Business Survivability in Co-op City, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Co-op City is a Chiropractor Office with a 75.7% 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 Chiropractor Office in Co-op City (75.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #113 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 60.6% 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 Co-op City 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 Co-op City is a Chiropractor Office with a 75.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 73.3% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 79.7% chance.
Is Co-op City a good place to start a business?
Co-op City is ranked number 113 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City to start a business, with an average 60.6% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- In Co-op City, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 14.3 points above that type's average.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Co-op City see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
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 Co-op City?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Co-op City that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Co-op City, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Chiropractor Office in 2026:
The highlighted area represents the address in Co-op City that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Chiropractor Office survivability. 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 scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Co-op City?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 85.8% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 6 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 83.7% |
| 8 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 9 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 10 | Spa | 83.6% |
| 11 | Dentist Office | 83.2% |
Ties at a good address: Hair Salon, Bar and Spa 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 Co-op City
- #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 75.7% average in Co-op City. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.8%.
- #2 Eye Care Center is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Co-op City: 73.3% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #3 Convenience Store: 79.7% on average across Co-op City; best at 85.0%, challenging at 53.0%.
- #4 Opening a Clothing Store in Co-op City shows 80.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 55.3%.
- #6 Cafe (Ranked #6): 77.5% average in Co-op City. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
Strong Performers in Co-op City
- #7 Coffee Shop is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Co-op City: 66.9% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #8 Hair Salon: 72.2% on average across Co-op City; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #9 Opening a Bar in Co-op City shows 71.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 49.8%.
- #10 Spa (Ranked #10): 69.9% average in Co-op City. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #11 Dentist Office is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Co-op City: 68.5% chance on average, best at 87.9%, challenging at 56.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Co-op City make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Co-op City 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 selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- 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.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What businesses should open next in Co-op City?
The top businesses to open next in Co-op City:
- Chiropractor Offices: 75.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 73.3% average survival rate
- Convenience Stores: 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. 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. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Co-op City are available right now and how they rank.
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Related Articles:
- 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 Co-op City.
What type of business should you rent your Co-op City storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the highest-survivability tenant types for a storefront in Co-op City are Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Convenience Stores.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them. 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 New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Co-op City storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Chiropractor Office in Co-op City: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 56.8%.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What should I consider when opening a business in Co-op City?
When selecting a location in Co-op City it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Co-op City with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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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 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.