Flipkart Minutes Closes Gap with India's Quick-Commerce Giants
Original: Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders
Why This Matters
Flipkart's rapid scaling signals intensifying competition in India's high-growth quick-commerce sector, now drawing global players like Walmart and Amazon.
Walmart-owned Flipkart's quick-commerce service, Flipkart Minutes, has grown to 1.1–1.2 million daily orders as of August 2026, up from roughly 390,000–400,000 in November 2025, approaching Swiggy Instamart's 1.4 million daily orders, per sources cited by TechCrunch.
Launched in August 2024, Flipkart Minutes has rapidly scaled its quick-commerce operations in India. The service now handles 1.1–1.2 million orders per day, up nearly threefold from approximately 390,000–400,000 in November 2025. It is closing in on Swiggy's Instamart, which processes around 1.4 million daily orders. The market's leader, Blinkit, still dominates with 3.4–3.6 million daily orders, followed by Zepto at 2.4–2.6 million, according to market research firm Datum Intelligence. Flipkart Minutes now operates 1,020–1,050 micro-fulfillment centers (dark stores), up from 600 in January 2026 and just 340 a year ago. The company is adding roughly 100 dark stores per month and targets 1,500 by end of 2026. Swiggy's Instamart, for context, operates over 1,200 dark stores across 130+ cities and counts more than 14 million monthly transacting users. Satish Meena, adviser at Datum Intelligence, told TechCrunch: 'Flipkart is already a serious player. Once you open 1,000 dark stores and are doing a million orders per day, it's serious enough.' Flipkart's existing e-commerce customer base gives Minutes a built-in audience, a key competitive advantage over newer entrants.