Flipkart Minutes to double dark stores to 1,000 by March-April 2026

Flipkart Minutes plans to double its dark stores to 1,000 and expand to 60+ cities by early 2025, intensifying the quick-commerce race amid surging demand and rising competition

Flipkart Minutes, the quick-commerce (q-com) arm of e-commerce major Flipkart, plans to double its dark-store numbers to 1,000 by March-April next year, up from a little over 500 currently. The company also intends to expand its presence from over 30 cities at present to more than 60, said Hemant Badri, senior vice president and head of minutes, Supply Chain, Customer Experience, and ReCommerce at Flipkart Group.

 

To meet the 1,000-store target, the platform aims to open three to four new dark stores each day over the next four months.

 

“We said we will have 800 stores by March. We have