What is the best neighborhood in Boston to open a Georgian Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the best neighborhood in Boston to open a Georgian Restaurant is Haverhill, with 87% average survivability. 88 of 88 neighborhoods analyzed exceed the 70% two-year survival threshold.

How much more revenue can a Georgian Restaurant make in the best vs. average Boston neighborhood?

In Haverhill, the best possible Georgian Restaurant location in Boston offers approximately 10.9% more expected revenue than the average location. The worst-performing neighborhoods could yield approximately 6.6% less than average.

What is the city-wide average survivability for Georgian Restaurant in Boston?

The city-wide average survivability for Georgian Restaurant across Boston is 78% for surviving more than 2 years. Top neighborhoods like Haverhill substantially outperform this average, reaching 87%.

What are the worst neighborhoods for Georgian Restaurant in Boston?

The most challenging neighborhoods in Boston for Georgian Restaurant include Winchester with 73% average survival chance, Roslindale, and West Roxbury. StreetSpring's Survivability Scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool.

What should I consider when opening a Georgian Restaurant in Boston?

Among all factors in our model, Revenue Capture Score carries the most weight in determining long-term survivability. StreetSpring computes Revenue Capture Score by projecting the business's market share based on competitor quality and quantity, mobility patterns, and forecasted consumer spending for the specific business type.

How accurate are StreetSpring's Georgian Restaurant survivability predictions?

StreetSpring's models achieve 95–99% accuracy across business types, analyzing 100+ factors with a ±3% margin of error. StreetSpring can give you the precise likelihood that hundreds of different businesses will last at an exact address.

Survivability Rankings for Georgian Restaurant in Boston

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in Boston to open a Georgian Restaurant, from Haverhill (87% survival) to Winchester...

April 24, 2026•16 min read

By Bobby Koons | Last reviewed: May 8, 2026 | Updated weekly | Methodology

Quick Summary

#1 Neighborhood: Haverhill — 87% average survivability for Georgian Restaurant

Neighborhoods at or above 70%: 88 of 88 analyzed

City-wide average: 78% for Georgian Restaurants

Most challenging area: Winchester at 73%

Revenue advantage (top vs. avg location): ~10.9% more expected revenue in Haverhill

Data freshness: 2026 data · Full methodology →

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10 Best Neighborhoods
Where Would a Georgian Restaurant Make the Most Money?
What Should I Consider?
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FAQ: Best Neighborhoods
FAQ: Can a Georgian Restaurant Succeed in Lower-Ranked Areas?
FAQ: How Often Are Rankings Updated?
FAQ: Is a Georgian Restaurant a Good Tenant?
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Best Neighborhoods for Any Business

Summary

Opening a Georgian Restaurant in Boston? Our 2026 analysis identifies Haverhill as the top location with 87% average chance of surviving more than 2 years, with the best locations offering 96% and the most challenging locations in Haverhill at 63%. The worst neighborhoods include Winchester with 73% average chance. These averages are directional, not definitive; the best decision comes from analyzing your specific storefront.

Which Boston Neighborhoods Are Strongest for Georgian Restaurants?

**Peer-neighborhood context:** Haverhill's neighborhood signature — captured across demographics, employment density, and amenity mix — most closely matches **Fraser (Detroit)** and **Imperial Beach (San Diego)**. They share less college-educated, less transit-reliant, and older housing stock, so Georgian Restaurants outcomes in those neighborhoods are a useful sanity-check on the Boston rankings above.

**Where Georgian Restaurants fail in Boston.** Across 88 neighborhoods, the citywide average is 78% — but neighborhood-level scores range **73% to 87%**. Top: **Haverhill** at 87% (no existing competitors in our index). Bottom: **Winchester** at 73%. The 14-point gap is the failure surface: getting the neighborhood wrong costs more than getting the address right.

