Business Survivability in Auburndale, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Auburndale is a Veterinary Clinic with a 73.7% 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 Auburndale (73.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #50 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 63.8% 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 Auburndale 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 Auburndale is a Veterinary Clinic with a 73.7% 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 70.9% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 71.2% chance.
Is Auburndale a good place to start a business?
In New York City's survivability rankings, Auburndale comes in at #50 of 180 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 63.8% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Auburndale is 16.3 points on the two-year chance.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Auburndale can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- A 94.2% employment rate in Auburndale means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Auburndale?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Auburndale offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Veterinary Clinic in Auburndale:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Veterinary Clinic in Auburndale. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Auburndale?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 86.2% |
| 4 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 5 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 6 | Beauty Salon | 83.6% |
| 7 | Dentist Office | 83.6% |
| 8 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 9 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 10 | Gym | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Beauty Salon, Dentist Office, Bar, Coffee Shop and Gym 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.
Highest Survivability in Auburndale
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Auburndale: 73.7% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 70.9% on average across Auburndale; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #3 Opening an Eye Care Center in Auburndale shows 71.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- #4 Convenience Store (Ranked #4): 74.8% average in Auburndale. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 49.0%.
- #5 Clothing Store is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Auburndale: 69.8% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
Strong Performers in Auburndale
- #6 Beauty Salon: 77.2% on average across Auburndale; best at 84.0%, challenging at 51.2%.
- #7 Opening a Dentist Office in Auburndale shows 69.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- #8 Bar (Ranked #8): 67.3% average in Auburndale. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.4%.
- #9 Coffee Shop is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Auburndale: 66.1% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.9%.
- #10 Gym: 63.8% on average across Auburndale; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Auburndale make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Auburndale 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.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What businesses should open next in Auburndale?
The top businesses to open next in Auburndale:
- Veterinary Clinics: 73.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 70.9% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 71.2% 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's training dataset includes millions of transactions and business lifecycle events. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 3.6% means the Census estimates that share of Auburndale's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Auburndale today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Auburndale.
What type of business should you rent your Auburndale storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Auburndale shows that Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. 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 New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Auburndale storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Veterinary Clinic would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to, with a potential 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; however depending on your location, the chances could drop to a 56.0% chance.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What should I consider when opening a business in Auburndale?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Auburndale 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.
- Every survivability score is produced by StreetSpring's private prediction engine, not available through any other platform.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Auburndale addresses rank right now.
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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 New York City are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for New York City: /resources/data/new-york-city-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.