Business Survivability in Longfellow, Minneapolis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Longfellow is a Chiropractor Office with a 87.8% 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 Longfellow (87.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #31 of 64 neighborhoods in and around Minneapolis
- Neighborhood average: 77.0% 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 Longfellow 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 Longfellow is a Chiropractor Office with a 87.8% 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 83.9% chance, followed by a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice with a 83.9% chance.
Is Longfellow a good place to start a business?
In Minneapolis's survivability rankings, Longfellow comes in at #31 of 64 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 77.0% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Longfellow is 2.2 points on the two-year chance.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within Longfellow, 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.
- With 88.2% of the local population employed, Longfellow presents a stable consumer base: particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.
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 Longfellow?
StreetSpring's Longfellow data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Longfellow for a Chiropractor Office:
This map shows the optimal location for a Chiropractor Office in Longfellow based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Longfellow?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.2% |
| 3 | Mental Health Clinic | 89.2% |
| 4 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 10 | Dance Club | 84.4% |
| 11 | Cosmetics Shop | 84.1% |
| 12 | Florist | 84.1% |
| 22 | Hair Salon | 84.0% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic, Mental Health Clinic and Eye Care Center are tied; Cosmetics Shop and Florist 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 Longfellow
- #1 Chiropractor Office is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Longfellow: 87.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 74.7%.
- #2 Acupuncture Clinic: 83.9% on average across Longfellow; best at 89.2%, challenging at 65.8%.
- #3 Opening a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Longfellow shows 83.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 65.8%.
- #4 Eye Care Center (Ranked #4): 83.8% average in Longfellow. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 62.8%.
- #8 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Longfellow: 80.9% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 65.8%.
Strong Performers in Longfellow
- #9 Clothing Store: 82.5% on average across Longfellow; best at 85.0%, challenging at 74.2%.
- #10 Opening a Dance Club in Longfellow shows 77.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.1%; lower-end sites show 58.1%.
- #11 Cosmetics Shop (Ranked #11): 79.6% average in Longfellow. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 62.0%.
- #12 Florist is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Longfellow: 78.6% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 56.2%.
- #22 Hair Salon: 81.0% on average across Longfellow; best at 84.0%, challenging at 72.3%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Mental Health Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Longfellow make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Longfellow 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.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- 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 provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Longfellow?
The top businesses to open next in Longfellow:
- Chiropractor Offices: 87.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Acupuncture Clinics: 83.9% average survival rate
- Mental Health Clinics: 83.9% average survival rate
These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. 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. The 10.4% housing vacancy rate in Longfellow describes the neighborhood as a whole; survivability still depends heavily on choosing the right address within it. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Longfellow are available right now and how they rank.
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- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Minneapolis neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Longfellow.
What type of business should you rent your Longfellow storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Longfellow, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Chiropractor Offices, Acupuncture Clinics, and Mental Health Clinics.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Minneapolis Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Longfellow storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Chiropractor Office leads all business categories for Longfellow landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 74.7% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Longfellow?
Location decisions in Longfellow should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Longfellow.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.