Business Survivability in Medford, Boston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Medford is a Veterinary Clinic with a 76.3% 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 Medford (76.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #15 of 72 towns around Boston
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 64.0% 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 Medford 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 Medford is a Veterinary Clinic with a 76.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 71.4% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 71.2% chance.
Is Medford a good place to start a business?
In Boston's survivability rankings, Medford comes in at #15 of 72 towns, with an average Survivability Score of 64.0% across the business types ranked there.
- In Medford, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 13.7 points above that type's average.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Medford often fall well below average. Picking the right block (not just the right neighborhood) is what actually determines survivability.
- Medford's employment rate of 94.8% and housing vacancy rate of 4.4% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Medford?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Medford produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. Here is the top survivability address for a Veterinary Clinic in Medford, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Medford. Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. 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 Medford?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 88.3% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 87.9% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 87.4% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 13 | Cafe | 83.6% |
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.
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 Medford
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 76.3% on average across Medford; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #2 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Medford shows 71.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- #3 Eye Care Center (Ranked #3): 71.2% average in Medford. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #4 Dentist Office is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Medford: 70.1% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic: 69.6% on average across Medford; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
Strong Performers in Medford
- #9 Opening a Clothing Store in Medford shows 68.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.0%.
- #10 Convenience Store (Ranked #10): 67.7% average in Medford. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 49.0%.
- #11 Bar is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Medford: 67.8% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #12 Coffee Shop: 67.3% on average across Medford; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #13 Opening a Cafe in Medford shows 66.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Medford make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, prioritizing survivability score in your site-selection process in Medford 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
- The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
- 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.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Medford?
The top businesses to open next in Medford:
- Veterinary Clinics: 76.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 71.4% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 71.2% average survival rate
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. StreetSpring's accuracy is built on studying businesses that serve more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 cities. 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. Medford sits at 94.8% employment and 4.4% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Medford today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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- See the Boston Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Boston Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Boston neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Medford.
What type of business should you rent your Medford storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Medford are Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 Medford storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Veterinary Clinic in Medford: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 56.0%.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Medford?
Start any location decision in Medford with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- 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 in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Medford with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. 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.