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

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the best neighborhood in Charlotte to open an Indian Restaurant is Eastfield, with 88% average survivability. 35 of 35 neighborhoods analyzed exceed the 70% two-year survival threshold.

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

In Eastfield, the best possible Indian Restaurant location in Charlotte offers approximately 7.9% more expected revenue than the average location. The worst-performing neighborhoods could yield approximately 10.6% less than average.

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

The city-wide average survivability for Indian Restaurant across Charlotte is 82% for surviving more than 2 years. Top neighborhoods like Eastfield substantially outperform this average, reaching 88%.

What are the worst neighborhoods for Indian Restaurant in Charlotte?

The most challenging neighborhoods in Charlotte for Indian Restaurant include Foxcroft with 73% average survival chance, Double Oaks, and Farm Pond. These averages are directional, not definitive; the best decision comes from analyzing your specific storefront.

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 delivers address-level predictions, showing how likely hundreds of different businesses are to last at that exact spot.

Survivability Rankings for Indian Restaurant in Charlotte

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in Charlotte to open an Indian Restaurant, from Eastfield (88% survival) to Foxcroft...

April 24, 2026•16 min read

By Bobby Koons | Reviewed: May 5, 2026 | Refreshed weekly | Methodology

Quick Summary

#1 Neighborhood: Eastfield — 88% average survivability for Indian Restaurant

Neighborhoods at or above 70%: 35 of 35 analyzed

City-wide average: 82% for Indian Restaurants

Most challenging area: Foxcroft at 73%

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

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

Opening an Indian Restaurant in Charlotte? Our 2026 analysis identifies Eastfield as the top location with 88% average chance of surviving more than 2 years, with the best locations offering >97% and the most challenging locations in Eastfield at 69%. The worst neighborhoods include Foxcroft with 73% average chance. A low-ranking neighborhood can still contain high-potential storefronts — the address matters most.

Which Charlotte Neighborhoods Are Strongest for Indian Restaurants?

**Where else does Eastfield look like?** Among the ~2,500 neighborhoods StreetSpring scores, the strongest profile matches are **Steele Creek (Charlotte)** and **Park Palisades (Dallas)** — sharing newer housing stock, low poverty, and few anchor tenants. Same neighborhood signatures tend to produce similar business-type outcomes.

**Failure-mode analysis: Indian Restaurants in Charlotte.** Across 35 neighborhoods, scores range **73-88%**, with the citywide average at 82%. The top-ranked neighborhood (**Eastfield**, 88%, no existing competitors in our index) sits 15 points above the bottom (**Foxcroft**, 73%). For an Indian Restaurant, neighborhood selection drives more of the survivability outcome than almost any other controllable input.

Eastfield ranks #1 of 35 neighborhoods analyzed in and around Charlotte for Indian Restaurant survivability with a score of 88% as of 2026. The top 10 neighborhoods are:

How rent and competition shape the leaderboard

Rank	Neighborhood	Best Locations	Average Locations	Challenging Locations
1	Eastfield	96.0% – 97.0%	86.0% – 90.2%	68.0% – 72.0%
2	Downtown	95.0% – 97.0%	85.7% – 89.9%	64.0% – 68.0%
3	North Lake	96.0% – 97.0%	85.5% – 89.7%	73.0% – 77.0%
4	Laurel Park	92.0% – 96.0%	84.8% – 89.0%	73.0% – 77.0%
5	Belmont	86.0% – 90.0%	84.3% – 88.5%	80.0% – 84.0%
6	Brown Mill	91.0% – 95.0%	82.8% – 87.0%	75.0% – 79.0%
7	Third Ward	85.0% – 89.0%	82.5% – 86.7%	77.0% – 81.0%
8	Logan	94.0% – 97.0%	82.3% – 86.5%	60.0% – 64.0%
9	First Ward	85.0% – 89.0%	82.0% – 86.2%	79.0% – 83.0%
10	Fourth Ward	84.0% – 88.0%	81.6% – 85.8%	75.0% – 79.0%

Reading the gap between #1 and #10

These averages are directional, not definitive; the best decision comes from analyzing your specific storefront. 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.

The Top Revenue Neighborhoods for Indian Restaurants in Charlotte

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

On the other hand, in Foxcroft, the worst possible location could result in making ~10.6% less than the average location in the city.

Location selection is the most consequential decision any new business owner makes. Opening an Indian Restaurant in Charlotte requires careful location choice. Across 35 neighborhoods analyzed, the overall average survival chance for a new Indian Restaurant is 82% for lasting more than 2 years — due to a combination of many factors across competition, consumer spending, and location dynamics. Survivability predictions are business-type-specific because consumer behavior differs fundamentally across categories.

