What is the best neighborhood in Chicago to open an Indonesian Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the best neighborhood in Chicago to open an Indonesian Restaurant is Kennedy Park, with 93% average survivability. 86 of 86 neighborhoods analyzed exceed the 70% two-year survival threshold.

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

In Kennedy Park, the best possible Indonesian Restaurant location in Chicago offers approximately 4.8% more expected revenue than the average location. The worst-performing neighborhoods could yield approximately 6.7% less than average.

What is the city-wide average survivability for Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago?

The city-wide average survivability for Indonesian Restaurant across Chicago is 89% for surviving more than 2 years. Top neighborhoods like Kennedy Park substantially outperform this average, reaching 93%.

What are the worst neighborhoods for Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago?

The most challenging neighborhoods in Chicago for Indonesian Restaurant include Downtown with 83% average survival chance, Chicago Lawn, and Irving Woods. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time.

How often are Indonesian Restaurant rankings in Chicago updated?

StreetSpring recalculates survivability scores regularly using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. The live tool always shows the most current predictions for any address in Chicago.

How accurate are StreetSpring's Indonesian 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 Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in Chicago to open an Indonesian Restaurant, from Kennedy Park (93% survival) to Dow...

April 24, 2026•17 min read

By Bobby Koons | Last reviewed by Bobby Koons on May 14, 2026 | Methodology

Quick Summary

#1 Neighborhood: Kennedy Park — 93% average survivability for Indonesian Restaurant

Neighborhoods at or above 70%: 86 of 86 analyzed

City-wide average: 89% for Indonesian Restaurants

Most challenging area: Downtown at 83%

Revenue advantage (top vs. avg location): ~4.8% more expected revenue in Kennedy Park

Data freshness: 2026 data · Full methodology →

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

Summary

Kennedy Park leads Chicago's 2026 survivability rankings for Indonesian Restaurant operators with 93% average chance of surviving more than 2 years, with the best locations offering 96% and the most challenging locations in Kennedy Park at 84%. The worst neighborhoods include Downtown with 83% average chance. Remember that a neighborhood average smooths over wide variation — your exact block could significantly outperform.

Where Indonesian Restaurants Thrive in Chicago

**Comparable neighborhoods nationally:** Kennedy Park resembles **Chicago Midway Airport (Chicago)** and **Rosemont East (Baltimore)** most closely — all three carry blue-collar job mix, low destination density, and low vacancy. Operators evaluating Kennedy Park for Indonesian Restaurants can read those peer neighborhoods as parallel signal.

**What goes wrong for Indonesian Restaurants in Chicago.** 86 tracked neighborhoods, scores spanning **83% to 93%** (average 89%). **Kennedy Park** leads at 93% (no existing competitors in our index); **Downtown** anchors the bottom at 83%. The 10-point spread is the dominant failure mode: choosing the wrong Chicago neighborhood costs more upside than any operational tweak can recover.

Kennedy Park ranks #1 of 86 neighborhoods analyzed in and around Chicago for Indonesian Restaurant survivability with a score of 93% as of 2026. The top 10 neighborhoods are:

The data signals behind these scores

Rank	Neighborhood	Best Locations	Average Locations	Challenging Locations
1	Kennedy Park	93.0% – 97.0%	91.5% – 95.0%	83.0% – 87.0%
2	Main-Chicago	94.0% – 97.0%	91.4% – 94.9%	88.0% – 92.0%
3	Roseland	95.0% – 97.0%	90.8% – 94.3%	76.0% – 80.0%
4	Southwest	94.0% – 97.0%	90.7% – 94.3%	71.0% – 75.0%
5	Morgan Park	95.0% – 97.0%	90.7% – 94.3%	73.0% – 77.0%
6	Rogers Park	94.0% – 97.0%	90.7% – 94.2%	71.0% – 75.0%
7	Kenwood	93.0% – 97.0%	90.2% – 93.8%	86.0% – 90.0%
8	West Village	92.0% – 96.0%	89.8% – 93.4%	72.0% – 76.0%
9	River North	93.0% – 97.0%	89.4% – 93.0%	86.0% – 90.0%
10	The Villa	94.0% – 97.0%	89.2% – 92.8%	74.0% – 78.0%

Reading the gap between #1 and #10

Remember that a neighborhood average smooths over wide variation — your exact block could significantly outperform. Because local conditions evolve weekly, the live survivability tool offers a more current snapshot than any published ranking.

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.

Where Indonesian Restaurants Earn the Most in Chicago

In Kennedy Park, the best possible location offers the opportunity of making ~4.8% more than the average location in or around Chicago.

On the other hand, in Downtown, the worst possible location could result in making ~6.7% less than the average location in the city.

