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Flipkart Minutes overtakes Instamart with 627 dark stores
CLSA count across top 10 cities puts Minutes ahead of Instamart’s 615; Blinkit still leads at 969 as density race hits 477 cities.
Ananya Rao, Editor··4 min read
Minutes has also pulled ahead on pincode coverage in the same cities. The arm crossed 1,000 micro-fulfilment centres nationally by June and is adding more than 100 stores a month, with sharp growth in Tier-3 locations such as Ara and Muzaffarpur.
Dark-store managers and riders feel the density first: shorter pick paths and higher order density per square foot decide whether a 10-minute promise holds at peak. A single extra node in a dense pin can cut failed deliveries and idle time.
Minutes had 627 dark stores across the 10 cities compared with 615 for Instamart.
The overtake squeezes Instamart’s unit economics narrative while helping Flipkart’s broader marketplace sellers who now piggyback faster last-mile. Blinkit’s lead remains the benchmark every rival must fund against.
Watch the end-2026 target of 1,500 Minutes stores and any festive-season order-volume disclosures from the three listed parents.