Business Survivability in Fulton, Minneapolis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Fulton is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.4% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Fulton (85.4% average survival rate, 89.6% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #59 of 64 neighborhoods in and around Minneapolis
- Neighborhood average: 70.2% 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 Fulton 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 Fulton is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.6% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 84.3% chance, followed by an Acupuncture Clinic with a 79.9% chance.
Is Fulton a good place to start a business?
Among the 64 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Minneapolis, Fulton ranks #59 for business survivability, with an average 70.2% chance of lasting two or more years.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Fulton is 4.2 points on the two-year chance.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within Fulton, 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.
- Fulton's employment rate of 96.7% and housing vacancy rate of 4.5% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Fulton?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Fulton give your concept the best odds of survival. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Veterinary Clinic in Fulton per 2026 data:
The highlighted area represents the address in Fulton that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Veterinary Clinic survivability. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. 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 Fulton?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 3 | Acupuncture Clinic | 88.3% |
| 4 | Mental Health Clinic | 88.3% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 87.9% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Smoke Shop | 84.6% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 84.0% |
| 13 | Bar | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Mental Health Clinic are tied; Clothing Store and Convenience Store 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 Fulton
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Fulton: 85.4% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 73.8%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 84.3% on average across Fulton; best at 89.6%, challenging at 67.5%.
- #3 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Fulton shows 79.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 62.8%.
- #4 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #4): 79.9% average in Fulton. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 62.8%.
- #8 Eye Care Center is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Fulton: 79.2% chance on average, best at 89.2%, challenging at 60.7%.
Strong Performers in Fulton
- #9 Clothing Store: 77.8% on average across Fulton; best at 85.0%, challenging at 60.2%.
- #10 Opening a Convenience Store in Fulton shows 77.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 57.6%.
- #11 Smoke Shop (Ranked #11): 79.1% average in Fulton. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 68.8%.
- #12 Coffee Shop is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Fulton: 81.6% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 66.9%.
- #13 Bar: 77.6% on average across Fulton; best at 84.0%, challenging at 65.1%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Fulton 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 Fulton 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
- StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address, so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
- 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.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Fulton?
The top businesses to open next in Fulton:
- Veterinary Clinics: 85.4% average survival rate, 89.6% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 84.3% average survival rate
- Acupuncture Clinics: 79.9% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. 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. The 96.7% employment rate in Fulton is a key signal of consumer health, and the 4.5% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Fulton are currently available and how they score.
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- See the Minneapolis Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Minneapolis Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Minneapolis neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Fulton.
What type of business should you rent your Fulton storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Acupuncture Clinics at the top of the survivability rankings for Fulton, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Minneapolis Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Fulton storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Veterinary Clinic at the top of the survivability rankings for Fulton storefronts, with a best-case score of 89.6% and a floor of 73.8% at the most challenging addresses.
- 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 Fulton?
When selecting a location in Fulton it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- 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.
- The most current survivability data for Fulton is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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StreetSpring's models are built from millions of real business outcomes, making predictions grounded in what actually happened. 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.