No amount of marketing or capital can compensate for a poorly chosen location. Opening an Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago requires careful location choice. Across 86 neighborhoods analyzed, the overall average survival chance for a new Indonesian Restaurant is 89% for lasting more than 2 years — due to a combination of many factors across competition, consumer spending, and location dynamics. What makes a location ideal varies by business type — foot traffic patterns, competitor proximity, and consumer demographics all play different roles.

What Matters Most When Opening an Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago

The right address sets the ceiling on every other variable. Filtering candidate locations by Survivability Score first protects against the most common cause of business failure. No other single metric predicts business longevity as reliably as Revenue Capture Score. StreetSpring computes this by projecting the business's market share, which is based on the quality and quantity of primary, secondary, and tertiary competitors. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. Our data shows that businesses in moderately competitive clusters survive longer than isolated storefronts on average. These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
Anchor co-tenancy	Signing next to a high-traffic anchor that closes 6 months later, leaving you orphaned.	Ask for a co-tenancy clause — rent abatement or termination right if the anchor leaves. Standard for strong markets.
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.
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.

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. For the most accurate predictions, always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform.

The Best Place to Start an Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago

The strongest survivability scores belong to Kennedy Park, Main-Chicago, and Roseland, while the most challenging neighborhoods would be Downtown, Chicago Lawn, and Irving Woods. Our data shows that roughly 15% of top-performing locations sit in neighborhoods ranked below the city median. Because local conditions evolve weekly, the live survivability tool offers a more current snapshot than any published ranking.

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What Are the Best Neighborhoods in Chicago to Open an Indonesian Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the top neighborhood for an Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago is Kennedy Park with 93% average survivability, followed by Main-Chicago and Roseland. 86 of 86 neighborhoods analyzed exceed 70% two-year survival.

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

Are Bottom-Tier Chicago Neighborhoods a No-Go for Indonesian 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. Our data shows that roughly 15% of top-performing locations sit in neighborhoods ranked below the city median. Always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform for the most accurate prediction.

The Update Schedule for Chicago Indonesian Restaurants 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 Chicago.

Should Chicago Landlords Lease to Indonesian Restaurants?

In Kennedy Park, StreetSpring forecasts a 91.5% – 95.0% average chance for a new Indonesian 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 Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago

If you own commercial property in Chicago and are considering an Indonesian Restaurant tenant, here is what the data shows: Kennedy Park properties offer the best survivability outlook (91.5% – 95.0%), Main-Chicago is strong but slightly lower (91.4% – 94.9%), and Roseland rounds out the top 3 (90.8% – 94.3%). Get a live Survivability Score for your specific storefront at no cost.

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

Where in Chicago Should You Open an Indonesian Restaurant?

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

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

View technical data for Chicago

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 Chicago by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Chicago plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth. Find Indonesian Restaurant relative to its peers.

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

Headline survivability statistic for Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago — Headline survivability stat for Indonesian Restaurant in Chicago.

How we measure this: Restaurant build-outs run $200-500/sqft; retail $50-150/sqft; office $30-80. The model adjusts expected runway accordingly.

**A bit of background on Chicago.** Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago))

**Daytime-worker density across Chicago:** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median Chicago neighborhood has a **0.74:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** (75th-percentile = 2.07, across **150** tracked neighborhoods) — a primarily-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.

**Cost framing for Chicago:** Four operating-cost lines tilt this city high vs StreetSpring's 24-metro median — commercial electricity **6.7¢/kWh** (below median 10.8¢), state minimum wage **$15.00/hr** (below 15.00), combined sales tax **8.8%** (above 7.7%), and effective commercial property tax **2.27%** (above 0.96%). Sources: EIA Form 861, US DOL, Tax Foundation 2024.

**How we benchmark:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release reports **50.0% 5-year survival** for Indonesian Restaurants nationally. StreetSpring's Chicago model — which incorporates competitive density, traffic patterns, and rent dynamics — produces an average **survivability score of 85%** for Indonesian Restaurants across the city.

Same business type in other cities:

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Local Context FAQ

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

How does Chicago Indonesian Restaurant survivability compare to the national BLS baseline?

Indonesian Restaurants have a national 5-year survival rate of 50% per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025). StreetSpring's Chicago corpus shows an average survivability score of 85% for this subtype, above the BLS baseline by 35 points.

What factors drive the Chicago Indonesian Restaurants score?

Each Indonesian Restaurants survivability score in Chicago (averaging 85%) reflects ~100 factors per address: competitor counts at multiple radii, demographics, accessibility, rent, and historical outcomes. The model is recalibrated quarterly against 500K+ business outcomes nationally.

Which US cities have the highest survivability for Indonesian Restaurants?

Per StreetSpring's 24-metro model, the top three US cities for Indonesian Restaurants survivability are Portland, San Antonio, St. Louis. Chicago ranks #20, averaging 85%.

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