Business Survivability in Montclair, Boston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Montclair is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.3% 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: a Veterinary Clinic in Montclair (81.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #41 of 52 neighborhoods in and around Boston
- Neighborhood average: 63.4% 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 Montclair 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 Montclair is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Clothing Store with a 69.3% chance, followed by a Laundromat with a 69.8% chance.
Is Montclair a good place to start a business?
Montclair holds the #41 position of 52 neighborhoods in and around Boston for new business survivability, with an average score of 63.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Montclair score 8.7 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Montclair can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Montclair could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- Montclair has a housing vacancy rate of 4.4% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Montclair?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Montclair produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Veterinary Clinic in Montclair:
The highlighted area represents the address in Montclair that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Veterinary Clinic survivability. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Montclair?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.9% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 3 | Laundromat | 84.0% |
| 4 | Spa | 83.6% |
| 5 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 6 | Cafe | 83.2% |
| 7 | Chiropractor Office | 83.2% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 82.8% |
| 10 | Bar | 81.4% |
| 11 | Hair Salon | 81.3% |
Ties at a good address: Spa and Coffee Shop are tied; Cafe and Chiropractor Office 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 Montclair
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Montclair: 81.3% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 64.9%.
- #2 Clothing Store: 69.3% on average across Montclair; best at 85.0%, challenging at 52.2%.
- #3 Opening a Laundromat in Montclair shows 69.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 49.8%.
- #4 Spa (Ranked #4): 73.5% average in Montclair. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 52.5%.
- #5 Coffee Shop is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Montclair: 69.2% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 51.6%.
Strong Performers in Montclair
- #6 Cafe: 70.7% on average across Montclair; best at 84.0%, challenging at 49.8%.
- #7 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Montclair shows 70.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 59.0%.
- #8 Eye Care Center (Ranked #8): 69.7% average in Montclair. Best-case storefronts: 86.6%. Challenging locations: 56.8%.
- #10 Bar is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Montclair: 70.9% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 53.0%.
- #11 Hair Salon: 70.8% on average across Montclair; best at 84.0%, challenging at 53.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Laundromat: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Montclair make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Montclair 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.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- 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 Montclair?
The top businesses to open next in Montclair:
- Veterinary Clinics: 81.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Clothing Stores: 69.3% average survival rate
- Laundromats: 69.8% average survival rate
Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring's accuracy is built on studying businesses that serve more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 cities. 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. The survivability rankings for Montclair draw on real Census conditions, including 95.3% employment and 4.4% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Montclair, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Montclair.
What type of business should you rent your Montclair storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Montclair are Veterinary Clinics, Clothing Stores, and Laundromats.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Boston Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Montclair storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Veterinary Clinic ranks as the top tenant type for your Montclair storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 64.9%.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in Montclair?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Montclair address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Montclair addresses rank right now.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. Aggregated survivability rankings for Boston are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Boston: /resources/data/boston-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.