Business Survivability in The Eye, Detroit
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in The Eye is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.3% 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 The Eye (85.3% average survival rate, 88.7% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #42 of 141 neighborhoods in and around Detroit
- Neighborhood average: 72.1% 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 The Eye 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 The Eye is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 88.7% chance; next is a Dance Club with a 73.2% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 73.0% chance.
Is The Eye a good place to start a business?
The Eye is ranked number 42 of 141 neighborhoods in and around Detroit to start a business, with an average 72.1% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in The Eye, the top-ranked business type scores 3.4 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in The Eye can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in The Eye could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- With a 92.0% employment rate, The Eye 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 The Eye?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in The Eye, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Veterinary Clinic in The Eye:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic in The Eye. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in The Eye?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% |
| 2 | Dance Club | 84.4% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 84.0% |
| 4 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 83.2% |
| 6 | Dermatology Clinic | 83.2% |
| 8 | Smoke Shop | 83.2% |
| 9 | Hair Salon | 83.1% |
| 10 | International Grocery Store | 82.9% |
| 11 | Tea Shop | 82.8% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic, Dermatology Clinic and Smoke 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 The Eye
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in The Eye: 85.3% chance on average, best at 88.7%, challenging at 74.7%.
- #2 Dance Club: 73.2% on average across The Eye; best at 84.6%, challenging at 59.9%.
- #3 Opening a Dentist Office in The Eye shows 73.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.2%; lower-end sites show 63.2%.
- #4 Bar (Ranked #4): 79.0% average in The Eye. Best-case storefronts: 83.6%. Challenging locations: 62.0%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in The Eye: 72.4% chance on average, best at 86.2%, challenging at 63.2%.
Strong Performers in The Eye
- #6 Dermatology Clinic: 72.4% on average across The Eye; best at 86.2%, challenging at 63.2%.
- #8 Opening a Smoke Shop in The Eye shows 72.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.2%; lower-end sites show 58.9%.
- #9 Hair Salon (Ranked #9): 73.2% average in The Eye. Best-case storefronts: 83.1%. Challenging locations: 60.2%.
- #10 International Grocery Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in The Eye: 75.7% chance on average, best at 84.1%, challenging at 63.8%.
- #11 Tea Shop: 75.8% on average across The Eye; best at 84.1%, challenging at 64.3%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dance Club: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in The Eye make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in The Eye 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 selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- 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 gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What businesses should open next in The Eye?
The top businesses to open next in The Eye:
- Veterinary Clinics: 85.3% average survival rate, 88.7% at the best address
- Dance Clubs: 73.2% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 73.0% average survival rate
StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 8.3% means the Census estimates that share of The Eye's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in The Eye and how each address is scoring right now.
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- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Detroit neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in The Eye.
What type of business should you rent your The Eye storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for The Eye shows that Veterinary Clinics, Dance Clubs, and Dentist Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Detroit Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your The Eye storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Veterinary Clinic in The Eye: best-in-class addresses achieve 88.7% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 74.7%.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What should I consider when opening a business in The Eye?
Don't commit to a storefront in The Eye without first checking its Survivability Score: two addresses on the same block can carry different projected chances.
- 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 uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address 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 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.