Business Survivability in Carverdale, Houston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Carverdale is a Dentist Office with a 86.0% 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 Dentist Office in Carverdale (86.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #25 of 57 neighborhoods in and around Houston
- Neighborhood average: 75.7% 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 Carverdale 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 Carverdale is a Dentist Office with a 86.0% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Acupuncture Clinic with a 85.7% chance, followed by a Dermatology Clinic with a 85.7% chance. At a good address, Dentist Office is tied with Acupuncture Clinic, Dermatology Clinic and Eye Care Center; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Carverdale a good place to start a business?
Carverdale is ranked number 25 of 57 neighborhoods in and around Houston to start a business, with an average 75.7% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Carverdale is 4.0 points on the two-year chance.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Carverdale 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 94.7% employment rate, Carverdale 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 Carverdale?
StreetSpring scores each block in Carverdale so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. Here is the top survivability address for a Dentist Office in Carverdale, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
The highlighted area represents the address in Carverdale that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Dentist Office survivability. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Carverdale?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentist Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.6% |
| 6 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.4% |
| 9 | Boutique | 84.6% |
| 10 | Florist | 84.6% |
| 19 | Day Care Center | 84.6% |
| 20 | Dance Club | 84.2% |
| 21 | Grocery Store | 83.9% |
Ties at a good address: Dentist Office, Acupuncture Clinic, Dermatology Clinic and Eye Care Center are tied; Boutique, Florist and Day Care Center 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 Carverdale
- #1 Dentist Office (Ranked #1): 86.0% average in Carverdale. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 64.1%.
- #2 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Carverdale: 85.7% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 64.1%.
- #3 Dermatology Clinic: 85.7% on average across Carverdale; best at 90.0%, challenging at 64.1%.
- #6 Opening an Eye Care Center in Carverdale shows 85.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 62.4%.
- #8 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #8): 79.8% average in Carverdale. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 58.6%.
Strong Performers in Carverdale
- #9 Boutique is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Carverdale: 80.4% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 58.0%.
- #10 Florist: 80.0% on average across Carverdale; best at 85.0%, challenging at 55.8%.
- #19 Opening a Day Care Center in Carverdale shows 77.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 52.7%.
- #20 Dance Club (Ranked #20): 76.4% average in Carverdale. Best-case storefronts: 86.0%. Challenging locations: 52.2%.
- #21 Grocery Store is ranked #21 for top businesses to open in Carverdale: 77.4% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 50.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dermatology Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Carverdale make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, prioritizing survivability score in your site-selection process in Carverdale 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 the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Carverdale?
The top businesses to open next in Carverdale:
- Dentist Offices: 86.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Acupuncture Clinics: 85.7% average survival rate
- Dermatology Clinics: 85.7% average survival rate
Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Carverdale's 94.7% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Carverdale are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Carverdale.
What type of business should you rent your Carverdale storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Dentist Offices, Acupuncture Clinics, and Dermatology Clinics at the top of the survivability rankings for Carverdale, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Houston Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Carverdale storefront to a Dentist Office?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Dentist Office as the highest-survivability tenant type for Carverdale. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 64.1%.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Carverdale?
Before committing to any location in Carverdale, 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.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- The most current survivability data for Carverdale is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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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 Houston are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Houston: /resources/data/houston-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.