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Singapore planning areas ranked by shops and stores per resident

How many shops and stores there are per 100,000 residents in each residential planning area of Singapore. On average — 786.4 per 100,000 residents, one per 127 people.

786.4
shops and stores per 100,000 residents — Singapore
one per 127 people
2,790.9
the most — Geylang
one per 36 people
144.8
the fewest — Tengah
one per 691 people
4,240,430
residents
land-based population, 2024
How we count. Businesses — the open Retail & Shopping businesses in our database on the update date. A business belongs to a planning area by its coordinates. Population — Singapore Department of Statistics, Singapore Residents by Planning Area/Subzone, Age Group, Sex and Type of Dwelling, June 2026. Only planning areas with at least 20,000 residents are ranked: the city centre and the industrial estates (Downtown Core, Tuas, Pioneer) have many businesses and few or no residents.

Planning area ranking: shops and stores per 100,000 residents

Shops and stores per 100,000 residents and residents per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Planning area ↕Population ↕Retail ↕Per 100k residents ↕Residents per business ↕
01 GeylangCentral Region 121,680 3,396
2,790.9
36
02 Marine ParadeCentral Region 48,650 626
1,286.7
78
03 KallangCentral Region 102,820 1,287
1,251.7
80
04 Jurong EastWest Region 72,450 867
1,196.7
84
05 Bukit MerahCentral Region 145,380 1,555
1,069.6
93
06 NovenaCentral Region 54,190 540
996.5
100
07 QueenstownCentral Region 102,300 959
937.4
107
08 BishanCentral Region 88,110 746
846.7
118
09 ClementiWest Region 104,820 802
765.1
131
10 Toa PayohCentral Region 149,360 1,079
722.4
138
11 SerangoonNorth-East Region 116,280 705
606.3
165
12 BedokEast Region 272,510 1,575
578.0
173
13 Ang Mo KioNorth-East Region 159,940 921
575.8
174
14 TanglinCentral Region 25,270 145
573.8
174
15 Bukit TimahCentral Region 86,850 451
519.3
193
16 Bukit BatokWest Region 166,240 856
514.9
194
17 SembawangNorth Region 115,420 562
486.9
205
18 TampinesEast Region 296,360 1,367
461.3
217
19 WoodlandsNorth Region 255,580 1,172
458.6
218
20 HougangNorth-East Region 226,770 1,036
456.9
219
21 YishunNorth Region 231,420 946
408.8
245
22 Pasir RisEast Region 145,280 447
307.7
325
23 Jurong WestWest Region 251,270 772
307.2
325
24 Bukit PanjangWest Region 135,630 275
202.8
493
25 PunggolNorth-East Region 204,840 368
179.7
557
26 Choa Chu KangWest Region 186,110 332
178.4
561
27 SengkangNorth-East Region 266,170 453
170.2
588
28 TengahWest Region 34,530 50
144.8
691
Singapore on average — 786.4 per 100,000 residents33,346 shops and stores · 4,240,430 residents

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