Business Survivability in Teele Square, Boston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Teele Square is a Veterinary Clinic with a 88.7% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Teele Square (88.7% average survival rate, 89.6% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #9 of 52 neighborhoods in and around Boston
- Neighborhood average: 80.2% 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 Teele 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 Teele Square is a Veterinary Clinic with a 88.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.6% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 87.1% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 86.9% chance.
Is Teele Square a good place to start a business?
In Boston's survivability rankings, Teele Square comes in at #9 of 52 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 80.2% across the business types ranked there.
- In Teele Square, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 0.9 points above that type's average.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Teele Square often fall well below average. Picking the right block (not just the right neighborhood) is what actually determines survivability.
- The 95.6% employment rate in Teele Square supports consumer spending, while its 4.8% housing vacancy rate measures the share of homes and apartments standing empty: the model reads both as neighborhood characteristics.
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 Teele Square?
The right address in Teele Square can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. The location below represents the address in Teele Square with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Teele Square based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Teele Square?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 87.4% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 86.6% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.2% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 13 | Smoke Shop | 84.6% |
| 14 | International Grocery Store | 84.3% |
Ties at a good address: Convenience Store 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 Teele Square
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 88.7% on average across Teele Square; best at 89.6%, challenging at 85.8%.
- #2 Opening an Eye Care Center in Teele Square shows 87.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 79.0%.
- #3 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #3): 86.9% average in Teele Square. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 77.7%.
- #4 Dentist Office is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Teele Square: 83.7% chance on average, best at 88.3%, challenging at 73.8%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic: 82.5% on average across Teele Square; best at 87.0%, challenging at 71.7%.
Strong Performers in Teele Square
- #9 Opening a Dance Club in Teele Square shows 80.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.6%; lower-end sites show 72.5%.
- #10 Clothing Store (Ranked #10): 83.2% average in Teele Square. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 80.0%.
- #11 Convenience Store is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Teele Square: 83.8% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 80.0%.
- #13 Smoke Shop: 81.2% on average across Teele Square; best at 84.6%, challenging at 75.1%.
- #14 Opening an International Grocery Store in Teele Square shows 81.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 73.8%.
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 Teele Square make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Teele 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
- Site selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Teele Square?
The top businesses to open next in Teele Square:
- Veterinary Clinics: 88.7% average survival rate, 89.6% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 87.1% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 86.9% average survival rate
These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. 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 Teele Square draw on real Census conditions, including 95.6% employment and 4.8% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Teele Square, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Teele Square.
What type of business should you rent your Teele Square storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Teele Square, Veterinary Clinics, Eye Care Centers, and Chiropractor Offices consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- 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 Teele Square storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Veterinary Clinic ranks as the top tenant type for your Teele Square storefront: best-case locations show a 89.6% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 85.8%.
- 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 Teele Square?
Before committing to any location in Teele Square, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- Check StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Teele Square, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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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.