Bahamas Digital Readiness Index · 2026 report
Annex A. Full tables
These are the full tables that the letter at the front of the report points to, each with the businesses it counts and when they were read. They sit behind findings in Parts 1, 2, 4 and 6: Figures A.1 and A.5 behind Part 4; Figure A.2 behind sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.6; Figure A.3 behind section 2.3; Figure A.4 behind sections 1.3 and 2.5 and Part 6; and Figures A.6 and A.7 behind section 2.4. Figures from the index carry "Index read ". Small groups are flagged, and in Figure A.4 an island with too few businesses for a WhatsApp share shows its count alone.
A.1 Industries
| Share of the industry's businesses with each door open | Businesses at each stage | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | Businesses | Average score, out of a hundred | Average doors open | Google Business Profile | Website | Facebook Page | No Doors Open | Doors Opening | Expected Doors Open | All Doors Open | |
| Tourism | 338 | 50.01 | 2.08 | 73.4% | 58.3% | 42.6% | 33.7% | 43 | 230 | 18 | 47 |
| Restaurants | 573 | 40.25 | 1.70 | 70.9% | 36.1% | 43.8% | 19.0% | 98 | 428 | 26 | 21 |
| Auto Services | 255 | 36.27 | 1.45 | 64.3% | 23.9% | 27.8% | 28.6% | 40 | 170 | 38 | 7 |
| Creative Servicessmall group | 30 | 36.17 | 1.53 | 46.7% | 50.0% | 20.0% | 36.7% | 7 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Salons/Beauty | 336 | 35.18 | 1.48 | 56.0% | 29.2% | 34.8% | 27.7% | 81 | 233 | 9 | 13 |
| Professional Services | 416 | 35.17 | 1.41 | 54.6% | 54.3% | 23.3% | 9.1% | 109 | 287 | 12 | 8 |
| Home Services | 253 | 30.44 | 1.24 | 38.7% | 27.7% | 20.2% | 37.2% | 74 | 145 | 26 | 8 |
| Retail | 399 | 28.25 | 1.33 | 57.4% | 29.8% | 31.3% | 14.5% | 100 | 280 | 13 | 6 |
Each share is of that industry's own businesses. Rows run in order of average score. Salons/Beauty and Professional Services are 0.01 score points apart and share one place.
A.2 Doors open
| Doors open | Businesses | Share of the 2,600 businesses in the index |
|---|---|---|
| None | 552 | 21.2% |
| One | 765 | |
| Two | 707 | |
| Three | 464 | |
| All four | 112 of 2,600 businesses in the index | 4.3% |
The count of doors open is separate from the stage. A business with two doors open can sit at Doors Opening or at Expected Doors Open, depending on its industry's expected set.
A.3 Google listing claim status
| Claim status | Listings | Share of listings with a readable status |
|---|---|---|
| Claimed by the business | 981 | 62.4% |
| Not claimed by the business | 590 of 1,571 Google listings whose claim status could be read | 37.6% |
| Status could not be read | 3 | Left out of the shares |
Claimed means the owner has taken control of the listing. The 3 listings with no readable status are left out of the shares, so shares are of 1,571 listings. Who created a listing that is not claimed is not read.
A.4 Islands
| Island | Businesses | WhatsApp open, share of the island's businesses |
|---|---|---|
| Nassau and Paradise Island | 2,325 | 24.0% |
| Grand Bahama | 239 | 8.4% |
| Abaco | 22 | 2 of 22 businesses on Abaco in the index |
| Eleuthera and Harbour Island | 8 | Small group, no share shown |
| Exuma | 2 | Small group, no share shown |
| Andros | 1 | Small group, no share shown |
| Bimini | 1 | Small group, no share shown |
| Long Island | 1 | Small group, no share shown |
| San Salvador | 1 | Small group, no share shown |
| Every island other than Nassau and Paradise Island, pooled | 275 | 11.3% |
Islands are as corrected on (Annex D). Most businesses whose island was corrected are restaurant and tourism businesses that entered the list through the review study of . The rows for the other islands therefore describe the businesses in the index on each island, and they are not a sample drawn to represent the island.
A.5 Phone and WhatsApp by industry
| Industry | Businesses | Phone found, share | WhatsApp open, share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism | 338 | 95.9% | 33.7% |
| Restaurants | 573 | 94.8% | 19.0% |
| Auto Services | 255 | 95.7% | 28.6% |
| Creative Servicessmall group | 30 | 36.7% | |
| Salons/Beauty | 336 | 98.2% | 27.7% |
| Professional Services | 416 | 99.3% | 9.1% |
| Home Services | 253 | 98.8% | 37.2% |
| Retail | 399 | 94.5% | 14.5% |
Creative Services, with 30 businesses, is too small for a phone share.
A.6 Website address status
| Website status | Counts as open | Businesses |
|---|---|---|
| No address on record | No | 1,243 |
| Live site | Yes | 892 |
| Live site without a security certificate | Yes | 101 |
| Unreachable | No | 192 |
| Redirects to another website | No | 42 |
| Returns a missing-webpage error | No | 30 |
| Domain name does not lead to a site | No | 30 |
| Shows a coming-soon webpage | No | 22 |
| Server error | No | 11 |
| Took too long to respond | No | 9 |
| Refused the request | No | 9 |
| Live, but the security certificate fails | No | 9 |
| Leads to an unrelated website | No | 8 |
| Redirects to a social media account | No | 1 |
| Placeholder webpage | No | 1 |
Every business in the index is counted once. Two statuses count as an open website door: a live site with a secure connection, and a live site without one. Every other status, from an unreachable address to a coming-soon webpage, counts as not open.
A.7 Facebook Page link status
| Facebook Page status | Counts as open | Businesses |
|---|---|---|
| No Page link on record | No | 1,499 |
| Open Page | Yes | 683 |
| Open Page, flagged in the record | Yes | 179 |
| Broken link | No | 157 |
| Link on record, no data returned | No | 68 |
| Links to a personal profile | No | 12 |
| Link on record, not read | No | 2 |
Two statuses count as an open Facebook Page door, and both are active Pages: Active, and Active with a flag recorded. A personal profile, a broken link, a link with no data and a link not yet read count as not open. A second part of the table gives the recheck of the 300 broken links: found at a new link 116, same Page at a changed address 25, still broken 157, no result recorded 2. The recheck took place before the lock, so its results are edition figures.