Business Survivability in Fenway, Boston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Fenway is a Chiropractor Office with a 77.7% 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 Fenway (77.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #47 of 52 neighborhoods in and around Boston
- Neighborhood average: 59.1% 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 Fenway 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 Fenway is a Chiropractor Office with a 77.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Convenience Store with a 78.5% chance, followed by a Clothing Store with a 77.5% chance.
Is Fenway a good place to start a business?
In Boston's survivability rankings, Fenway comes in at #47 of 52 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 59.1% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Fenway is 12.3 points on the two-year chance.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Fenway for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- Fenway has a housing vacancy rate of 12.4% 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 Fenway?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Fenway, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Fenway, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Chiropractor Office in 2026:
The highlighted area represents the address in Fenway that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Chiropractor Office survivability. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Fenway?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 3 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 4 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 5 | Coffee Shop | 84.0% |
| 6 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 7 | Gym | 83.6% |
| 8 | Dentist Office | 82.4% |
| 9 | Laundromat | 82.2% |
| 10 | Irish Pub | 80.2% |
Ties at a good address: Bar, Coffee Shop and Cafe 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.
Highest Survivability in Fenway
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 77.7% on average across Fenway; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #2 Opening a Convenience Store in Fenway shows 78.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 52.2%.
- #3 Clothing Store (Ranked #3): 77.5% average in Fenway. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
- #4 Bar is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Fenway: 78.8% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 51.6%.
- #5 Coffee Shop: 78.5% on average across Fenway; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
Strong Performers in Fenway
- #6 Opening a Cafe in Fenway shows 68.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
- #7 Gym (Ranked #7): 72.9% average in Fenway. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
- #8 Dentist Office is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Fenway: 69.3% chance on average, best at 87.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #9 Laundromat: 73.1% on average across Fenway; best at 84.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #10 Opening an Irish Pub in Fenway shows 69.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 48.9%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Fenway make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Fenway 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
- StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address, so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Fenway?
The top businesses to open next in Fenway:
- Chiropractor Offices: 77.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Convenience Stores: 78.5% average survival rate
- Clothing Stores: 77.5% average survival rate
For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 12.4% means the Census estimates that share of Fenway's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Fenway, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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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 Fenway.
What type of business should you rent your Fenway storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Fenway, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Chiropractor Offices, Convenience Stores, and Clothing Stores as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Boston Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Fenway storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Chiropractor Office at the top of the survivability rankings for Fenway storefronts, with a best-case score of 90.0% and a floor of 56.4% 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 Fenway?
Before committing to any location in Fenway, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address now.
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Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. 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.