Business Survivability in Gravesend, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Gravesend is a Veterinary Clinic with a 69.9% 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 Gravesend (69.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #149 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 56.4% 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 Gravesend 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 Gravesend is a Veterinary Clinic with a 69.9% 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 68.1% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 75.8% chance.
Is Gravesend a good place to start a business?
Among the 180 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around New York City, Gravesend ranks #149 for business survivability, with an average 56.4% chance of lasting two or more years.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Gravesend score 20.1 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Gravesend see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- StreetSpring's model reads Gravesend's 7.5% 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 Gravesend?
StreetSpring's Gravesend data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The location below represents the address in Gravesend with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Gravesend. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. 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 Gravesend?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 83.6% |
| 5 | Laundromat | 83.6% |
| 6 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 7 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 8 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 9 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 10 | Spa | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Clothing Store, Laundromat, Cafe, Hair Salon, Bar, Coffee Shop 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.
Highest Survivability in Gravesend
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 69.9% average in Gravesend. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Gravesend: 68.1% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #3 Convenience Store: 75.8% on average across Gravesend; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #4 Opening a Clothing Store in Gravesend shows 74.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 49.0%.
- #5 Laundromat (Ranked #5): 73.3% average in Gravesend. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
Strong Performers in Gravesend
- #6 Cafe is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Gravesend: 72.4% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
- #7 Hair Salon: 69.8% on average across Gravesend; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
- #8 Opening a Bar in Gravesend shows 67.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
- #9 Coffee Shop (Ranked #9): 67.2% average in Gravesend. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
- #10 Spa is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Gravesend: 67.0% chance on average, 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 →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Gravesend make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Gravesend 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.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What businesses should open next in Gravesend?
The top businesses to open next in Gravesend:
- Veterinary Clinics: 69.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 68.1% average survival rate
- Convenience Stores: 75.8% average survival rate
However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. 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. The 89.7% employment rate in Gravesend is a key signal of consumer health, and the 7.5% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Gravesend are available right now and how they rank.
See the Survivability Score for your new business
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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 Gravesend.
What type of business should you rent your Gravesend storefront to?
For landlords in Gravesend, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Convenience Stores as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. 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 Gravesend storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Gravesend in 2026, a Veterinary Clinic posts the highest survivability ceiling at 90.0% and maintains a reasonable floor of 56.0%, making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What should I consider when opening a business in Gravesend?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Gravesend address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Gravesend.
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StreetSpring's models are built from millions of real business outcomes, making predictions grounded in what actually happened. 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.