How much money could a business in Medfield make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Medfield could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~5% more than one of the worst locations.

What businesses are most in demand in Medfield?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Medfield are Ukrainian Restaurants, Bangladeshi Restaurants, and South American Restaurants.

How can you find the best location to open a business in Medfield?

StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility patterns to pinpoint which blocks in Medfield maximize success.

Is Medfield a good place to start a business?

Medfield is ranked number 11 across neighborhoods in and around Boston to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~78%. The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Medfield reaches ~2% for the strongest-performing business categories.

What are the best businesses to open in Medfield?

The top businesses to open in Medfield include Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~87% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~89%, followed by Bangladeshi Restaurant and South American Restaurant.

Business Survivability in Medfield, Boston

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Medfield is an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~87% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: an Ukrainian Restaurant in Medfield (~87% average survival rate, ~89% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #11 across all neighborhoods in and around Boston

Neighborhood average: ~78% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed: May 1, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder — updated weekly

In this article:

Summary
Is Medfield 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 Medfield is an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~87% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~89% chance; next is a Bangladeshi Restaurant with a ~87% chance, followed by a South American Restaurant with a ~87% chance.

How business-friendly is Medfield right now?

**Pattern match:** Medfield's neighborhood signature — captured across demographic, employment, and amenity features — most closely matches **Tara Leeway Heights (Washington DC)** and **West De Paul (Chicago)**. The three share more homeowners, high high-earner share, and higher-income, which helps explain why business types that succeed in those areas tend to translate to Medfield.

**The pattern in Medfield.** Of 93 tracked subtypes, Ukrainian Restaurant leads at **87% average survivability** — yet within the neighborhood, sites for this subtype range **62-99%** (37-point spread). That spread is the real failure surface: pick the wrong block in Medfield and a top-subtype play still scores in the bottom quartile. Meanwhile Kosher Restaurants are already saturated here — 2 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Medfield is ranked number 11 across neighborhoods in and around Boston to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~78%.

The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Medfield reaches ~2% for the strongest-performing business categories.
That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Medfield can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
With a 95.9% employment rate, Medfield has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.

Employment and vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.

Where in Medfield should you open a business?

StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Medfield — so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for an Ukrainian Restaurant in Medfield:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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The highlighted area represents the address in Medfield that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for an Ukrainian Restaurant survivability. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates 100 inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility data.

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The strongest business categories for Medfield

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Medfield

Ukrainian Restaurant — ~84%–~89% survivability range, with an average of ~87% across Medfield.
Opening a Bangladeshi Restaurant in Medfield shows ~87% average survivability. Top locations reach ~89%; lower-end sites show ~85%.
South American Restaurant (Ranked #3): ~87% average in Medfield. Best-case storefronts: ~88%. Challenging locations: ~85%.
Chinese Restaurant is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Medfield: ~87% chance on average, best at ~88%, challenging at ~85%.
Indonesian Restaurant — ~85%–~89% survivability range, with an average of ~87% across Medfield.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Medfield

Opening a Deli in Medfield shows ~87% average survivability. Top locations reach ~88%; lower-end sites show ~85%.
Chicken Shop (Ranked #7): ~87% average in Medfield. Best-case storefronts: ~89%. Challenging locations: ~85%.
Brunch Restaurant is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Medfield: ~87% chance on average, best at ~89%, challenging at ~84%.
Filipino Restaurant — ~85%–~88% survivability range, with an average of ~86% across Medfield.
Opening a Taiwanese Restaurant in Medfield shows ~86% average survivability. Top locations reach ~88%; lower-end sites show ~85%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Bangladeshi Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

The revenue potential of a Medfield location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Medfield could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~5% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
Nothing influences a business's future more than its location.
Across every business type we've analyzed, location quality as measured by Survivability Score is the strongest predictor of financial performance.
StreetSpring delivers pinpoint accuracy down to the exact storefront location.

What businesses should open next in Medfield?

The top businesses to open next in Medfield:

Ukrainian Restaurants — ~87% average survival rate, up to ~89% at best locations
Bangladeshi Restaurants — ~87% average survival rate
South American Restaurants — ~87% average survival rate

Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Our platform incorporates data from thousands of neighborhoods nationwide. Medfield's combination of 95.9% employment and 2.9% vacancy creates the conditions that define which business types thrive here and which struggle. Survivability scores are recalculated weekly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift — visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Medfield right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Medfield.

