What is the best neighborhood in Baltimore to open a Georgian Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the best neighborhood in Baltimore to open a Georgian Restaurant is Canton, with 84% average survivability. 23 of 23 neighborhoods analyzed exceed the 70% two-year survival threshold.

How much more revenue can a Georgian Restaurant make in the best vs. average Baltimore neighborhood?

In Canton, the best possible Georgian Restaurant location in Baltimore offers approximately 6.7% more expected revenue than the average location. The worst-performing neighborhoods could yield approximately 6.6% less than average.

What is the city-wide average survivability for Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore?

The city-wide average survivability for Georgian Restaurant across Baltimore is 79% for surviving more than 2 years. Top neighborhoods like Canton substantially outperform this average, reaching 84%.

What are the worst neighborhoods for Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore?

The most challenging neighborhoods in Baltimore for Georgian Restaurant include Old Town with 74% average survival chance, Glen Burnie, and Westfield. Even neighborhoods with modest average scores can harbor exceptional individual locations.

Survivability Rankings for Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in Baltimore to open a Georgian Restaurant, from Canton (84% survival) to Old Town (...

April 24, 2026•18 min read

By Bobby Koons | Last reviewed: May 11, 2026 | New data weekly | Methodology

Quick Summary

#1 Neighborhood: Canton — 84% average survivability for Georgian Restaurant

Neighborhoods at or above 70%: 23 of 23 analyzed

City-wide average: 79% for Georgian Restaurants

Most challenging area: Old Town at 74%

Revenue advantage (top vs. avg location): ~6.7% more expected revenue in Canton

Data freshness: 2026 data · Full methodology →

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10 Best Neighborhoods
Where Would a Georgian Restaurant Make the Most Money?
What Should I Consider?
Where Should I Start?
FAQ: Best Neighborhoods
FAQ: Can a Georgian Restaurant Succeed in Lower-Ranked Areas?
FAQ: How Often Are Rankings Updated?
FAQ: Is a Georgian Restaurant a Good Tenant?
Landlord Survivability Data
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Summary

Of all the neighborhoods in and around Baltimore, Canton ranks #1 for opening a Georgian Restaurant with 84% average chance of surviving more than 2 years, with the best locations offering 87% and the most challenging locations in Canton at 80%. The worst neighborhoods include Old Town with 74% average chance. StreetSpring's Survivability Scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool.

Where Georgian Restaurants Thrive in Baltimore

**Peer-neighborhood context:** Canton's neighborhood signature — captured across demographics, employment density, and amenity mix — most closely matches **West Woodland (Seattle)** and **King St Metro Eisenhower Ave (Washington DC)**. They share more college-educated, high high-earner share, and higher-income, so Georgian Restaurants outcomes in those neighborhoods are a useful sanity-check on the Baltimore rankings above.

**Where Georgian Restaurants fail in Baltimore.** Across 23 neighborhoods, the citywide average is 79% — but neighborhood-level scores range **74% to 84%**. Top: **Canton** at 84% (no existing competitors in our index). Bottom: **Old Town** at 74%. The 10-point gap is the failure surface: getting the neighborhood wrong costs more than getting the address right.

Canton ranks #1 of 23 neighborhoods analyzed in and around Baltimore for Georgian Restaurant survivability with a score of 84% as of 2026. The top 10 neighborhoods are:

How rent and competition shape the leaderboard

Rank	Neighborhood	Best Locations	Average Locations	Challenging Locations
1	Canton	84.0% – 88.0%	82.5% – 85.8%	79.0% – 83.0%
2	Kresson	87.0% – 91.0%	82.0% – 85.4%	74.0% – 78.0%
3	Eastwood	93.0% – 97.0%	81.4% – 84.8%	71.0% – 75.0%
4	Towson	94.0% – 97.0%	80.4% – 83.8%	71.0% – 75.0%
5	Greektown	90.0% – 94.0%	80.4% – 83.8%	72.0% – 76.0%
6	Medford	82.0% – 86.0%	79.4% – 82.8%	74.0% – 78.0%
7	Beechfield	92.0% – 96.0%	78.4% – 81.8%	68.0% – 72.0%
8	Oaklee	91.0% – 95.0%	78.1% – 81.5%	72.0% – 76.0%
9	Woodring	79.0% – 83.0%	77.7% – 81.0%	76.0% – 80.0%
10	Annapolis	92.0% – 96.0%	77.5% – 80.9%	63.0% – 67.0%

Notable runners-up worth a second look

StreetSpring's Survivability Scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. New competitor openings and closures happen weekly — the live tool ensures you see the latest picture.

