Business Survivability in Wingate, New York City

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Wingate is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.2% 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 Wingate (81.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
  • Neighborhood rank: #59 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
  • Neighborhood average: 65.0% 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 Wingate is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.2% 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 75.6% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 73.6% chance.


Is Wingate a good place to start a business?

StreetSpring ranks Wingate #59 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 65.0% across the business types ranked there.

  • For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Wingate score 8.8 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
  • But at poorly chosen addresses within Wingate, even the top-ranked business types can fall well below the neighborhood average. Location selection remains critical: a promising concept at the wrong spot still carries significant risk.
  • Wingate has a housing vacancy rate of 13.3% 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 Wingate?

The right address in Wingate can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Chiropractor Office in Wingate:

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Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Wingate. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.

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What are the best businesses to open in Wingate?

#Business typeChance of lasting two or more years at a good address
1Chiropractor Office89.6%
2Eye Care Center87.4%
3Dentist Office85.3%
4Dermatology Clinic85.3%
8Clothing Store84.1%
9Convenience Store84.0%
10Coffee Shop84.0%
11Cafe83.6%
12Gym83.6%
14Hair Salon82.6%

Ties at a good address: Dentist Office and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Coffee Shop are tied; Cafe and Gym 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 Wingate

  • #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 81.2% average in Wingate. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 59.0%.
  • #2 Eye Care Center is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Wingate: 75.6% chance on average, best at 89.2%, challenging at 56.4%.
  • #3 Dentist Office: 73.6% on average across Wingate; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.8%.
  • #4 Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Wingate shows 71.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
  • #8 Clothing Store (Ranked #8): 78.6% average in Wingate. Best-case storefronts: 84.1%. Challenging locations: 49.9%.

Strong Performers in Wingate

  • #9 Convenience Store is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Wingate: 76.3% chance on average, best at 84.6%, challenging at 50.8%.
  • #10 Coffee Shop: 63.3% on average across Wingate; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
  • #11 Opening a Cafe in Wingate shows 78.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 50.7%.
  • #12 Gym (Ranked #12): 64.5% average in Wingate. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
  • #14 Hair Salon is ranked #14 for top businesses to open in Wingate: 61.6% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 48.0%.

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How much money could a business in Wingate make?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Wingate 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

  • However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
  • Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
  • Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
  • 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 Wingate?

The top businesses to open next in Wingate:

  • Chiropractor Offices: 81.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
  • Eye Care Centers: 75.6% average survival rate
  • Dentist Offices: 73.6% average survival rate

Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Wingate's 90.7% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Wingate 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 Wingate.


What type of business should you rent your Wingate storefront to?

For landlords in Wingate, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Dentist Offices as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.

  • 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. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Wingate: 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 Wingate storefront to a Chiropractor Office?

StreetSpring's data confirms a Chiropractor Office as the highest-survivability tenant type for Wingate. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 59.0%.

  • 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 Wingate?

Check the Survivability Score for your specific address in Wingate before signing a lease, alongside your own read of foot traffic and the local customer base.

  • 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.
  • These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
  • The most current survivability data for Wingate is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.


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.