What is the best neighborhood in Boston to open an Indian Restaurant?

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

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

In Haverhill, the best possible Indian Restaurant location in Boston offers approximately 7.9% more expected revenue than the average location. The worst-performing neighborhoods could yield approximately 7.5% less than average.

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

The city-wide average survivability for Indian Restaurant across Boston is 81% for surviving more than 2 years. Top neighborhoods like Haverhill substantially outperform this average, reaching 87%.

What are the worst neighborhoods for Indian Restaurant in Boston?

The most challenging neighborhoods in Boston for Indian Restaurant include Winchester with 75% average survival chance, North Dorchester, and West Roxbury. Neighborhood averages mask significant block-by-block variation — always check your specific address.

How accurate are StreetSpring's Indian Restaurant survivability predictions?

StreetSpring's models achieve 95–99% accuracy across business types, analyzing 100+ factors with a ±3% margin of error. StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.

What should I consider when opening an Indian Restaurant in Boston?

Our models show that Revenue Capture Score explains more outcome variance than any other individual metric. 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.

Survivability Rankings for Indian Restaurant in Boston

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

April 24, 2026•16 min read

By Bobby Koons | Reviewed: May 8, 2026 | Refreshed weekly | Methodology

Quick Summary

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

Neighborhoods at or above 70%: 88 of 88 analyzed

City-wide average: 81% for Indian Restaurants

Most challenging area: Winchester at 75%

Revenue advantage (top vs. avg location): ~7.9% more expected revenue in Haverhill

Data freshness: 2026 data · Full methodology →

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

Summary

Of all the neighborhoods in and around Boston, Haverhill ranks #1 for opening an Indian Restaurant with 87% average chance of surviving more than 2 years, with the best locations offering 97% and the most challenging locations in Haverhill at 64%. The worst neighborhoods include Winchester with 75% average chance. These averages are directional, not definitive; the best decision comes from analyzing your specific storefront.

Which Boston Neighborhoods Are Strongest for Indian Restaurants?

**How Haverhill compares:** Haverhill — the top-ranked neighborhood for Indian Restaurants in Boston — has a profile that most resembles **Fraser (Detroit)** and **Imperial Beach (San Diego)**. All three share less college-educated, less transit-reliant, and older housing stock, giving operators a wider reference set than a single city's data alone.

**Failure pattern for Indian Restaurants in Boston.** Across 88 tracked neighborhoods, survivability for this subtype spans **75% to 87%** — a 12-point gap. **Haverhill** leads at 87% (no existing competitors in our index), while **Winchester** sits at 75%. The dominant failure mode for an Indian Restaurant in Boston is neighborhood selection: a 12-point head start is on the table before the lease is signed.

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

How rent and competition shape the leaderboard

Rank	Neighborhood	Best Locations	Average Locations	Challenging Locations
1	Haverhill	94.0% – 97.0%	85.3% – 89.5%	63.0% – 67.0%
2	Boston	90.0% – 94.0%	85.1% – 89.3%	72.0% – 76.0%
3	Spring Hill	88.0% – 92.0%	84.4% – 88.6%	81.0% – 85.0%
4	Medfield	95.0% – 97.0%	84.0% – 88.2%	61.0% – 65.0%
5	Dover	94.0% – 97.0%	83.8% – 88.0%	64.0% – 68.0%
6	Methuen	94.0% – 97.0%	83.3% – 87.5%	67.0% – 71.0%
7	Merrymount	90.0% – 94.0%	83.0% – 87.2%	70.0% – 74.0%
8	Needham	95.0% – 97.0%	82.9% – 87.1%	63.0% – 67.0%
9	Revere	94.0% – 97.0%	82.5% – 86.7%	65.0% – 69.0%
10	Lowell	94.0% – 97.0%	82.4% – 86.6%	65.0% – 69.0%

Why density alone doesn't determine the winner

These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. 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.

Boston's Best-Earning Neighborhoods for Indian Restaurants

In Haverhill, the best possible location offers the opportunity of making ~7.9% more than the average location in or around Boston.

On the other hand, in Winchester, the worst possible location could result in making ~7.5% less than the average location in the city.

Where you open matters more than anything else. Opening an Indian Restaurant in Boston requires careful location choice. Across 88 neighborhoods analyzed, the overall average survival chance for a new Indian Restaurant is 81% for lasting more than 2 years — due to a combination of many factors across competition, consumer spending, and location dynamics. A high-traffic corner that works well for a coffee shop may be entirely wrong for a specialty retailer.

