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Swiggy Instamart vs BigBasket

Swiggy Instamart leads BigBasket across India with 1296 stores to 877 - a 48% margin.

Swiggy Instamart
1,296 stores

203 cities · 17.5% share

BigBasket
877 stores

113 cities · 11.9% share

Where each one is across India

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  • Swiggy Instamart 1,296
  • BigBasket 877
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Head to head

Metric Instamart BigBasket
Total stores 1,296 877
Cities with presence 203 113
States with presence 24 21
Market share 17.5% 11.9%
Top city Bangalore Bangalore
Stores in top city 171 128
Cities where both operate 85 85
Cities only this platform 118 28
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Top 15 cities by combined store count

Where both platforms concentrate their networks.

City Instamart BigBasket Total
Bangalore 171 128 299
Hyderabad 104 77 181
Chennai 89 59 148
Delhi 75 61 136
Mumbai 65 48 113
Pune 51 53 104
Kolkata 38 36 74
Gurgaon 34 36 70
Lucknow 18 20 38
Noida 23 13 36
Thane 24 12 36
Ghaziabad 17 18 35
Navi Mumbai 24 10 34
Ahmedabad 18 15 33
Patna 10 14 24

Coverage gaps

Cities where each platform operates exclusively. 85 cities served by all platforms in this comparison.

Only Swiggy Instamart

20
  • Jaipur 16 stores
  • Coimbatore 16 stores
  • Meerut 4 stores
  • Nashik 5 stores
  • Jalandhar 2 stores
  • Amritsar 2 stores

+ 14 more

Only BigBasket

20
  • Asansol 1 store
  • Manesar 1 store
  • Durgapur 2 stores
  • Khardaha 2 stores
  • Ayodhya 2 stores
  • Kalyan-Dombivli 1 store

+ 14 more

The coverage gaps roughly balance - each platform reaches a handful of cities the other misses.

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About the platforms

Swiggy Instamart

Parent
Swiggy
Founded
2014 (Instamart: 2020)
Headquarters
Bangalore, Karnataka
Total stores
1,296
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BigBasket

Parent
BigBasket (a Tata Digital company)
Founded
2011 (BigBasket: 2022)
Headquarters
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Total stores
877
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What this means for you

Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket share many cities but each has pockets the other doesn't reach. Swiggy Instamart is the only option in Jaipur and Coimbatore, while BigBasket is the only option in Asansol and Manesar. Bangalore is the hottest city for both platforms.

About this comparison

From our read of last month. Store counts, area coverage and exclusive-area figures are from that read; exact locations and files are for clients. Methodology → · Report incorrect data →

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