Business Survivability in Frogtown, Minneapolis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Frogtown is an Eye Care Center with a 79.6% 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: an Eye Care Center in Frogtown (79.6% average survival rate, 89.6% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #23 of 64 neighborhoods in and around Minneapolis
- Neighborhood average: 74.2% 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 Frogtown 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 Frogtown is an Eye Care Center with a 79.6% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.6% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 82.1% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 79.7% chance.
Is Frogtown a good place to start a business?
Frogtown holds the #23 position of 64 neighborhoods in and around Minneapolis for new business survivability, with an average score of 74.2% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Frogtown score 10.0 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Frogtown can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Frogtown could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- With a 93.6% employment rate, Frogtown 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 Frogtown?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Frogtown offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Frogtown, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for an Eye Care Center in 2026:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for an Eye Care Center in Frogtown. Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. 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 Frogtown?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.3% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 87.4% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 87.4% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 87.0% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.9% |
| 10 | Liquor Store | 84.1% |
| 19 | Salad Shop | 83.9% |
| 20 | Chicken Shop | 83.9% |
| 21 | Cafe | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Dentist Office are tied; Salad Shop and Chicken 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 Frogtown
- #1 Eye Care Center is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Frogtown: 79.6% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 60.2%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic: 82.1% on average across Frogtown; best at 88.7%, challenging at 67.5%.
- #3 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Frogtown shows 79.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 67.5%.
- #4 Dentist Office (Ranked #4): 77.2% average in Frogtown. Best-case storefronts: 87.9%. Challenging locations: 58.1%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Frogtown: 76.5% chance on average, best at 87.9%, challenging at 58.1%.
Strong Performers in Frogtown
- #9 Convenience Store: 76.8% on average across Frogtown; best at 85.0%, challenging at 53.0%.
- #10 Opening a Liquor Store in Frogtown shows 75.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 52.6%.
- #19 Salad Shop (Ranked #19): 76.9% average in Frogtown. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 52.2%.
- #20 Chicken Shop is ranked #20 for top businesses to open in Frogtown: 76.7% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 51.7%.
- #21 Cafe: 77.5% on average across Frogtown; best at 84.0%, challenging at 63.3%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Frogtown make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Frogtown 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
- However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
- 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.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Frogtown?
The top businesses to open next in Frogtown:
- Eye Care Centers: 79.6% average survival rate, 89.6% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 82.1% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 79.7% average survival rate
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. 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. Frogtown sits at 93.6% employment and 6.0% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Frogtown are currently available and how they score.
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- See the Minneapolis Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Eye Care Center survivability across Minneapolis neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Frogtown.
What type of business should you rent your Frogtown storefront to?
For landlords in Frogtown, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Eye Care Centers, Veterinary Clinics, and Chiropractor Offices as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Minneapolis Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Frogtown storefront to an Eye Care Center?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to an Eye Care Center in Frogtown: best-in-class addresses achieve 89.6% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 60.2%.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What should I consider when opening a business in Frogtown?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Frogtown address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Frogtown to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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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 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.