Median HHI $101,064 (1.25× national). 33 existing acai bowl shop competitors in the analyzed area (the official city limits of Boston, 125 km² of land). Daytime-worker ratio 1.08. 72 zero-competition tracts identified.
Boston benchmarked against the US average. Green bars mean the city metric is better than the US benchmark for this category.
Purchasing power is 1.25× the US median. A premium segment is reachable.
Daytime-worker density is above national average. Morning and lunch windows skew strong.
Tract-level estimates, aggregated for the analyzed area.
Every acai bowl shop inside the city limits of Boston (the dashed boundary on the map). How this list was built: 247 candidates each got the full read (name, categories, customer reviews); 165 were excluded as not real competitors. Anyone confirmed to sell it counts, even as a side line: they still take the sale. Click any dot for its profile: rating, reach and its trade pocket.
| Shop | Rating · reviews | Standing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Alive Organic Cafe Back Bay | 4.3 ★ · 1,117 | WEAK SPOT | +4 |
| Playa Bowls | 4.8 ★ · 635 | ANCHOR | +6 |
| Playa Bowls | 4.7 ★ · 622 | ANCHOR | +1 |
| Life Alive Organic Cafe Brookline | 4.4 ★ · 616 | SOLID | +2 |
| CAFE JUICEUP | 4.7 ★ · 400 | ANCHOR | +1 |
| Cafe 472 | 4.1 ★ · 356 | WEAK SPOT | +6 |
| Mother Juice | 4.5 ★ · 354 | ANCHOR | +7 |
| Cocobeet | Government Center | 4.5 ★ · 345 | ANCHOR | +8 |
| Energize | 4.8 ★ · 299 | ANCHOR | +2 |
| Energize | 4.9 ★ · 239 | SOLID | +6 |
| Lotus Test Kitchen | 4.7 ★ · 239 | SOLID | +8 |
| Bamboo Beach Juice Bar | 4.8 ★ · 235 | SOLID | +1 |
| JUGOS | 4.1 ★ · 216 | WEAK SPOT | +6 |
| The Juicery | 4.4 ★ · 189 | SOLID | +8 |
| Aloe Natural Açaí & Coffee Shop | 4.7 ★ · 172 | SOLID | alone |
| Mother Juice | 4.5 ★ · 142 | SOLID | +8 |
| Pure Green Roxbury - Smoothie & Juice Bar | 4.8 ★ · 89 | SOLID | alone |
| Mother Juice | 4.9 ★ · 86 | SOLID | +7 |
| Kwench Juice Cafe | 4.5 ★ · 84 | SOLID | +7 |
| Berry Twist | 2.9 ★ · 78 | WEAK SPOT | +8 |
| Playa Bowls | 4.7 ★ · 77 | SOLID | +1 |
| The Bagel Table | 3.6 ★ · 61 | WEAK SPOT | +1 |
| Tropical Smoothie Cafe | 4.2 ★ · 55 | WEAK SPOT | +6 |
| Love Health Cafe | 4.9 ★ · 52 | SOLID | alone |
| Kwench Juice Cafe | 4.6 ★ · 49 | SOLID | alone |
| Kwench Juice Cafe | 4.9 ★ · 48 | SOLID | +1 |
| Cmelatte Cafe | 4.7 ★ · 31 | SOLID | alone |
| Juicygreens | 4.0 ★ · 22 | WEAK SPOT | +4 |
| The Juicery | 4.3 ★ · 18 | WEAK SPOT | +2 |
| Melo Açaí & Smoothie Bar | 3.9 ★ · 15 | WEAK SPOT | +7 |
| Liv | 4.9 ★ · 14 | SOLID | +2 |
| Kwench Juice Cafe | 4.1 ★ · 13 | WEAK SPOT | +1 |
| Juicygreens | 5.0 ★ · 5 | SOLID | +7 |
Green halos sit on neighborhoods with unmet spend. Red blooms flag areas where supply already matches demand. City-wide numbers can look understored even when specific neighborhoods are saturated. The map shows where the gaps actually are.
An 8-point hourly curve synthesized from the POI mix (transit stops, schools, offices, residents), blended with the typical demand curve for this category. ~ modeled, not measured from real mobility data.
Peak windows: 6pm and 8am.
Ranked by a Site Suitability Index combining demand, supply gap, and demographic fit. Commercial rent is modeled from residential medians (residential × 2.2, shown as a ±30% band). It is an estimate, not a quote. Get quoted rates from a local broker before signing anything.
Axes without underlying data are omitted and the remaining weights renormalized.
Drawn from rent trajectory, chain mix, sector timing, incumbent entrenchment, and amenity gaps.
Low / Mid / High scenarios using industry-average margins (COGS 32%, labor 28%, other opex 12%), local rent, and demand scaled to this market. Every line is a scenario, not a forecast.
| Line item | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial rent ($/sqft/yr) | $47 | $55 | $66 |
| Footprint (sqft) | 800 | 1,200 | 2,000 |
| Annual rent | $38K | $66K | $132K |
| Daily customers (market-adjusted) | 188 | 230 | 297 |
| Avg ticket | $8 | $10 | $12 |
| Annual revenue | $541K | $828K | $1.28M |
| COGS (32%) | $173K | $265K | $411K |
| Labor (28%) | $152K | $232K | $359K |
| Other opex (12%) | $65K | $99K | $154K |
| EBITDA (before tax) | $114K | $166K | $227K |
| Break-even daily customers | 130 | 162 | 220 |
| Build-out (one-time) | $200K | $300K | $500K |
| Payback | 21 mo | 22 mo | 26 mo |
Rent is modeled from the residential median × 2.2, a citywide heuristic with real-world error of ±30% or more, not a quoted rate. Build-out: $250/sqft industry rule of thumb. Ticket: category US average. Daily customers scaled up to 1.15× the category US average, reflecting this market's retail saturation index (1.50). Replace every assumption with quotes from a broker and your own numbers before committing capital.
Every number traces back to a public data source. Dates are the latest vintage available at generation time. The analysis covers the official city limits of Boston (125 km² of land), shown as the dashed boundary on the competitor map. Competitors just outside the boundary, within 4000 m, count toward each location's competitive pressure but are excluded from totals and grading. Demographics aggregate the tracts of the analyzed area, and city comparisons divide by the same city-limits population, so counts and population always describe the same place.
We separate what we measured from what we modeled, so you know exactly how much weight each number carries.