Business Survivability in Jamaica Hills, New York City

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Jamaica Hills is a Chiropractor Office with a 75.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

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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 Jamaica Hills (75.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
  • Neighborhood rank: #38 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
  • Neighborhood average: 63.4% 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

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Summary

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Jamaica Hills is a Chiropractor Office with a 75.4% 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 74.6% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 78.0% chance.


Is Jamaica Hills a good place to start a business?

In New York City's survivability rankings, Jamaica Hills comes in at #38 of 180 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 63.4% across the business types ranked there.

  • In Jamaica Hills, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 14.6 points above that type's average.
  • However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Jamaica Hills can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Jamaica Hills will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
  • At 89.9% employed, Jamaica Hills's consumer base has the spending capacity that makes the neighborhood viable for a wide range of business types, though location selection within the neighborhood still determines actual survivability.

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 Jamaica Hills?

StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Jamaica Hills produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Jamaica Hills, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Chiropractor Office in 2026:

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StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in Jamaica Hills. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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 Jamaica Hills?

#Business typeChance of lasting two or more years at a good address
1Chiropractor Office89.6%
2Eye Care Center88.3%
3Convenience Store84.6%
4Clothing Store84.6%
5Cafe83.6%
6Hair Salon83.6%
7Coffee Shop83.6%
8Bakery83.3%
9Bar83.1%
10Dentist Office82.8%

Ties at a good address: Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; Cafe, Hair Salon and Coffee Shop 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 Jamaica Hills

  • #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Jamaica Hills shows 75.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.8%.
  • #2 Eye Care Center (Ranked #2): 74.6% average in Jamaica Hills. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 58.1%.
  • #3 Convenience Store is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Jamaica Hills: 78.0% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 54.8%.
  • #4 Clothing Store: 75.1% on average across Jamaica Hills; best at 85.0%, challenging at 56.6%.
  • #5 Opening a Cafe in Jamaica Hills shows 74.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 49.4%.

Strong Performers in Jamaica Hills

  • #6 Hair Salon (Ranked #6): 71.0% average in Jamaica Hills. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
  • #7 Coffee Shop is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Jamaica Hills: 69.4% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
  • #8 Bakery: 68.9% on average across Jamaica Hills; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
  • #9 Opening a Bar in Jamaica Hills shows 63.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
  • #10 Dentist Office (Ranked #10): 70.6% average in Jamaica Hills. Best-case storefronts: 87.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally


How much money could a business in Jamaica Hills make?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Jamaica Hills 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

  • The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
  • The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
  • 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 Jamaica Hills?

The top businesses to open next in Jamaica Hills:

  • Chiropractor Offices: 75.4% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
  • Eye Care Centers: 74.6% average survival rate
  • Convenience Stores: 78.0% average survival rate

Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. Jamaica Hills's 89.9% employment rate and 7.6% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Jamaica Hills right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Jamaica Hills.


What type of business should you rent your Jamaica Hills storefront to?

The analysis is clear: in Jamaica Hills, Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Convenience Stores consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.

  • The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
  • StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Jamaica Hills: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.

Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity


Should you rent your Jamaica Hills storefront to a Chiropractor Office?

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Chiropractor Office in Jamaica Hills: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 56.8%.

  • StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.

What should I consider when opening a business in Jamaica Hills?

Start any location decision in Jamaica Hills with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.

  • 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.
  • These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
  • StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address now.

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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.