Business Survivability in Ball Square, Boston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Ball Square is a Chiropractor Office with a 88.5% 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 Chiropractor Office in Ball Square (88.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #5 of 52 neighborhoods in and around Boston
- Neighborhood average: 78.1% 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 Ball 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 Ball Square is a Chiropractor Office with a 88.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 87.1% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 85.6% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Ball Square a good place to start a business?
In Boston's survivability rankings, Ball Square comes in at #5 of 52 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 78.1% across the business types ranked there.
- In Ball Square, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 1.5 points above that type's average.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Ball Square can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- With 98.8% of the local population employed, Ball Square presents a stable consumer base: particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.
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 Ball Square?
StreetSpring scores each block in Ball Square so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. The location below represents the address in Ball Square with the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in Ball Square. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Ball Square?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 89.6% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.6% |
| 10 | International Grocery Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Smoke Shop | 85.0% |
| 12 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 13 | Florist | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Eye Care Center, Dentist Office and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; International Grocery Store and Smoke Shop are tied; Convenience Store and Florist 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 Ball Square
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 88.5% on average across Ball Square; best at 90.0%, challenging at 82.4%.
- #2 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Ball Square shows 87.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 73.4%.
- #3 Eye Care Center (Ranked #3): 85.6% average in Ball Square. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 78.1%.
- #4 Dentist Office is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Ball Square: 84.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 66.6%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic: 83.8% on average across Ball Square; best at 89.6%, challenging at 63.2%.
Strong Performers in Ball Square
- #9 Opening a Dance Club in Ball Square shows 80.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 69.4%.
- #10 International Grocery Store (Ranked #10): 80.9% average in Ball Square. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 65.2%.
- #11 Smoke Shop is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Ball Square: 80.3% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 68.4%.
- #12 Convenience Store: 82.2% on average across Ball Square; best at 85.0%, challenging at 72.4%.
- #13 Opening a Florist in Ball Square shows 81.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 74.6%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Ball Square make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Ball 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
- Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Ball Square?
The top businesses to open next in Ball Square:
- Chiropractor Offices: 88.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 87.1% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 85.6% average survival rate
Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring's training dataset includes millions of transactions and business lifecycle events. 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. Ball Square sits at 98.8% employment and 5.1% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Ball Square are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Boston Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Boston Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Boston neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Ball Square.
What type of business should you rent your Ball Square storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Ball Square, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Eye Care Centers.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 500+ business types, so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Boston Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Ball Square storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Chiropractor Office at the top of the survivability rankings for Ball Square storefronts, with a best-case score of 90.0% and a floor of 82.4% at the most challenging addresses.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What should I consider when opening a business in Ball Square?
When evaluating potential locations in Ball Square, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.
- 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 a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Ball Square.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. 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.