Business Survivability in Brooklyn, Baltimore
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Brooklyn is an Eye Care Center with a 85.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Best business: an Eye Care Center in Brooklyn (85.1% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #2 of 60 neighborhoods in and around Baltimore
- Neighborhood average: 79.0% two-year survival across the business types ranked here
- Coverage: This ranking carries one row per business type and neighborhood. Its score is the projected chance of lasting two or more years, averaged across the price points StreetSpring scores separately in the tool (most types have 5). The 10 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points.
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Brooklyn a good place to start a business?
- How to find the best location
- Best businesses to open
- How much money could a business make?
- What businesses should open next?
- Frequently Asked Questions
Summary
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Brooklyn is an Eye Care Center with a 85.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Dentist Office with a 85.9% chance, followed by an Acupuncture Clinic with a 85.5% chance.
Is Brooklyn a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Brooklyn #2 of 60 neighborhoods in and around Baltimore, with an average Survivability Score of 79.0% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Brooklyn, the top-ranked business type scores 4.9 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Brooklyn can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- With a 92.9% employment rate, Brooklyn has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Brooklyn?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Brooklyn offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for an Eye Care Center in Brooklyn:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for an Eye Care Center in Brooklyn. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in Brooklyn?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 2 | Dentist Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.2% |
| 4 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.2% |
| 7 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.1% |
| 10 | Bike Shop | 84.6% |
| 11 | Furniture Store | 84.6% |
| 20 | Smoke Shop | 84.1% |
| 21 | Salad Shop | 84.1% |
Ties at a good address: Dentist Office, Acupuncture Clinic and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Bike Shop and Furniture Store are tied; Smoke Shop and Salad Shop are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at the average and the best address next.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Brooklyn
- #1 Eye Care Center: 85.1% on average across Brooklyn; best at 90.0%, challenging at 67.0%.
- #2 Opening a Dentist Office in Brooklyn shows 85.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 75.1%.
- #3 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #3): 85.5% average in Brooklyn. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 75.6%.
- #4 Dermatology Clinic is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Brooklyn: 85.5% chance on average, best at 89.2%, challenging at 74.3%.
- #7 Veterinary Clinic: 83.4% on average across Brooklyn; best at 89.6%, challenging at 69.2%.
Strong Performers in Brooklyn
- #9 Opening a Dance Club in Brooklyn shows 80.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.6%; lower-end sites show 64.0%.
- #10 Bike Shop (Ranked #10): 79.8% average in Brooklyn. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 60.7%.
- #11 Furniture Store is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Brooklyn: 79.8% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 59.4%.
- #20 Smoke Shop: 80.0% on average across Brooklyn; best at 84.6%, challenging at 64.8%.
- #21 Opening a Salad Shop in Brooklyn shows 79.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 64.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Brooklyn make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Brooklyn starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What businesses should open next in Brooklyn?
The top businesses to open next in Brooklyn:
- Eye Care Centers: 85.1% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Dentist Offices: 85.9% average survival rate
- Acupuncture Clinics: 85.5% average survival rate
However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. StreetSpring scores 500+ business types: 153 base business types, most of them at 5 price points, which is 569 type-and-price combinations you can choose in the tool. Brooklyn's employment rate (92.9%) and housing vacancy rate (10.1%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Brooklyn, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Related Articles:
- See the Baltimore Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Baltimore Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Eye Care Center survivability across Baltimore neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Brooklyn.
What type of business should you rent your Brooklyn storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Brooklyn shows that Eye Care Centers, Dentist Offices, and Acupuncture Clinics rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for two or more years.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Baltimore Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Brooklyn storefront to an Eye Care Center?
The data shows an Eye Care Center in Brooklyn is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 90.0% survivability; lower-end sites show 67.0%.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in Brooklyn?
When selecting a location in Brooklyn it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- StreetSpring's proprietary algorithms power these predictions.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Brooklyn addresses rank right now.
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Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. Aggregated survivability rankings for Baltimore are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Baltimore: /resources/data/baltimore-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.