Business Survivability in Soundview, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Soundview is a Convenience Store with a 78.2% 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 Convenience Store in Soundview (78.2% average survival rate, 85.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #140 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 58.3% 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 Soundview 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 Soundview is a Convenience Store with a 78.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 85.0% chance; next is a Clothing Store with a 74.6% chance, followed by a Laundromat with a 77.8% chance.
Is Soundview a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Soundview #140 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 58.3% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Soundview, the top-ranked business type scores 6.8 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Soundview often fall well below average. Picking the right block (not just the right neighborhood) is what actually determines survivability.
- With 89.0% of the local population employed, Soundview presents a stable consumer base: particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.
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 Soundview?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Soundview for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. Below is the best location for a Convenience Store in Soundview:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Convenience Store in Soundview. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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 Soundview?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 3 | Laundromat | 84.0% |
| 4 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 84.0% |
| 6 | Gym | 83.6% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 83.3% |
| 8 | Bar | 82.7% |
| 9 | Chiropractor Office | 80.6% |
| 11 | Spa | 78.2% |
Ties at a good address: Laundromat, Cafe and Hair Salon 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 Soundview
- #1 Convenience Store: 78.2% on average across Soundview; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #2 Opening a Clothing Store in Soundview shows 74.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.9%.
- #3 Laundromat (Ranked #3): 77.8% average in Soundview. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 50.7%.
- #4 Cafe is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Soundview: 77.3% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 51.2%.
- #5 Hair Salon: 72.8% on average across Soundview; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
Strong Performers in Soundview
- #6 Opening a Gym in Soundview shows 61.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
- #7 Coffee Shop (Ranked #7): 60.3% average in Soundview. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
- #8 Bar is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Soundview: 59.6% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
- #9 Chiropractor Office: 66.7% on average across Soundview; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #11 Opening a Spa in Soundview shows 64.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Laundromat: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Soundview make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Soundview 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.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- 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 Soundview?
The top businesses to open next in Soundview:
- Convenience Stores: 78.2% average survival rate, 85.0% at the best address
- Clothing Stores: 74.6% average survival rate
- Laundromats: 77.8% average survival rate
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 5.5% means the Census estimates that share of Soundview's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Soundview are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Soundview.
What type of business should you rent your Soundview storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Soundview are Convenience Stores, Clothing Stores, and Laundromats.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them. 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 Soundview storefront to a Convenience Store?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Soundview in 2026, a Convenience Store posts the highest survivability ceiling at 85.0% and maintains a reasonable floor of 49.4%, making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- 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 Soundview?
When opening a business in Soundview, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- 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.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Soundview addresses rank right now.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. 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.