Business Survivability in Albany Park, Chicago
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Albany Park is an Eye Care Center with a 79.4% 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 Albany Park (79.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #24 of 99 neighborhoods in and around Chicago
- Neighborhood average: 69.5% 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 Albany Park 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 Albany Park is an Eye Care Center with a 79.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 80.9% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 76.4% chance.
Is Albany Park a good place to start a business?
In Chicago's survivability rankings, Albany Park comes in at #24 of 99 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 69.5% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Albany Park, the top-ranked business type scores 10.6 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Albany Park can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Albany Park will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- With a 93.5% employment rate, Albany Park 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 Albany Park?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Albany Park that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. The location below represents the address in Albany Park with the highest projected survivability for an Eye Care Center:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for an Eye Care Center in Albany Park. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Albany Park?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 87.0% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 87.0% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 87.0% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.7% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 21 | Dance Club | 84.6% |
| 22 | Turkish Restaurant | 84.0% |
| 24 | Bar | 84.0% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office, Dentist Office and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; Clothing Store and Dance Club are tied; Turkish Restaurant and Bar 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 Albany Park
- #1 Opening an Eye Care Center in Albany Park shows 79.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 58.6%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 80.9% average in Albany Park. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 59.8%.
- #3 Chiropractor Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Albany Park: 76.4% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 61.5%.
- #4 Dentist Office: 76.4% on average across Albany Park; best at 89.2%, challenging at 59.0%.
- #5 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Albany Park shows 75.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 88.7%; lower-end sites show 59.0%.
Strong Performers in Albany Park
- #9 Convenience Store (Ranked #9): 80.3% average in Albany Park. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 55.8%.
- #10 Clothing Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Albany Park: 75.5% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 53.5%.
- #21 Dance Club: 71.1% on average across Albany Park; best at 86.0%, challenging at 50.4%.
- #22 Opening a Turkish Restaurant in Albany Park shows 80.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 54.3%.
- #24 Bar (Ranked #24): 76.9% average in Albany Park. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 50.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Albany Park make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Albany Park 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
- The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What businesses should open next in Albany Park?
The top businesses to open next in Albany Park:
- Eye Care Centers: 79.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 80.9% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 76.4% average survival rate
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Our training data spans 500+ business types across 24 major metros, giving our models the breadth to predict outcomes across nearly any commercial concept. 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 7.6% housing vacancy rate in Albany Park describes the neighborhood as a whole; survivability still depends heavily on choosing the right address within it. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Albany Park are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Chicago Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Albany Park.
What type of business should you rent your Albany Park storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Albany Park, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Eye Care Centers, Veterinary Clinics, and Chiropractor Offices as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Chicago Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Albany Park storefront to an Eye Care Center?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, an Eye Care Center ranks as the top tenant type for your Albany Park storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 58.6%.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What should I consider when opening a business in Albany Park?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Albany Park 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's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Albany Park addresses rank right now.
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Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. Aggregated survivability rankings for Chicago are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Chicago: /resources/data/chicago-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.