The 10 best streets to open a bubble tea or dessert shop in Birmingham (2026 data)
Bubble tea and desserts run on teenage-and-student gravity, evening flow and social-media-led queues. These ten streets scored highest.
OBSERVED measured at the street or station · AREA CONTEXT residents or borough statistics around it · MODELLED transparent estimates we compute, with the rule shown. Nothing is presented as more precise than its source.
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Selly Oak station area
Birmingham · 4-8 km from centre · transport hub44,280 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 4 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £25 per person and modelled rent is £190 per m².
Fit score 66/100MODELLED Est. revenue £29,531/mo (range £16,242-£47,250)MODELLED Weekly station flow 44,280OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 4 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £190/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,521AREA CONTEXT -
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Birmingham Moor Street station area
Birmingham · City centre · transport hub137,093 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 28 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £23 per person and modelled rent is £193 per m².
Fit score 66/100MODELLED Est. revenue £21,593/mo (range £11,876-£34,549)MODELLED Weekly station flow 137,093OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 28 (7 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £193/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,594AREA CONTEXT -
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Raddlebarn Road (Selly Oak)
Birmingham · 4-8 km from centre · side street1,328 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £22 per person and modelled rent is £157 per m².
Fit score 64/100MODELLED Est. revenue £27,964/mo (range £15,380-£44,743)MODELLED Weekly station flow 1,328MODELLED Competitors within 400 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £157/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,521AREA CONTEXT -
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Five Ways station area
Birmingham · City centre · transport hub24,974 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £28 per person and modelled rent is £189 per m².
Fit score 64/100MODELLED Est. revenue £24,832/mo (range £13,657-£39,731)MODELLED Weekly station flow 24,974OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £189/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,590AREA CONTEXT -
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Tame Bridge Parkway station area
Sandwell · 8-15 km from centre · transport hub12,125 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £22 per person and modelled rent is £149 per m².
Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £24,392/mo (range £13,415-£39,027)MODELLED Weekly station flow 12,125OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £149/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,402AREA CONTEXT -
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The Bullring (Birmingham Moor Street)
Birmingham · City centre · high street59,013 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 54 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £25 per person and modelled rent is £200 per m².
Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £7,498/mo (range £4,124-£11,996)MODELLED Weekly station flow 59,013MODELLED Competitors within 400 m 54 (17 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £200/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,594AREA CONTEXT -
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Erdington station area
Birmingham · 4-8 km from centre · transport hub9,232 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £23 per person and modelled rent is £186 per m².
Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £16,967/mo (range £9,332-£27,147)MODELLED Weekly station flow 9,232OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £186/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,553AREA CONTEXT -
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Sandwell and Dudley station area
Sandwell · 8-15 km from centre · transport hub19,288 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 1 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £20 per person and modelled rent is £150 per m².
Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £22,107/mo (range £12,159-£35,371)MODELLED Weekly station flow 19,288OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 1 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £150/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,975AREA CONTEXT -
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The Hawthorns station area
Sandwell · 4-8 km from centre · transport hub6,414 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 1 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £20 per person and modelled rent is £148 per m².
Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £25,558/mo (range £14,057-£40,893)MODELLED Weekly station flow 6,414OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 1 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £148/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,938AREA CONTEXT -
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Smethwick Galton Bridge station area
Sandwell · 4-8 km from centre · transport hub13,379 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 1 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £19 per person and modelled rent is £149 per m².
Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £21,432/mo (range £11,788-£34,292)MODELLED Weekly station flow 13,379OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 1 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £149/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,269AREA CONTEXT
How this ranking works
One fixed concept is scored against every one of the 378 Birmingham street segments in the Location Potential dataset: station entries and exits (National Rail: ORR Estimates of Station Usage 2024-25 (annual; day-of-week split modelled)), recorded venues within the concept's competition radius (400 m to 1 km by type) from OpenStreetMap, Census 2021 residents for the local LSOA, business crime from data.police.uk, and rent context from Valuation Office Agency rateable values. Scores and revenue figures are MODELLED planning estimates with fixed, published rules, not observed takings. The full method, sources and limits are on the Method page.
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