What businesses are most in demand in Sedgefield?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Sedgefield are Italian Restaurants, Bangladeshi Restaurants, and Brunch Restaurants.

What are the best businesses to open in Sedgefield?

The top businesses to open in Sedgefield include Italian Restaurant with a ~85% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~86%, followed by Bangladeshi Restaurant and Brunch Restaurant.

Business Survivability in Sedgefield, Charlotte

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Sedgefield is an Italian Restaurant 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: an Italian Restaurant in Sedgefield (~85% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #16 across all neighborhoods in and around Charlotte

Neighborhood average: ~76% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Reviewed: April 28, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder

In this article:

Summary
Is Sedgefield 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 Sedgefield is an Italian Restaurant with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~86% chance; next is a Bangladeshi Restaurant with a ~83% chance, followed by a Brunch Restaurant with a ~83% chance.

Is Sedgefield a good place to start a business?

**Pattern match:** Sedgefield's neighborhood signature — captured across demographic, employment, and amenity features — most closely matches **Houston (Houston)** and **Harbour Island (Tampa Bay)**. The three share more college-educated, low poverty, and newer housing stock, which helps explain why business types that succeed in those areas tend to translate to Sedgefield.

**The pattern in Sedgefield.** Of 89 tracked subtypes, Bangladeshi Restaurant leads at **83% average survivability** — yet within the neighborhood, sites for this subtype range **81-87%** (6-point spread). That spread is the real failure surface: pick the wrong block in Sedgefield and a top-subtype play still scores in the bottom quartile. Meanwhile Ukrainian Restaurants are already saturated here — 10 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Sedgefield earns the #16 spot in Charlotte for new business survivability, with an average score of ~76% across all business types analyzed.

The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Sedgefield reaches ~2% for the strongest-performing business categories.
That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Sedgefield can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
At 96.9% employed, Sedgefield's consumer base has the spending capacity that makes the neighborhood viable for a wide range of business types — though location selection within the neighborhood still determines actual survivability.

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

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

StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address — showing which blocks in Sedgefield produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for an Italian Restaurant in Sedgefield:

The locations that show up in our top-10 lists

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StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for an Italian Restaurant in Sedgefield. 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 evaluates 100 factors — from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, mobility flows, and local market share potential.

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Top-ranked business types for Sedgefield

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Sedgefield

Italian Restaurant — ~83%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~85% across Sedgefield.
Opening a Bangladeshi Restaurant in Sedgefield shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
Brunch Restaurant (Ranked #3): ~83% average in Sedgefield. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Chinese Restaurant is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Sedgefield: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~82%.
Salad Shop — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Sedgefield.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Sedgefield

Opening a Deli in Sedgefield shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
Dance Club (Ranked #7): ~83% average in Sedgefield. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~80%.
Taiwanese Restaurant is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Sedgefield: ~83% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~81%.
Brazilian Restaurant — ~80%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Sedgefield.
Opening a Hungarian Restaurant in Sedgefield shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~81%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Bangladeshi Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
Brunch Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

How much money could a business in Sedgefield make?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Sedgefield could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~3% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Even within a high-performing neighborhood, the best location varies by business type — StreetSpring scores each combination separately.
Survivability data consistently shows location accounts for more variance in business outcomes than any other controllable factor.
Every percentage point of Survivability Score represents a real difference in expected revenue — choosing the highest-scoring address is the most reliable financial decision you can make at the outset.
StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Sedgefield

The top businesses to open next in Sedgefield:

Italian Restaurants — ~85% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
Bangladeshi Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate
Brunch Restaurants — ~83% 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. We apply advanced machine learning to one of the largest commercial real estate outcome datasets in the country. The survivability rankings for Sedgefield are grounded in real economic conditions: 96.9% employment and 2.7% vacancy are among the key inputs that separate high-scoring locations from low-scoring ones here. 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 Sedgefield right now.

See the Survivability Score for your new business

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

StreetSpring's 2026 model places Italian Restaurants, Bangladeshi Restaurants, and Brunch Restaurants at the top of the survivability rankings for Sedgefield — making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.

Survivability data consistently shows location accounts for more variance in business outcomes than any other controllable factor.
StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. StreetSpring's free tool lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Sedgefield — a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.

Should you rent your Sedgefield storefront to an Italian Restaurant?

StreetSpring's data confirms an Italian Restaurant as the highest-survivability tenant type for Sedgefield. The best addresses show a ~86% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around ~83%.

StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.

What should I consider when opening a business in Sedgefield?

Don't commit to a storefront in Sedgefield without first checking its Survivability Score — the difference between a 70% and a 90% score at two addresses on the same block can determine your long-term outcome.

High Revenue Capture Score is the clearest signal that a location can sustain a business over the long term.
StreetSpring's proprietary algorithms power these predictions.
No subscription required: access the current survivability score for any Sedgefield address through StreetSpring's free tool.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. Aggregated survivability rankings for Charlotte are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

The hidden costs of operating in this neighborhood

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
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.
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.
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.

Full dataset for Charlotte: /resources/data/charlotte-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 Charlotte — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type in Charlotte — the gap shows how much location choice matters for each subtype.

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

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

How we measure this: Foot traffic measured at the city-block level using a combination of pedestrian-network analysis and Walk Score.

**LEHD demand-pattern signal (Sedgefield):** Median 1-mile workplace jobs across Sedgefield: **10,502** (LEHD LODES 2022). That works out to a **2.3:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** — a worker-heavy mixed-use signal. Of those workplace jobs, **1,430** are retail-sector. Use this to gauge whether your concept is weekday-commuter-driven or evening-and-weekend-driven.

Landmark anchor: Sedgefield's park anchor is Sedgefield Park, which sets weekend and warm-weather foot-traffic patterns for the surrounding blocks.

**Economic indicators for Sedgefield:** Three local signals — neighborhood unemployment **3.1%** (ACS; below the median we track), Charlotte-area average weekly wage **$1,183** (BLS QCEW; below our metro median), and **7,496** new residential units permitted in Mecklenburg County in 2025 (Census BPS). Use these to ground demand and labor-cost assumptions for your specific business plan.

**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.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

Local-context questions, answered with neighborhood-specific numbers.

What does the employment picture in Sedgefield look like for new businesses?

ACS labor-force data shows an employment rate of about 97% in Sedgefield, versus 96% across Charlotte. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.

How does Sedgefield's commute profile affect retail demand?

Median commute time in Sedgefield is about 22 minutes, versus 26 minutes across the Charlotte metro. Commute patterns are typical for the metro, so foot traffic timing should not be a primary differentiator.

What's the poverty rate in Sedgefield, and what does it imply for businesses?

The poverty rate in Sedgefield is approximately 4%, compared to the Charlotte metro median of 11%. Low poverty supports the broadest range of business types, including premium and discretionary categories.

What does household composition look like in Sedgefield?

Average household size in Sedgefield is 2.1, versus 2.4 across the Charlotte metro. Household composition is close to the metro average.

Is Sedgefield mostly renters or owners?

57% of Sedgefield households own their home, against 51% across the Charlotte metro. The ownership profile is typical for the metro.