Launch · Mobility & Logistics

Rapido takes food app Ownly to Hyderabad

By Startup Enthusiast · 25 September 2026

What they do

Rapido runs bike taxis, autos, cabs, parcels and flight bookings in more than 400 Indian cities

Its food ordering service Ownly, which began in Bengaluru, is now open to customers in Hyderabad

Ownly charges restaurants a subscription instead of a cut of each order, and has signed over 20,000 of them

Rapido has taken its food ordering service Ownly into Hyderabad, its second city.
Ownly started life as a trial in parts of Bengaluru from August the previous year.
Those trial areas included Koramangala, HSR and BTM Layout.
The service was launched properly at the start of this year after roughly six months of testing.
Restaurants on Ownly pay a subscription fee rather than a commission on each order.
More than 20,000 restaurants are signed up to the service.
A few months ago Rapido folded Ownly into its main app, so riders can order food where they book rides.
That move puts the food service in front of the users the ride app already has.

India's online food delivery market is tipped to reach nearly $25 billion by 2029-30.
That compares with an estimated $9 billion in 2024-25, by the same brokerage's reckoning.
A no-commission pitch sets Ownly apart from the usual model, where platforms take a share of each bill.

Rapido's core business is ride hailing, starting with bike taxis.
It also books autos, cabs, parcel deliveries and flights through the same app.
The platform operates in more than 400 cities across India.
It handles over five million rides a day.
Food delivery through Ownly is the newest addition to that mix.

Product: A ride-hailing app focused on bike taxis, with expanding mobility and delivery offerings.
Customers: Commuters and riders seeking low-cost transport, plus drivers earning through the platform.
How it makes money: Charges commissions or service fees on rides and related marketplace transactions.
What sets it apart: Uses two-wheelers to provide low-cost, flexible urban transport and matching.
Operations: Operates in multiple Indian cities and is building a broader super-app model.