What type of business should you rent your Medfield storefront to?

Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Medfield, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Ukrainian Restaurants, Bangladeshi Restaurants, and South American Restaurants.

Nothing influences a business's future more than its location.
StreetSpring delivers pinpoint accuracy down to the exact storefront location. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 700+ tenant types — so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.

Should you rent your Medfield storefront to an Ukrainian Restaurant?

According to our 2026 survivability model, an Ukrainian Restaurant leads all business categories for Medfield landlords — ~89% at the best addresses and ~84% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.

StreetSpring delivers pinpoint accuracy down to the exact storefront location.

What should I consider when opening a business in Medfield?

Among all the criteria to weigh when opening a business in Medfield, Survivability Score carries the most predictive weight — choose the address with the highest score your budget allows.

Among all the inputs that shape survivability, Revenue Capture Score carries the most predictive weight.
These forecasts are generated using StreetSpring's unique analytical framework.
You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Medfield at no cost using StreetSpring's live tool.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring uses AI to predict business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods — trusted by real estate professionals and entrepreneurs nationwide. Aggregated survivability rankings for Boston are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Permits, licensing, and zoning specifics worth flagging

Area to check	What can go wrong	How to de-risk it
Insurance + compliance	General liability quoted at a starter rate, then jumping 2-3x once you add property + workers' comp + business interruption.	Get binding quotes from 2 insurers before signing the lease. Most landlords require minimum coverage levels — read those terms first.
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.

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.

Visual Data

Dumbbell chart comparing best vs worst locations for businesses in Boston — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type in Boston — the gap shows how much location choice matters for each subtype.

Treemap of Boston business mix by survivability score — Treemap of business mix in Boston — cell size = number of locations, color = average survivability score.

How we measure this: Annual rent / estimated annual revenue = rent burden ratio. Industry rule of thumb: above 12% is uncomfortable, above 18% is fatal.

**National benchmark:** Per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025), 5-year survival rates for StreetSpring's tracked industries span **47.8-61.8%**. Restaurants — the most-studied of these — survive at **50.0%** nationally, not the often-cited "80% fail" myth. The real risk premium is at the location level, which is what StreetSpring's model isolates.

**About Medfield** — Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,799 according to the 2020 United States Census. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medfield%2C_Massachusetts))

**Worker-to-resident ratio (Medfield):** LEHD daytime population data gives Medfield a **0.1-to-1 worker/resident ratio** (a primarily-residential neighborhood with minimal daytime worker traffic). Median 1-mile workplace jobs: **1,947**; retail share within that: **208**. Worker-heavy neighborhoods skew demand toward weekday-business-hours; resident-heavy neighborhoods skew toward evenings and weekends.

Landmark anchor: Dwight-Derby House is Medfield's history-museum landmark and a meaningful pull factor for visitor foot-traffic.

**Economic indicators for Medfield:** Three local signals — neighborhood unemployment **4.1%** (ACS; below the median we track), Boston-area average weekly wage **$1,631** (BLS QCEW; above our metro median), and **2,338** new residential units permitted in Suffolk County in 2025 (Census BPS). Use these to ground demand and labor-cost assumptions for your specific business plan.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

More questions answered with neighborhood-specific data from our 2026 corpus.

What's the local customer base size in Medfield?

ACS data estimates the Medfield resident population at roughly 13.1K. The resident base is smaller than typical; survivability is highest for businesses that draw beyond the immediate neighborhood.

How does Medfield's employment rate affect business survivability?

ACS labor-force data shows an employment rate of about 96% in Medfield, versus 96% across Boston. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.

How does Boston's survivability compare to national sector averages?

Per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025), 5-year survival rates by sector range from 47.8% (Active Life — gyms, studios) to 61.8% (Health & Medical), with Restaurants at 50% and Retail at 47.9%. Boston-specific factors layer on top of these national baselines.

How does economic hardship in Medfield compare to the metro?

2% of Medfield households fall below the federal poverty line — below the Boston metro median (8%). Low poverty supports the broadest range of business types, including premium and discretionary categories.

Is Medfield more single-occupant or family-household?

Average household size in Medfield is 2.8, versus 2.3 across the Boston metro. Larger households suggest more families — favorable for family dining, kid-oriented retail, and household services.