Business Survivability in Old Town, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Old Town is a Veterinary Clinic with a 88.9% 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 Old Town (88.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #13 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 72.5% 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 Old Town 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 Old Town is a Veterinary Clinic with a 88.9% 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 83.9% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 79.1% chance.
Is Old Town a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Old Town #13 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 72.5% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Old Town is 1.1 points on the two-year chance.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Old Town can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Old Town could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- With a 94.2% employment rate, Old Town has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Old Town?
StreetSpring's Old Town data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Veterinary Clinic in Old Town per 2026 data:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Veterinary Clinic in Old Town. 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 Old Town?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 89.2% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 89.2% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 88.3% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Dance Club | 84.2% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 13 | Spa | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Dentist Office and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; 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.
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 Old Town
- #1 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Old Town shows 88.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 84.9%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #2): 83.9% average in Old Town. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 65.4%.
- #3 Dentist Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Old Town: 79.1% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #4 Physical Therapy Clinic: 79.1% on average across Old Town; best at 89.6%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #8 Opening an Eye Care Center in Old Town shows 78.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 59.8%.
Strong Performers in Old Town
- #9 Convenience Store (Ranked #9): 80.5% average in Old Town. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
- #10 Clothing Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Old Town: 79.1% chance on average, best at 84.6%, challenging at 56.6%.
- #11 Dance Club: 73.5% on average across Old Town; best at 85.6%, challenging at 53.6%.
- #12 Opening a Coffee Shop in Old Town shows 81.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 74.6%.
- #13 Spa (Ranked #13): 80.8% average in Old Town. Best-case storefronts: 83.6%. Challenging locations: 69.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Old Town make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Old Town 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
- StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address, so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Old Town?
The top businesses to open next in Old Town:
- Veterinary Clinics: 88.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 83.9% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 79.1% average survival rate
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Our analysis covers every major metro in the country: 24 cities and 180 million++ consumers. 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's model accounts for Old Town's 94.2% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Old Town right now.
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Related Articles:
- 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 Old Town.
What type of business should you rent your Old Town storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Old Town shows that Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Dentist Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Old Town storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
The data shows a Veterinary Clinic in Old Town is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 90.0% survivability; lower-end sites show 84.9%.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What should I consider when opening a business in Old Town?
Before committing to any location in Old Town, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- 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.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Old Town.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.