Business Survivability in Downtown, Minneapolis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Downtown is a Chiropractor Office with a 84.4% 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 Chiropractor Office in Downtown (84.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #3 of 64 neighborhoods in and around Minneapolis
- Neighborhood average: 74.9% 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 Downtown 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 Downtown is a Chiropractor Office with a 84.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 82.2% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 80.7% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Eye Care Center, Dentist Office, Acupuncture Clinic and Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Downtown a good place to start a business?
In Minneapolis's survivability rankings, Downtown comes in at #3 of 64 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 74.9% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Downtown score 5.6 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Downtown can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- At 93.1% employed, Downtown's consumer base has the spending capacity that makes the neighborhood viable for a wide range of business types, though location selection within the neighborhood still determines actual survivability.
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 Downtown?
With StreetSpring, location selection in Downtown moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Chiropractor Office in Downtown:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Downtown. 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 Downtown?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 89.6% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 85.1% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Liquor Store | 84.6% |
| 21 | Dance Club | 84.6% |
| 22 | Cosmetics Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office, Eye Care Center, Dentist Office, Acupuncture Clinic and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Liquor Store, Dance Club and Cosmetics 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 Downtown
- #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Downtown shows 84.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 61.1%.
- #2 Eye Care Center (Ranked #2): 82.2% average in Downtown. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 59.8%.
- #3 Dentist Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Downtown: 80.7% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 57.7%.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic: 80.4% on average across Downtown; best at 90.0%, challenging at 58.1%.
- #8 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Downtown shows 76.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 59.0%.
Strong Performers in Downtown
- #9 Day Care Center (Ranked #9): 72.4% average in Downtown. Best-case storefronts: 86.0%. Challenging locations: 56.3%.
- #10 Clothing Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Downtown: 78.9% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 56.6%.
- #11 Liquor Store: 78.9% on average across Downtown; best at 85.0%, challenging at 59.4%.
- #21 Opening a Dance Club in Downtown shows 73.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 53.2%.
- #22 Cosmetics Shop (Ranked #22): 73.6% average in Downtown. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 50.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Downtown make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Downtown 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.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- 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's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What businesses should open next in Downtown?
The top businesses to open next in Downtown:
- Chiropractor Offices: 84.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 82.2% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 80.7% 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 apply advanced machine learning to one of the largest commercial real estate outcome datasets in the country. 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. Downtown's 93.1% employment rate and 10.8% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Downtown right now.
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- See the Minneapolis Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Minneapolis Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Minneapolis neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Downtown.
What type of business should you rent your Downtown storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Downtown, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, 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 address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 500+ business types, so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Minneapolis Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Downtown storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Chiropractor Office as the highest-survivability tenant type for Downtown. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 61.1%.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What should I consider when opening a business in Downtown?
When opening a business in Downtown, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- 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.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Downtown with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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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 Minneapolis are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Minneapolis: /resources/data/minneapolis-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.