Business Survivability in Windom, Minneapolis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Windom is a Veterinary Clinic with a 87.5% 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 Windom (87.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #1 of 64 neighborhoods in and around Minneapolis
- Neighborhood average: 78.2% 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 Windom 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 Windom is a Veterinary Clinic with a 87.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 87.1% chance, followed by a Dermatology Clinic with a 85.5% chance.
Is Windom a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Windom #1 of 64 neighborhoods in and around Minneapolis, with an average Survivability Score of 78.2% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Windom, the top-ranked business type scores 2.5 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within Windom, 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.
- StreetSpring's model reads Windom's 4.0% housing vacancy rate, a Census measure of vacant homes and apartments, as one input among many.
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 Windom?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Windom that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Veterinary Clinic in Windom:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Windom. Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. 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 Windom?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.6% |
| 4 | Mental Health Clinic | 89.6% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 85.6% |
| 10 | Dance Club | 85.6% |
| 11 | Smoke Shop | 85.0% |
| 12 | Grocery Store | 85.0% |
| 13 | Liquor Store | 85.0% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office, Dermatology Clinic and Mental Health Clinic are tied; Day Care Center and Dance Club are tied; Smoke Shop, Grocery Store and Liquor 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 Windom
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 87.5% on average across Windom; best at 90.0%, challenging at 75.6%.
- #2 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Windom shows 87.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 77.2%.
- #3 Dermatology Clinic (Ranked #3): 85.5% average in Windom. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 75.1%.
- #4 Mental Health Clinic is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Windom: 85.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 74.7%.
- #8 Eye Care Center: 83.5% on average across Windom; best at 89.6%, challenging at 67.9%.
Strong Performers in Windom
- #9 Opening a Day Care Center in Windom shows 80.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 68.9%.
- #10 Dance Club (Ranked #10): 80.8% average in Windom. Best-case storefronts: 86.0%. Challenging locations: 68.9%.
- #11 Smoke Shop is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Windom: 83.7% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 80.0%.
- #12 Grocery Store: 83.4% on average across Windom; best at 85.0%, challenging at 77.4%.
- #13 Opening a Liquor Store in Windom shows 82.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 73.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dermatology Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Windom 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 Windom 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
- No two business types have identical location needs; survivability scores reflect these differences at the address level.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- 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'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 Windom?
The top businesses to open next in Windom:
- Veterinary Clinics: 87.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 87.1% average survival rate
- Dermatology Clinics: 85.5% average survival rate
Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. 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 Windom's 95.7% employment rate factored in, the businesses best positioned to succeed here are those that benefit from a well-employed, spending-capable local consumer base. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Windom, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Windom.
What type of business should you rent your Windom storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Windom shows that Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Dermatology Clinics rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. 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 Windom storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Windom landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 75.6% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- 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 Windom?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Windom 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.
- StreetSpring's proprietary algorithms power these predictions.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Windom addresses rank right now.
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StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. 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.