Survivability ranges reflect best and worst storefront conditions within each neighborhood. See our full methodology →

Try StreetSpring to see if this location is still the best and see if there are locations to rent in this area right now.

The Top Revenue Neighborhoods for Georgian Restaurants in Baltimore

In Canton, the best possible location offers the opportunity of making ~6.7% more than the average location in or around Baltimore.

On the other hand, in Old Town, the worst possible location could result in making ~6.6% less than the average location in the city.

Your choice of location outweighs almost every other business decision combined. Opening a Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore requires careful location choice. Across 23 neighborhoods analyzed, the overall average survival chance for a new Georgian Restaurant is 79% for lasting more than 2 years — due to a combination of many factors across competition, consumer spending, and location dynamics. Different business types will have different forecasted spend than others, and all of those would have different projections for each location.

What Should I Consider When Opening a Georgian Restaurant in or Around Baltimore?

Picking the right location is the single highest-leverage decision in launching this business — Survivability Score is the lens that frames the rest of the decision. Revenue Capture Score is the single best indicator of whether a business will thrive at a location. StreetSpring computes this by projecting the business's market share, which is based on the quality and quantity of primary, secondary, and tertiary competitors. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major US metros. Strategic clustering can actually boost performance by creating destination zones. The prediction engine behind these rankings is entirely proprietary — developed in-house over years of research.

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Permitted hours	Late-night or early-morning ops blocked by zoning, neighborhood association, or shared-wall restrictions.	Confirm the permitted hours-of-operation are in your lease AND in the local code. Pull recent variances or complaints from the zoning portal.
CAM + hidden costs	Stated rent looks great, then CAM fees, signage charges, and after-hours utilities add 15-30%.	Get the full operating expense breakdown for the past 2 years. Ask which costs are landlord-capped vs. uncapped.
Competitor density	Counting only direct competitors and missing adjacent-category overlap (e.g. coffee shop near a bakery).	Map all businesses serving overlapping customer needs within a 5-min walk. Use StreetSpring's competitor view as a starting point.

This can be summarized as:

Revenue Capture Score = Projected Market Share × Forecasted Spend on Specific Business

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. New competitor openings and closures happen weekly — the live tool ensures you see the latest picture.

Pinpointing the Right Neighborhood for a Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore

The highest-performing areas for this business type are Canton, Kresson, and Eastwood, while the most challenging neighborhoods would be Old Town, Glen Burnie, and Westfield. Location-level factors like visibility and adjacent tenants can override neighborhood-level trends. StreetSpring refreshes survivability data continuously — check the tool for the most current score at any address.

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What Are the Best Neighborhoods in Baltimore to Open a Georgian Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the top neighborhood for a Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore is Canton with 84% average survivability, followed by Kresson and Eastwood. 23 of 23 neighborhoods analyzed exceed 70% two-year survival.

Real-time data from StreetSpring accounts for recent openings, closures, and seasonal shifts that static rankings cannot.

When Lower-Scoring Neighborhoods Can Still Work for Georgian Restaurants

Yes — neighborhood averages mask significant block-by-block variation. Even in neighborhoods ranked outside the top 10, individual storefronts with strong foot traffic, low direct competition, and favorable lease terms can outperform the area average. A low-ranking neighborhood can still contain high-potential storefronts — the address matters most. Always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform for the most accurate prediction.

How Often Are Georgian Restaurant Rankings in Baltimore Updated?

StreetSpring recalculates survivability scores regularly using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. Rankings are updated quarterly; the live tool always reflects the most current predictions for any address in Baltimore.

What Makes a Georgian Restaurant a Strong (or Weak) Baltimore Tenant?

