Business Survivability in Carroll Gardens, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Carroll Gardens 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 Carroll Gardens (87.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #15 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 77.1% 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 Carroll Gardens 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 Carroll Gardens 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 a Veterinary Clinic with a 82.8% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 87.8% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Carroll Gardens a good place to start a business?
Carroll Gardens holds the #15 position of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City for new business survivability, with an average score of 77.1% across the business types ranked there.
- In Carroll Gardens, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 2.2 points above that type's average.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Carroll Gardens often fall well below average. Picking the right block (not just the right neighborhood) is what actually determines survivability.
- StreetSpring's model reads Carroll Gardens's 8.8% 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 Carroll Gardens?
StreetSpring scores each block in Carroll Gardens so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. The location below represents the address in Carroll Gardens with the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Carroll Gardens. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in Carroll Gardens?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 89.6% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.0% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 22 | Smoke Shop | 84.1% |
| 23 | Cafe | 84.0% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Eye Care Center, Physical Therapy Clinic and Acupuncture 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 Carroll Gardens
- #1 Chiropractor Office is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Carroll Gardens: 87.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 76.8%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic: 82.8% on average across Carroll Gardens; best at 90.0%, challenging at 66.2%.
- #3 Opening an Eye Care Center in Carroll Gardens shows 87.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 81.9%.
- #4 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #4): 85.1% average in Carroll Gardens. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 70.0%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Carroll Gardens: 84.9% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 69.6%.
Strong Performers in Carroll Gardens
- #9 Dance Club: 81.2% on average across Carroll Gardens; best at 86.0%, challenging at 70.2%.
- #10 Opening a Clothing Store in Carroll Gardens shows 84.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 81.0%.
- #11 Convenience Store (Ranked #11): 84.0% average in Carroll Gardens. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 81.8%.
- #22 Smoke Shop is ranked #22 for top businesses to open in Carroll Gardens: 79.6% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 69.7%.
- #23 Cafe: 83.8% on average across Carroll Gardens; best at 84.0%, challenging at 82.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Carroll Gardens make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Carroll Gardens 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.
- 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 Carroll Gardens?
The top businesses to open next in Carroll Gardens:
- Chiropractor Offices: 87.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 82.8% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 87.8% 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. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. 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. Carroll Gardens sits at 94.8% employment and 8.8% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Carroll Gardens right now.
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- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Carroll Gardens.
What type of business should you rent your Carroll Gardens storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Carroll Gardens, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Eye Care Centers as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for two or more years.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Carroll Gardens storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Chiropractor Office in Carroll Gardens: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 76.8%.
- 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 Carroll Gardens?
In Carroll Gardens, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address now.
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Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. 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.