Business Survivability in Fourth Ward, Houston
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Fourth Ward is a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice with a 89.2% 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 Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Fourth Ward (89.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #9 of 57 neighborhoods in and around Houston
- Neighborhood average: 78.9% 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 Fourth Ward 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 Fourth Ward is a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice with a 89.2% 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 87.8% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 87.8% chance. At a good address, Mental Health Clinic is tied with Acupuncture Clinic and Dentist Office; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Fourth Ward a good place to start a business?
Fourth Ward is ranked number 9 of 57 neighborhoods in and around Houston to start a business, with an average 78.9% 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 Fourth Ward is 0.8 points on the two-year chance.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within Fourth Ward, even the top-ranked business types can fall well below the neighborhood average. Location selection remains critical: a promising concept at the wrong spot still carries significant risk.
- The 10.5% housing vacancy rate in Fourth Ward comes from the Census American Community Survey and describes homes and apartments, not shops or offices.
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 Fourth Ward?
With StreetSpring, location selection in Fourth Ward moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Fourth Ward:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Fourth Ward. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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 Fourth Ward?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mental Health Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Acupuncture Clinic | 90.0% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 90.0% |
| 6 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.0% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 85.6% |
| 10 | Dance Club | 85.1% |
| 11 | Florist | 85.0% |
| 12 | Liquor Store | 84.8% |
| 21 | Tea Shop | 84.4% |
Ties at a good address: Mental Health Clinic, Acupuncture Clinic and Dentist Office 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 Fourth Ward
- #1 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #1): 89.2% average in Fourth Ward. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 85.8%.
- #2 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Fourth Ward: 87.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 82.8%.
- #3 Dentist Office: 87.8% on average across Fourth Ward; best at 90.0%, challenging at 83.2%.
- #6 Opening an Eye Care Center in Fourth Ward shows 87.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 81.5%.
- #8 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #8): 81.6% average in Fourth Ward. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 73.0%.
Strong Performers in Fourth Ward
- #9 Day Care Center is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Fourth Ward: 80.3% chance on average, best at 86.0%, challenging at 72.5%.
- #10 Dance Club: 79.7% on average across Fourth Ward; best at 86.0%, challenging at 69.4%.
- #11 Opening a Florist in Fourth Ward shows 82.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 76.4%.
- #12 Liquor Store (Ranked #12): 81.8% average in Fourth Ward. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 73.3%.
- #21 Tea Shop is ranked #21 for top businesses to open in Fourth Ward: 78.8% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 66.1%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Mental Health Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Fourth Ward make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Fourth Ward 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.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What businesses should open next in Fourth Ward?
The top businesses to open next in Fourth Ward:
- Mental Health Clinics: 89.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Acupuncture Clinics: 87.8% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 87.8% 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 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. With Fourth Ward's 93.7% employment rate factored in, the businesses best positioned to succeed here are those that benefit from a well-employed, spending-capable local consumer base. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Fourth Ward today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Fourth Ward.
What type of business should you rent your Fourth Ward storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Fourth Ward are Mental Health Clinics, Acupuncture Clinics, and Dentist Offices.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. 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 Houston Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Fourth Ward storefront to a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to, with a potential 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; however depending on your location, the chances could drop to a 85.8% chance.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What should I consider when opening a business in Fourth Ward?
Start any location decision in Fourth Ward with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Fourth Ward.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.