Business Survivability in Briggs, Detroit
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Briggs is a Convenience Store with a 76.5% 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 Briggs (76.5% average survival rate, 85.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #118 of 141 neighborhoods in and around Detroit
- Neighborhood average: 62.1% 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 Briggs 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 Briggs is a Convenience Store with a 76.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 85.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 71.9% chance, followed by a Spa with a 75.8% chance.
Is Briggs a good place to start a business?
Briggs holds the #118 position of 141 neighborhoods in and around Detroit for new business survivability, with an average score of 62.1% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Briggs score 8.5 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Briggs can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- Housing vacancy in Briggs sits at 16.5%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.
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 Briggs?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Briggs that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Here is the top survivability address for a Convenience Store in Briggs, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
This map shows the optimal location for a Convenience Store in Briggs based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Briggs?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 84.0% |
| 3 | Spa | 83.6% |
| 4 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 5 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 6 | Hair Salon | 83.1% |
| 7 | Cafe | 82.6% |
| 8 | Clothing Store | 82.3% |
| 9 | Veterinary Clinic | 80.6% |
| 10 | Laundromat | 80.4% |
Ties at a good address: Spa, Bar and Coffee 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.
Highest Survivability in Briggs
- #1 Opening a Convenience Store in Briggs shows 76.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 59.8%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #2): 71.9% average in Briggs. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 58.6%.
- #3 Spa is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Briggs: 75.8% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 64.2%.
- #4 Bar: 75.5% on average across Briggs; best at 83.6%, challenging at 57.0%.
- #5 Opening a Coffee Shop in Briggs shows 71.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 53.4%.
Strong Performers in Briggs
- #6 Hair Salon (Ranked #6): 76.0% average in Briggs. Best-case storefronts: 83.1%. Challenging locations: 63.3%.
- #7 Cafe is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Briggs: 72.3% chance on average, best at 83.1%, challenging at 51.6%.
- #8 Clothing Store: 72.1% on average across Briggs; best at 82.8%, challenging at 54.4%.
- #9 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Briggs shows 71.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 81.9%; lower-end sites show 57.7%.
- #10 Laundromat (Ranked #10): 67.9% average in Briggs. Best-case storefronts: 80.8%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Spa: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Briggs make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Briggs 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
- Site-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Briggs?
The top businesses to open next in Briggs:
- Convenience Stores: 76.5% average survival rate, 85.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 71.9% average survival rate
- Spas: 75.8% 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. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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. Briggs's 86.5% employment rate and 16.5% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Briggs, 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 Briggs.
What type of business should you rent your Briggs storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the business concepts that score highest for survivability at most addresses in Briggs are Convenience Stores, Chiropractor Offices, and Spas.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Detroit Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Briggs storefront to a Convenience Store?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Convenience Store ranks as the top tenant type for your Briggs storefront: best-case locations show a 85.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 59.8%.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What should I consider when opening a business in Briggs?
In Briggs, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- Check StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Briggs, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. Aggregated survivability rankings for Detroit are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Detroit: /resources/data/detroit-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.