In Canton, StreetSpring forecasts a 82.5% – 85.8% average chance for a new Georgian Restaurant to survive more than 2 years, depending on the exact storefront. Check the current Survivability Score for any address instantly.

Landlord Survivability Data for Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore

For landlords evaluating tenant applications, StreetSpring's data provides a clear comparison across the top neighborhoods. In Canton, a Georgian Restaurant has a 82.5% – 85.8% average chance of surviving more than 2 years. In Kresson, the range shifts to 82.0% – 85.4%, and in Eastwood, it is 81.4% – 84.8%. Get a live Survivability Score for your specific storefront at no cost.

StreetSpring's predictions are granular enough to distinguish between two storefronts on the same block.

Where in Baltimore Should You Open a Georgian Restaurant?

You can see the best neighborhoods in or around Baltimore to open any type of business in our article Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Baltimore.

Technical note: Aggregated survivability rankings for Baltimore are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

View technical data for Baltimore

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.

Visual Data

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Baltimore by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Baltimore plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth. Find Georgian Restaurant relative to its peers.

Waterfall chart of best and worst Georgian Restaurant neighborhoods in Baltimore — Top and bottom neighborhoods for Georgian Restaurant in Baltimore — each step shows the gap from the city average. Wider spread = location matters more.

How we measure this: Some lots are zoned for limited business types only. We cross-reference the building's use designation against our subtype compatibility map.

**BLS context:** The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release) reports a **50.0% 5-year survival rate** for Georgian Restaurants nationally. StreetSpring's Baltimore model — which weights site-specific factors like competitive saturation, demographics, and accessibility — produces an average **survivability score of 87%** for Georgian Restaurants across the city.

**About Baltimore** — Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most populous U.S. city with a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 569,997 in 2025, while the Baltimore metropolitan area at 2.86 million residents is the 22nd-largest metropolitan area in the nation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore))

**Daytime-worker density across Baltimore:** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median Baltimore neighborhood has a **0.39:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** (75th-percentile = 4.34, across **96** tracked neighborhoods) — a strongly-residential commercial-corridor profile. The right neighborhood pick for any subtype depends on whether the business model fits the worker-traffic or resident-traffic side of that distribution.

**Why operating costs matter here:** Baltimore's commercial electricity **7.3¢/kWh** (below the 24-metro median), state minimum wage **$15.00/hr** (below), combined sales tax **6.0%** (below), and commercial property tax **1.07%** (above) compound on every dollar of revenue. Composite read: Baltimore runs **low-cost** on operating overhead vs US metro peers.

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Local Data Questions

Further questions, with answers anchored on this neighborhood's actual data.

How does Baltimore compare to other US metros for Georgian Restaurants?

Baltimore ranks #7 of 24 US metros StreetSpring tracks for Georgian Restaurants survivability (average 87%). The top metro for this subtype scores 89%; the bottom scores 84%.

How does Baltimore Georgian Restaurant survivability compare to the national BLS baseline?

Georgian Restaurants have a national 5-year survival rate of 50% per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025). StreetSpring's Baltimore corpus shows an average survivability score of 87% for this subtype, above the BLS baseline by 37 points.

What's the coverage of StreetSpring's Baltimore model for Georgian Restaurants?

StreetSpring's Baltimore model covers Georgian Restaurants across all tracked neighborhoods — the average score is 87%, with neighborhood-level scores spanning 62-98%. Real-time scores at the address level capture finer variation than these neighborhood averages.

What goes into a StreetSpring survivability score for Georgian Restaurants?

Each Georgian Restaurants survivability score in Baltimore (averaging 87%) reflects ~100 factors per address: competitor counts at multiple radii, demographics, accessibility, rent, and historical outcomes. The model is recalibrated quarterly against 500K+ business outcomes nationally.

What other business types score similarly to Georgian Restaurants in Baltimore?

Baltimore subtypes scoring within 2 points of Georgian Restaurants's 87% average include Pizza Restaurant, Steakhouse, Tapas Restaurant. Survivability convergence at the metro level usually reflects shared local factors like saturation density or demographic fit.

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