What Matters Most When Opening an Indian Restaurant in Boston

The address you sign for is the most consequential decision in launching this business. A high Survivability Score is a non-negotiable starting point. Our models show that Revenue Capture Score explains more outcome variance than any other individual metric. StreetSpring computes this by projecting the business's market share, which is based on the quality and quantity of primary, secondary, and tertiary competitors. Our forecasting engine processes data from over 24 metro areas covering 180+ million consumers. Competition density is not inherently negative — it often signals an established customer base. Our proprietary models incorporate data sources not available through any public platform.

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
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.
Foot traffic seasonality	Looking at a peak-summer Tuesday and assuming year-round volume.	Walk the block at 3 different times across 2 different weeks. Ask neighboring tenants for their slow-season % drop.
Outdoor seating / sidewalk use	Signing assuming you can add patio seating, then learning the city requires a separate sidewalk-cafe permit with long lead times.	Check the city's sidewalk-cafe permit process up front. Confirm landlord allows outdoor build-out in the lease language.

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

The Best Place to Start an Indian Restaurant in Boston

Our models highlight the following neighborhoods as top performers: Haverhill, Boston, and Spring Hill, while the most challenging neighborhoods would be Winchester, North Dorchester, and West Roxbury. Remember that a neighborhood average smooths over wide variation — your exact block could significantly outperform. Our live tool reflects the latest competitive landscape — these static rankings may already be slightly out of date.

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Top-Survivability Boston Neighborhoods for Indian Restaurants

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

StreetSpring's Survivability Scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool.

Do Lower-Ranked Boston Neighborhoods Still Work for Indian 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. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. Always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform for the most accurate prediction.

How Often Are Indian Restaurant Rankings in Boston Updated?

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 an Indian Restaurant?

In Haverhill, StreetSpring forecasts a 85.3% – 89.5% average chance for a new Indian 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 Indian Restaurant in Boston

If you own commercial property in Boston and are considering an Indian Restaurant tenant, here is what the data shows: Haverhill properties offer the best survivability outlook (85.3% – 89.5%), Boston is strong but slightly lower (85.1% – 89.3%), and Spring Hill rounds out the top 3 (84.4% – 88.6%). Our tool shows the survivability outlook for any business type at your exact address, updated weekly.

StreetSpring provides highly detailed forecasts — revealing how long hundreds of business types are likely to last at a specific address.

Where Indian 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 Indian Restaurant in Boston — Headline survivability stat for Indian 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: We compare each address to the ~30-50 most similar addresses within 1 mile to surface its relative ranking.

**City context.** 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).

**Daytime-worker density across Boston:** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median Boston neighborhood has a **0.25:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** (75th-percentile = 2.36, across **129** tracked neighborhoods) — a strongly-residential commercial-corridor profile. The right neighborhood pick for any subtype depends on whether the business model fits the worker-traffic or resident-traffic side of that distribution.

**Where Boston sits on operating costs:** Commercial power **10.9¢/kWh** (above the 24-metro median), state min wage **$15.00/hr** (below), combined sales tax **6.2%** (below), and commercial property tax **1.20%** (above). Composite read: **average** for operating overhead. None of these are dispositive on their own — but they bound the runway a new Boston storefront has to find product-market fit.

**BLS data point:** Indian Restaurants have a **50.0% 5-year survival rate** nationally per BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release. StreetSpring's location-specific model scores Indian Restaurants in Boston at an average **survivability score of 84%**, reflecting site-level factors like competitive density, demographics, and accessibility that national averages can't capture.

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Beyond the Numbers: Local Context

Additional questions with answers drawn directly from local data sources.

Where should an aspiring Boston Indian Restaurant owner focus first?

The address you sign for. Across Boston, Indian Restaurants score 57-98% depending on location — a 41-point spread that captures competitive density, demographic fit, accessibility, and visibility at each storefront.

What's the broader economic environment in Boston?

Broader metro: ~96% employment rate, ~$135K median income per ACS. Indian Restaurants survivability in Boston averages 84%, with the model layering business-specific and site-specific factors on top.

How does Boston compare to other US metros for Indian Restaurants?

Boston ranks #22 of 24 US metros StreetSpring tracks for Indian Restaurants survivability (average 84%). The top metro for this subtype scores 88%; the bottom scores 83%.

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