Haverhill ranks #1 of 88 neighborhoods analyzed in and around Boston for Georgian Restaurant survivability with a score of 87% as of 2026. The top 10 neighborhoods are:

What the score spread tells you about risk

Rank	Neighborhood	Best Locations	Average Locations	Challenging Locations
1	Haverhill	93.0% – 97.0%	85.4% – 88.8%	62.0% – 66.0%
2	Boston	90.0% – 94.0%	85.2% – 88.6%	67.0% – 71.0%
3	Medfield	94.0% – 97.0%	84.4% – 87.7%	60.0% – 64.0%
4	Dover	93.0% – 97.0%	84.0% – 87.4%	66.0% – 70.0%
5	Methuen	93.0% – 97.0%	83.7% – 87.1%	65.0% – 69.0%
6	Needham	94.0% – 97.0%	82.7% – 86.1%	62.0% – 66.0%
7	Lowell	94.0% – 97.0%	82.4% – 85.8%	64.0% – 68.0%
8	Merrymount	90.0% – 94.0%	82.2% – 85.6%	67.0% – 71.0%
9	Brockton	92.0% – 96.0%	80.7% – 84.1%	63.0% – 67.0%
10	Adams Shore	90.0% – 94.0%	80.7% – 84.1%	65.0% – 69.0%

What separates the top neighborhoods from the rest

For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. However, market conditions change daily, and it's best to use StreetSpring's live data to check the Survivability Score for a specific address.

Survivability ranges reflect best and worst storefront conditions within each neighborhood. See our full methodology →

Try StreetSpring to see if this location is still the best and see if there are locations to rent in this area right now.

Where Georgian Restaurants Earn the Most in Boston

In Haverhill, the best possible location offers the opportunity of making ~10.9% more than the average location in or around Boston.

On the other hand, in Winchester, the worst possible location could result in making ~6.6% less than the average location in the city.

Your choice of location outweighs almost every other business decision combined. Opening a Georgian Restaurant in Boston requires careful location choice. Across 88 neighborhoods analyzed, the overall average survival chance for a new Georgian Restaurant is 78% for lasting more than 2 years — due to a combination of many factors across competition, consumer spending, and location dynamics. The interplay between location characteristics and business type produces unique survivability scores for every combination.

The Most Important Factors for a Georgian Restaurant in Boston

Among all the variables you control, location quality has the biggest downstream impact. A strong Survivability Score is the foundation everything else builds on. Among all factors in our model, Revenue Capture Score carries the most weight in determining long-term survivability. StreetSpring computes this by projecting the business's market share, which is based on the quality and quantity of primary, secondary, and tertiary competitors. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major US metros. Clustering works when it draws more customers to the area than any single business could alone. Our proprietary models incorporate data sources not available through any public platform.

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Competitor density	Counting only direct competitors and missing adjacent-category overlap (e.g. coffee shop near a bakery).	Map all businesses serving overlapping customer needs within a 5-min walk. Use StreetSpring's competitor view as a starting point.
CAM + hidden costs	Stated rent looks great, then CAM fees, signage charges, and after-hours utilities add 15-30%.	Get the full operating expense breakdown for the past 2 years. Ask which costs are landlord-capped vs. uncapped.
Build-out budget	Underestimating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing — the "hidden" 30-50% of build-out cost.	Get 3 quotes from licensed contractors and pad budget by +20% for surprises. Confirm landlord TI allowance in writing.

This can be summarized as:

Revenue Capture Score = Projected Market Share × Forecasted Spend on Specific Business

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. Because local conditions evolve weekly, the live survivability tool offers a more current snapshot than any published ranking.

Which Boston Block Is Right for a Georgian Restaurant?

Our data ranks the top-performing neighborhoods as Haverhill, Boston, and Medfield, while the most challenging neighborhoods would be Winchester, Roslindale, and West Roxbury. Neighborhood averages mask significant block-by-block variation — always check your specific address. Static rankings provide a useful baseline, but the live tool captures changes that have occurred since publication.

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Top-Survivability Boston Neighborhoods for Georgian Restaurants

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the top neighborhood for a Georgian Restaurant in Boston is Haverhill with 87% average survivability, followed by Boston and Medfield. 88 of 88 neighborhoods analyzed exceed 70% two-year survival.

Static rankings provide a useful baseline, but the live tool captures changes that have occurred since publication.