What to Think About When Launching an Indian Restaurant in Charlotte

Among all the variables you control, location quality has the biggest downstream impact. A strong Survivability Score is the foundation everything else builds on. Revenue Capture Score is the single best indicator of whether a business will thrive at a location. 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. Strategic clustering can actually boost performance by creating destination zones. The prediction engine behind these rankings is entirely proprietary — developed in-house over years of research.

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.
Workforce availability	Hiring radius is smaller than you think — many neighborhoods can't staff a full team at standard wages.	Pull BLS wage data for your industry in this metro. Walk through your staffing plan with a local restaurant/retail operator 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.

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.

Which Charlotte Block Is Right for an Indian Restaurant?

The neighborhoods with the highest survivability for this business type are Eastfield, Downtown, and North Lake, while the most challenging neighborhoods would be Foxcroft, Double Oaks, and Farm Pond. Even neighborhoods with modest average scores can harbor exceptional individual locations. New competitor openings and closures happen weekly — the live tool ensures you see the latest picture.

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Top-Survivability Charlotte Neighborhoods for Indian Restaurants

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the top neighborhood for an Indian Restaurant in Charlotte is Eastfield with 88% average survivability, followed by Downtown and North Lake. 35 of 35 neighborhoods analyzed exceed 70% two-year survival.

StreetSpring refreshes survivability data continuously — check the tool for the most current score at any address.

Should You Consider Lower-Survivability Areas of Charlotte for an Indian Restaurant?

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 averages are directional, not definitive; the best decision comes from analyzing your specific storefront. Always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform for the most accurate prediction.

How Fresh Is Our Charlotte Indian Restaurant Ranking Data?

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 Charlotte.

Should Charlotte Landlords Lease to Indian Restaurants?

In Eastfield, StreetSpring forecasts a 86.0% – 90.2% 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 Charlotte

Landlords in Charlotte's top three neighborhoods for Indian Restaurant can expect the following average survivability for new tenants:

Eastfield: 86.0% – 90.2%
Downtown: 85.7% – 89.9%
North Lake: 85.5% – 89.7%

See which business types are most likely to succeed at your property address right now.

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

Where Indian Restaurants Thrive in Charlotte

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

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

View technical data for Charlotte

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

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Charlotte by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Charlotte plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth. Find Indian Restaurant relative to its peers.

Waterfall chart of best and worst Indian Restaurant neighborhoods in Charlotte — Top and bottom neighborhoods for Indian Restaurant in Charlotte — each step shows the gap from the city average. Wider spread = location matters more.

How we measure this: Address-level scoring decomposes into Site Economics, Market Demand, Competition, Accessibility, Neighborhood Character, and Performance History — six axes.

**A bit of background on Charlotte.** Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. With a population of 874,579 at the 2020 census, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., seventh-most populous city in the South, and second-most populous city in the Southeast. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%2C_North_Carolina))

**City-wide daytime/nighttime spread (Charlotte):** Charlotte's neighborhoods span the daytime-density range from sparse residential to dense commercial. Median daytime/resident ratio: **0.70**; top-quartile ratio: **2.45** across 97 tracked neighborhoods (LEHD LODES 2022). That's a primarily-residential profile — pick the right side of the ratio for your concept's demand-timing.

**Where Charlotte sits on operating costs:** Commercial power **9.7¢/kWh** (below the 24-metro median), state min wage **$7.25/hr** (below), combined sales tax **7.0%** (below), and commercial property tax **0.82%** (below). Composite read: **low-cost** for operating overhead. None of these are dispositive on their own — but they bound the runway a new Charlotte storefront has to find product-market fit.

**Authoritative anchor:** BLS data (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release) puts the national 5-year survival rate for Indian Restaurants at **50.0%**. In Charlotte, StreetSpring's **survivability score** for this subtype averages **86%** — a site-quality measure built from 100+ location factors.

Same business type in other cities:

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Local Context FAQ

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

What separates a Charlotte Indian Restaurant that survives from one that doesn't?

Site selection is the highest-leverage decision. The 56-98% range for Indian Restaurants in Charlotte (42-point spread) reflects what location alone can change — independent of brand, operations, or marketing.

How important is foot traffic / accessibility for an Indian Restaurant in Charlotte?

ACS data shows Charlotte's median commute at ~26 minutes — accessibility patterns vary widely by neighborhood. Indian Restaurants survivability in Charlotte ranges 56-98% across locations, with accessibility one of the bigger contributing factors.

How is the Indian Restaurants survivability score for Charlotte calculated?

StreetSpring's Charlotte Indian Restaurants score blends ~100 site-level factors — competition within 0.25, 0.5, and 2 miles; ACS demographics; commute / accessibility patterns; lease rent rates; and historical survival outcomes. The 86% city average emerges from per-site scoring at every grid block.

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