Dataset · Quick commerce
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.
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 | 19counted 31 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Rank among cities | 104 of 688under 1% of India's 13,740 stores |
| Apps with a store here | 5: Blinkit, JioMart, Flipkart Minutes, Swiggy Instamart, Zepto |
| Apps not found here | BigBasket, DMartin our weekly checks |
| Named areas with a store | 10most stores: Katpadi (3), Thottapalayam (2), Vellore Fort (2) |
| Checked | 23 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026weekly, per app |
Counted on 31 Oct 2026
Stores in Vellore
- Blinkit526%
- JioMart526%
- Zepto316%
- Flipkart Minutes316%
- Swiggy Instamart316%
What the Vellore 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 864 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, 19 stores) and Chennai (125 km, 535 stores).
Areas of Vellore with the most stores
all 10- Katpadi3 stores: Blinkit, JioMart, Swiggy Instamart
- Thottapalayam2 stores: Blinkit, Zepto
- Vellore Fort2 stores: Blinkit, Zepto
- Ariyur1 store: JioMart
- Bagayam1 store: Swiggy Instamart
- Kagithapatarai1 store: Swiggy Instamart
- Saidapet1 store: JioMart
- Sathuvacheri1 store: Flipkart Minutes
- Vit1 store: Zepto
- VIT University1 store: Flipkart Minutes
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 Tamil Nadu864 stores in 28 cities
- Dark stores in Chittoor30 km away, 12 stores
- Dark stores in Tirupati86 km away, 19 stores
- Dark stores in Chennai125 km away, 535 stores
- Dark stores in Puducherry135 km away, 14 stores
- Dark stores in Bengaluru167 km away, 1,302 stores
- Dark stores in Salem177 km away, 21 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 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?
- 864, in 28 cities, counted by Rewalto on 31 October 2026; Vellore has 19 of them.