Are Bottom-Tier Boston Neighborhoods a No-Go for Georgian Restaurants?

Yes — neighborhood averages mask significant block-by-block variation. Even in neighborhoods ranked outside the top 10, individual storefronts with strong foot traffic, low direct competition, and favorable lease terms can outperform the area average. Location-level factors like visibility and adjacent tenants can override neighborhood-level trends. Always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform for the most accurate prediction.

Refresh Cadence for Boston Georgian Restaurant Survivability Rankings

StreetSpring recalculates survivability scores regularly using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. Rankings are updated quarterly; the live tool always reflects the most current predictions for any address in Boston.

Should You Rent Your Boston Storefront to a Georgian Restaurant?

In Haverhill, StreetSpring forecasts a 85.4% – 88.8% average chance for a new Georgian Restaurant to survive more than 2 years, depending on the exact storefront. Check the current Survivability Score for any address instantly.

Landlord Survivability Data for Georgian Restaurant in Boston

Should you rent your storefront to a Georgian Restaurant? The answer depends heavily on your neighborhood. Haverhill offers the strongest outlook at 85.4% – 88.8% average survivability, followed by Boston at 85.2% – 88.6%, and Medfield at 84.4% – 87.7%. Check the current Survivability Score for any address instantly.

StreetSpring's predictions are granular enough to distinguish between two storefronts on the same block.

Where Georgian Restaurants Thrive in Boston

You can see the best neighborhoods in or around Boston to open any type of business in our article Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Boston.

Technical note: Aggregated survivability rankings for Boston are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

View technical data for Boston

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.

Visual Data

Headline survivability statistic for Georgian Restaurant in Boston — Headline survivability stat for Georgian Restaurant in Boston.

Dumbbell chart comparing best vs worst locations for businesses in boston — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type — the gap shows how much location choice matters within a city.

How we measure this: Shorter leases compress survival horizons. We assume a 5-year base term unless listing data overrides.

**About this market.** Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston).

**LEHD daytime-density context for Boston:** Across 129 Boston neighborhoods, the median daytime-to-resident ratio is **0.25:1** (LEHD LODES). Top-quartile neighborhoods run **2.36:1** — strongly-residential commercial-corridor concentration. Worker-heavy neighborhoods favor weekday-lunch and commuter-traffic businesses; resident-heavy areas favor evening + weekend demand cycles.

**Boston operating-cost snapshot:** Against our 24-metro median, Boston's commercial electricity is **10.9¢/kWh** (above 10.8¢ median), state minimum wage is **$15.00/hr** (below $15.00), combined sales tax is **6.2%** (below 7.7%), and effective commercial property tax is **1.20%** (above 0.96%). Operating-cost positioning: **average**.

**BLS context:** The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release) reports a **50.0% 5-year survival rate** for Georgian Restaurants nationally. StreetSpring's Boston model — which weights site-specific factors like competitive saturation, demographics, and accessibility — produces an average **survivability score of 85%** for Georgian Restaurants across the city.

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Beyond the Numbers: Local Context

Further questions, with answers anchored on this neighborhood's actual data.

What 5-year survival rate does the federal government track for Georgian Restaurants?

Per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025 release), Georgian Restaurants have a 50% 5-year survival rate nationally. StreetSpring's Boston model averages 85% across tracked locations — above the national baseline by 35 percentage points.

What's the gap between the best and worst Boston locations for a Georgian Restaurant?

In Boston, Georgian Restaurants score between 60% and 99% on StreetSpring's survivability scale — a 39-point gap between worst and best locations for the same business type.

How healthy is the Boston economy for new Georgian Restaurants?

ACS data puts Boston's employment rate at ~96% and median household income at ~$135K. StreetSpring's Georgian Restaurants model averages 85% across the metro, weighting both macro and site-specific factors.

Does accessibility drive Georgian Restaurants survivability in Boston?

Boston's metro median commute is 32 minutes. Accessibility is one of ~100 factors in the survivability model — Georgian Restaurants in Boston score 85% on average, with the spread (60-99%) driven heavily by per-location accessibility differences.

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