What are the best businesses to open in Ten Hills?

The top businesses to open in Ten Hills include Pet Boarding Facility with a ~85% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~87%, followed by Indonesian Restaurant and Dance Club.

How much money could a business in Ten Hills make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Ten Hills 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 Ten Hills?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Ten Hills are Pet Boarding Facilities, Indonesian Restaurants, and Dance Clubs.

Is Ten Hills a good place to start a business?

Ten Hills is ranked number 7 across neighborhoods in and around Boston to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~78%. StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Ten Hills addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.

Business Survivability in Ten Hills, Boston

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Ten Hills is a Pet Boarding Facility with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Pet Boarding Facility in Ten Hills (~85% average survival rate, ~87% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #7 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 12, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder — updated weekly

In this article:

Summary
Is Ten Hills 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 Ten Hills is a Pet Boarding Facility with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~87% chance; next is an Indonesian Restaurant with a ~84% chance, followed by a Dance Club with a ~84% chance.

Is Ten Hills the right neighborhood for a new business?

**Where else does Ten Hills look like?** The strongest demographic and amenity-density matches are **Colee Hammock (Miami)** and **Ravenna (Seattle)**, sharing high high-earner share, higher-income, and white-collar job mix. If you've worked in either of those neighborhoods, expect Ten Hills to behave similarly on the dimensions that drive survival.

**What goes wrong in Ten Hills.** Across 93 subtypes we track, **Indonesian Restaurant averages 84%** — the highest in the neighborhood. Yet a site-level look shows Indonesian Restaurants range from **76% to 89%** across Ten Hills — a 13-point window where the address, not the concept, decides the outcome. For competitive density: Kosher Restaurants are the most-concentrated tracked subtype (13 within 0.5 miles).

Ten Hills is ranked number 7 across neighborhoods in and around Boston to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~78%.

StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Ten Hills addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.
But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within Ten Hills can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
Ten Hills's 6.7% commercial vacancy rate signals the current availability of storefronts and shapes the competitive environment that survivability scores reflect.

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

How to choose a specific location in Ten Hills

StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Ten Hills — 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 a Pet Boarding Facility in Ten Hills:

The locations that show up in our top-10 lists

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StreetSpring's 2026 survivability data flags this circle as the prime block for a Pet Boarding Facility in Ten Hills. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 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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The strongest business categories for Ten Hills

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Ten Hills

Pet Boarding Facility is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Ten Hills: ~85% chance on average, best at ~87%, challenging at ~83%.
Indonesian Restaurant — ~83%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~84% across Ten Hills.
Opening a Dance Club in Ten Hills shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
Pet Grooming Shop (Ranked #4): ~84% average in Ten Hills. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~82%.
Japanese / Sushi Restaurant is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Ten Hills: ~84% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~82%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Ten Hills

Diner — ~82%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~84% across Ten Hills.
Opening an Afghan Restaurant in Ten Hills shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~83%.
Hot Pot Restaurant (Ranked #8): ~84% average in Ten Hills. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~82%.
Indian Restaurant is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Ten Hills: ~84% chance on average, best at ~86%, challenging at ~82%.
Laundromat — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Ten Hills.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

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What you could earn opening a business in Ten Hills

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, following the survivability data rather than relying on intuition or foot traffic estimates in Ten Hills 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

The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another — always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
Where you open matters more than anything else.
StreetSpring's analysis shows that businesses in top-scoring locations generate meaningfully more revenue and stay open longer than those in average locations.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Ten Hills

The top businesses to open next in Ten Hills:

Pet Boarding Facilities — ~85% average survival rate, up to ~87% at best locations
Indonesian Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate
Dance Clubs — ~84% average survival rate

StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. Ten Hills's employment rate (95.2%) and vacancy rate (6.7%) together define the economic context that StreetSpring's model uses to score survivability for each business type at each address. StreetSpring updates survivability scores for available locations weekly — check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Ten Hills are currently available and how they score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What type of business should you rent your Ten Hills storefront to?

Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Ten Hills, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Pet Boarding Facilities, Indonesian Restaurants, and Dance Clubs.

Where you open matters more than anything else.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for 2+ years.

Should you rent your Ten Hills storefront to a Pet Boarding Facility?

StreetSpring's data confirms a Pet Boarding Facility as the highest-survivability tenant type for Ten Hills. The best addresses show a ~87% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around ~83%.

No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

What should I consider when opening a business in Ten Hills?

When evaluating potential locations in Ten Hills, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.

Where survivability is highest, Revenue Capture Score is invariably strong — the two are tightly correlated across every business type we've analyzed.
These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
The most current survivability data for Ten Hills is free to access on StreetSpring — no account required to check your specific address.

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
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.
Lease term	Locking into 7-10 years without break clauses, then needing to relocate after year 2.	Negotiate a relocation or termination clause. Confirm assignment + sublease rights are in writing.
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

Radar chart of business-subtype survivability in Ten Hills, Boston — Top business types scored in Ten Hills, Boston — each axis is a subtype, taller = stronger survival rate.

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Boston by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Boston plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth.

How we measure this: Supplier proximity matters more for some subtypes (restaurants, repair shops) than others (online-anchored retail).

**LEHD demand-pattern signal (Ten Hills):** Median 1-mile workplace jobs across Ten Hills: **26,712** (LEHD LODES 2022). That works out to a **2.4:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** — a worker-heavy mixed-use signal. Of those workplace jobs, **4,538** are retail-sector. Use this to gauge whether your concept is weekday-commuter-driven or evening-and-weekend-driven.

Landmark anchor: Ten Hills centers on Mystic River Park — a public-space anchor that influences walking and dwell-time patterns nearby.

**Ten Hills economic snapshot:** ACS reports neighborhood unemployment at **4.8%** (in line with the 24-metro neighborhood median we track). The Boston metro's BLS QCEW average weekly wage is **$1,631** (above our metro median), and the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey logged **2,338** new residential permits in Suffolk County in 2025 — useful triangulation for population-growth and labor-cost assumptions in this neighborhood.

**Why these baselines matter:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025) reports 5-year survival rates of **47.8-61.8%** across the industries StreetSpring covers. Restaurants survive at **50.0%** nationally — not 20%. The location decision is what separates the 30% above the baseline from the 30% below.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

Beyond the general FAQ — data-anchored answers for this specific location.

What's the local customer base size in Ten Hills?

Ten Hills has approximately 11.3K residents, putting it in the lower-middle range among Boston neighborhoods we track. The resident base is smaller than typical; survivability is highest for businesses that draw beyond the immediate neighborhood.

How does Ten Hills's vacancy rate affect commercial demand?

Ten Hills's housing vacancy rate is roughly 7%, compared to 5% across the Boston metro. Vacancy is close to the metro median — lease economics are typical for the area.

How does Ten Hills's commute profile affect retail demand?

ACS data puts the median commute at ~35 minutes in Ten Hills, compared to 32 minutes metro-wide. Commute patterns are typical for the metro, so foot traffic timing should not be a primary differentiator.

Is Ten Hills a high-employment or high-unemployment area?

Ten Hills's employment rate is approximately 95%, compared to a Boston metro median of 96%. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.