Business Survivability in Lincoln Park, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Lincoln Park is a Chiropractor Office with a 72.2% 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 Lincoln Park (72.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #6 of 9 towns around New York City
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 62.4% 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 Lincoln Park 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 Lincoln Park is a Chiropractor Office with a 72.2% 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 70.6% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 64.8% chance.
Is Lincoln Park a good place to start a business?
Lincoln Park holds the #6 position of 9 towns around New York City for new business survivability, with an average score of 62.4% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Lincoln Park, the top-ranked business type scores 17.8 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Lincoln Park often fall well below average. Picking the right block (not just the right neighborhood) is what actually determines survivability.
- Lincoln Park has a housing vacancy rate of 3.0% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Lincoln Park?
StreetSpring scores each block in Lincoln Park so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Chiropractor Office in Lincoln Park:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Chiropractor Office in Lincoln Park. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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 Lincoln Park?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 86.6% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 83.2% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 83.2% |
| 4 | Cafe | 81.3% |
| 5 | Veterinary Clinic | 81.1% |
| 6 | Dentist Office | 81.1% |
| 7 | Dance Club | 81.0% |
| 8 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 80.6% |
| 12 | Clothing Store | 79.6% |
| 13 | Hair Salon | 79.5% |
Ties at a good address: Eye Care Center and Convenience Store are tied; Veterinary Clinic and Dentist Office 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 Lincoln Park
- #1 Chiropractor Office is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Park: 72.2% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 58.6%.
- #2 Eye Care Center: 70.6% on average across Lincoln Park; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #3 Opening a Convenience Store in Lincoln Park shows 64.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.0%.
- #4 Cafe (Ranked #4): 63.2% average in Lincoln Park. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.4%.
- #5 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Park: 68.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
Strong Performers in Lincoln Park
- #6 Dentist Office: 67.4% on average across Lincoln Park; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #7 Opening a Dance Club in Lincoln Park shows 65.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.6%; lower-end sites show 50.0%.
- #8 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #8): 67.9% average in Lincoln Park. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #12 Clothing Store is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Park: 65.2% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #13 Hair Salon: 63.1% on average across Lincoln Park; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
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 Lincoln Park make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, prioritizing survivability score in your site-selection process in Lincoln Park 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
- Even within a high-performing neighborhood, the best location varies by business type: StreetSpring scores each combination separately.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What businesses should open next in Lincoln Park?
The top businesses to open next in Lincoln Park:
- Chiropractor Offices: 72.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 70.6% average survival rate
- Convenience Stores: 64.8% average survival rate
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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. The survivability rankings for Lincoln Park draw on real Census conditions, including 97.4% employment and 3.0% housing vacancy, 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 Lincoln Park right now.
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- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Lincoln Park.
What type of business should you rent your Lincoln Park storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Lincoln Park shows that Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Convenience Stores rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Lincoln Park storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Chiropractor Office in Lincoln Park: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 58.6%.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What should I consider when opening a business in Lincoln Park?
When selecting a location in Lincoln Park it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- 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 uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Lincoln Park 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.