are Chittoor (30 km, 12 stores), Tirupati (86 km, 17 stores) and Chennai (125 km, 535 stores).

## Questions people ask

### How many dark stores are there in Vellore?

19, counted by Rewalto on 31 October 2026 across 5 apps.

### Which quick-commerce apps deliver from dark stores in Vellore?

Blinkit, JioMart, Flipkart Minutes, Swiggy Instamart and Zepto. We found no BigBasket or DMart store in Vellore in our checks.

### How many dark stores are there in Tamil Nadu?

866, in 28 cities, counted by Rewalto on 31 October 2026; Vellore has 19 of them.

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

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Last content change: 2026-10-31