Business Survivability in Roseland, Chicago
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Roseland is a Convenience Store with a 69.8% 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 Convenience Store in Roseland (69.8% average survival rate, 84.6% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #91 of 99 neighborhoods in and around Chicago
- Neighborhood average: 56.6% 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 Roseland 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 Roseland is a Convenience Store with a 69.8% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 84.6% chance; next is a Clothing Store with a 63.1% chance, followed by a Laundromat with a 62.3% chance. At a good address, Convenience Store is tied with Clothing Store and Laundromat; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Roseland a good place to start a business?
Roseland holds the #91 position of 99 neighborhoods in and around Chicago for new business survivability, with an average score of 56.6% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Roseland score 14.8 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Roseland can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- With a 84.1% employment rate, Roseland 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 Roseland?
StreetSpring scores each block in Roseland so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Convenience Store in Roseland:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Convenience Store in Roseland. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Roseland?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 83.6% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 83.6% |
| 3 | Laundromat | 83.6% |
| 4 | Hair Salon | 83.1% |
| 5 | Veterinary Clinic | 82.4% |
| 6 | Cafe | 82.1% |
| 7 | Dance Club | 76.8% |
| 8 | Smoke Shop | 76.4% |
| 9 | Bar | 74.7% |
| 11 | Nail Salon | 74.1% |
Ties at a good address: Convenience Store, Clothing Store and Laundromat 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 Roseland
- #1 Convenience Store: 69.8% on average across Roseland; best at 84.6%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #2 Opening a Clothing Store in Roseland shows 63.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.1%; lower-end sites show 49.0%.
- #3 Laundromat (Ranked #3): 62.3% average in Roseland. Best-case storefronts: 83.6%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
- #4 Hair Salon is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Roseland: 70.7% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #5 Veterinary Clinic: 69.7% on average across Roseland; best at 85.3%, challenging at 56.4%.
Strong Performers in Roseland
- #6 Opening a Cafe in Roseland shows 68.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 48.9%.
- #7 Dance Club (Ranked #7): 64.5% average in Roseland. Best-case storefronts: 82.4%. Challenging locations: 50.0%.
- #8 Smoke Shop is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Roseland: 63.9% chance on average, best at 81.4%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #9 Bar: 63.2% on average across Roseland; best at 83.1%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #11 Opening a Nail Salon in Roseland shows 62.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 80.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: 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 Roseland make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Roseland 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 great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What businesses should open next in Roseland?
The top businesses to open next in Roseland:
- Convenience Stores: 69.8% average survival rate, 84.6% at the best address
- Clothing Stores: 63.1% average survival rate
- Laundromats: 62.3% average survival rate
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. 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. With Roseland's 84.1% employment rate factored in, the businesses best positioned to succeed here are those that benefit from a well-employed, spending-capable local consumer base. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Roseland and how each address is scoring right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Roseland.
What type of business should you rent your Roseland storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Roseland shows that Convenience Stores, Clothing Stores, and Laundromats rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Chicago Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Roseland storefront to a Convenience Store?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Convenience Store at the top of the survivability rankings for Roseland storefronts, with a best-case score of 84.6% and a floor of 49.0% at the most challenging addresses.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What should I consider when opening a business in Roseland?
Before committing to any location in Roseland, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Roseland to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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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.