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🛒Opening a Supermarket / mini-mart in Melbourne: a location research guide

Melbourne — Australia's café capital, famous for laneway commerce and dense inner-suburb retail strips. If you're thinking about opening a supermarket / mini-mart here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.

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What to look at on the map

For a supermarket / mini-mart, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Melbourne on the interactive map, focus on these:

  • 🏠Residential density (500m)

    Households within 2km drive are primary catchment.

  • 🅿️Parking nearby

    Customers buy in volume — they need parking.

  • ⚔️Direct competitors (1km)

    Other supermarkets within 1km hurt.

Where to look in Melbourne

Melbourne has several commercial districts where supermarket / mini-mart businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:

  • CBD
  • Fitzroy
  • Carlton
  • Brunswick
  • St Kilda
  • South Yarra

30 supermarket / mini-marts mapped in Melbourne

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  • WoolworthsUnclaimed
    -37.7981, 144.9684
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  • Psarakos MarketUnclaimed
    -37.7598, 145.0007
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  • North Melbourne IGA X-pressUnclaimed
    75 Flemington Road·site
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  • ColesUnclaimed
    150 Swan Street·site
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  • WoolworthsUnclaimed
    -37.8629, 145.0271·site
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  • WoolworthsUnclaimed
    -37.8206, 144.9436·site
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  • WoolworthsUnclaimed
    -37.8481, 145.0052·site
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  • Woolworths MetroUnclaimed
    -37.8592, 144.9778·site
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  • WoolworthsUnclaimed
    117 Acland Street·site
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  • ColesUnclaimed
    181-189 Barkly Street·site
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  • McCoppins Food & WineUnclaimed
    292-294 Queens Parade·site
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  • KimChi Korean Japanese GroceryUnclaimed
    161-163 Brunswick Street
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  • ColesUnclaimed
    276 Flinders Street·site
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  • IGA X-press + LiquorUnclaimed
    46 Whiteman Street Southbank
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  • IGAUnclaimed
    -37.8165, 144.9612·site
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+ 15 more — see them all on the interactive map

Investment outlook

Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a supermarket / mini-mart:

Mini-mart (200-400㎡): ¥50-150万. Full supermarket: way higher.

Common rookie mistakes

The mistakes that sink first-time supermarket / mini-mart owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:

  • ⚠Underestimating cold chain / refrigeration cost
  • ⚠Picking locations without enough parking turnover

Open the interactive map

Ready to scan Melbourne block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.

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