Business Survivability in Logan Square, Chicago
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Logan Square is an Eye Care Center with a 86.4% 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 Logan Square (86.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #2 of 99 neighborhoods in and around Chicago
- Neighborhood average: 79.7% 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 Logan Square 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 Logan Square is an Eye Care Center with a 86.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 87.2% chance, followed by a Veterinary Clinic with a 87.0% chance.
Is Logan Square a good place to start a business?
Logan Square holds the #2 position of 99 neighborhoods in and around Chicago for new business survivability, with an average score of 79.7% across the business types ranked there.
- In Logan Square, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 3.6 points above that type's average.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Logan Square for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- With a 95.1% employment rate, Logan Square 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 Logan Square?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Logan Square offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. Here is the top survivability address for an Eye Care Center in Logan Square, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for an Eye Care Center in Logan Square. 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 Logan Square?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 3 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 89.6% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.6% |
| 10 | Liquor Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Florist | 85.0% |
| 21 | Chicken Shop | 84.6% |
| 22 | Salad Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office, Veterinary Clinic, Dentist Office and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; Liquor Store and Florist are tied; Chicken 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 Logan Square
- #1 Eye Care Center: 86.4% on average across Logan Square; best at 90.0%, challenging at 73.4%.
- #2 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Logan Square shows 87.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 71.7%.
- #3 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #3): 87.0% average in Logan Square. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 72.6%.
- #4 Dentist Office is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Logan Square: 86.2% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 73.8%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic: 85.9% on average across Logan Square; best at 90.0%, challenging at 73.4%.
Strong Performers in Logan Square
- #9 Opening a Dance Club in Logan Square shows 81.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 66.6%.
- #10 Liquor Store (Ranked #10): 81.5% average in Logan Square. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 68.8%.
- #11 Florist is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Logan Square: 81.4% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 68.4%.
- #21 Chicken Shop: 80.8% on average across Logan Square; best at 85.0%, challenging at 61.6%.
- #22 Opening a Salad Shop in Logan Square shows 80.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 62.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Logan Square make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Logan Square 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
- Even within a high-performing neighborhood, the best location varies by business type: StreetSpring scores each combination separately.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Logan Square?
The top businesses to open next in Logan Square:
- Eye Care Centers: 86.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 87.2% average survival rate
- Veterinary Clinics: 87.0% average survival rate
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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. Logan Square's 95.1% employment rate and 9.5% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Logan Square. StreetSpring's regular updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.
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- See the Chicago Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Chicago Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Eye Care Center survivability across Chicago neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Logan Square.
What type of business should you rent your Logan Square storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Logan Square, Eye Care Centers, Chiropractor Offices, and Veterinary Clinics consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. 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 Logan Square storefront to an Eye Care Center?
StreetSpring's data confirms an Eye Care Center as the highest-survivability tenant type for Logan Square. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 73.4%.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Logan Square?
Don't commit to a storefront in Logan Square without first checking its Survivability Score: two addresses on the same block can carry different projected chances.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Logan Square.
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Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. 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.