Business Survivability in Assembly Square, Boston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Assembly Square is a Veterinary Clinic with a 88.6% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Best business: a Veterinary Clinic in Assembly Square (88.6% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #10 of 52 neighborhoods in and around Boston
- Neighborhood average: 76.2% two-year survival across the business types ranked here
- Coverage: This ranking carries one row per business type and neighborhood. Its score is the projected chance of lasting two or more years, averaged across the price points StreetSpring scores separately in the tool (most types have 5). The 10 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points.
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Assembly Square a good place to start a business?
- How to find the best location
- Best businesses to open
- How much money could a business make?
- What businesses should open next?
- Frequently Asked Questions
Summary
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Assembly Square is a Veterinary Clinic with a 88.6% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 82.8% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 85.4% chance.
Is Assembly Square a good place to start a business?
Assembly Square holds the #10 position of 52 neighborhoods in and around Boston for new business survivability, with an average score of 76.2% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Assembly Square, the top-ranked business type scores 1.4 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Assembly Square can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- Assembly Square has a housing vacancy rate of 2.0% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Assembly Square?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Assembly Square offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. Here is the top survivability address for a Veterinary Clinic in Assembly Square, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Assembly Square. Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Assembly Square?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 88.7% |
| 5 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 88.7% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.6% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | International Grocery Store | 84.6% |
| 12 | Cosmetics Shop | 84.6% |
| 13 | Smoke Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office, Dentist Office and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; International Grocery Store, Cosmetics Shop and Smoke Shop are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at the average and the best address next.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Assembly Square
- #1 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Assembly Square shows 88.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 79.4%.
- #2 Eye Care Center (Ranked #2): 82.8% average in Assembly Square. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 62.0%.
- #3 Chiropractor Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Assembly Square: 85.4% chance on average, best at 88.7%, challenging at 68.8%.
- #4 Dentist Office: 84.2% on average across Assembly Square; best at 89.6%, challenging at 63.2%.
- #5 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Assembly Square shows 83.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 63.2%.
Strong Performers in Assembly Square
- #9 Dance Club (Ranked #9): 80.7% average in Assembly Square. Best-case storefronts: 85.6%. Challenging locations: 58.1%.
- #10 Clothing Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Assembly Square: 79.4% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 56.2%.
- #11 International Grocery Store: 80.3% on average across Assembly Square; best at 84.6%, challenging at 57.6%.
- #12 Opening a Cosmetics Shop in Assembly Square shows 80.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 60.2%.
- #13 Smoke Shop (Ranked #13): 79.7% average in Assembly Square. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 58.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Assembly Square make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Assembly Square starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- No two business types have identical location needs; survivability scores reflect these differences at the address level.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What businesses should open next in Assembly Square?
The top businesses to open next in Assembly Square:
- Veterinary Clinics: 88.6% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 82.8% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 85.4% average survival rate
Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. StreetSpring scores 500+ business types: 153 base business types, most of them at 5 price points, which is 569 type-and-price combinations you can choose in the tool. The survivability rankings for Assembly Square draw on real Census conditions, including 96.0% employment and 2.0% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Assembly Square right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Assembly Square.
What type of business should you rent your Assembly Square storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Assembly Square shows that Veterinary Clinics, Eye Care Centers, and Chiropractor Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Boston Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Assembly Square storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Veterinary Clinic as the highest-survivability tenant type for Assembly Square. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 79.4%.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What should I consider when opening a business in Assembly Square?
Before committing to any location in Assembly Square, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- Start with a free 10-minute trial: check the current survivability score for any Assembly Square address on StreetSpring.
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StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. Aggregated survivability rankings for Boston are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Boston: /resources/data/boston-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.