Business Survivability in Woodside, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Woodside is a Veterinary Clinic with a 71.0% 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 Woodside (71.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #95 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 62.0% 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
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Woodside 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 Woodside is a Veterinary Clinic with a 71.0% 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 77.2% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 76.4% chance.
Is Woodside a good place to start a business?
Among the 180 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around New York City, Woodside ranks #95 for business survivability, with an average 62.0% chance of lasting two or more years.
- In Woodside, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 19.0 points above that type's average.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Woodside see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- The 7.4% housing vacancy rate in Woodside comes from the Census American Community Survey and describes homes and apartments, not shops or offices.
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 Woodside?
StreetSpring scores each block in Woodside so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. Below is the best location for a Veterinary Clinic in Woodside:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Woodside based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Woodside?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 87.0% |
| 4 | Convenience Store | 84.7% |
| 5 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 6 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 7 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 8 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 9 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 10 | Gym | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Cafe and Bar are tied; Hair Salon, Coffee Shop 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.
Highest Survivability in Woodside
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 71.0% average in Woodside. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Woodside: 77.2% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.8%.
- #3 Eye Care Center: 76.4% on average across Woodside; best at 89.2%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #4 Opening a Convenience Store in Woodside shows 81.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 59.4%.
- #5 Clothing Store (Ranked #5): 79.5% average in Woodside. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 55.3%.
Strong Performers in Woodside
- #6 Cafe is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Woodside: 74.8% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 52.0%.
- #7 Bar: 71.3% on average across Woodside; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.9%.
- #8 Opening a Hair Salon in Woodside shows 68.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
- #9 Coffee Shop (Ranked #9): 66.0% average in Woodside. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
- #10 Gym is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Woodside: 63.4% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Woodside make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Woodside 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
- Site selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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 analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What businesses should open next in Woodside?
The top businesses to open next in Woodside:
- Veterinary Clinics: 71.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 77.2% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 76.4% average survival rate
For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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. With Woodside's 93.7% employment rate factored in, the businesses best positioned to succeed here are those that benefit from a well-employed, spending-capable local consumer base. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Woodside, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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- 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 Woodside.
What type of business should you rent your Woodside storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers at the top of the survivability rankings for Woodside, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Woodside storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Veterinary Clinic as the highest-survivability tenant type for Woodside. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 56.0%.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What should I consider when opening a business in Woodside?
Before committing to any location in Woodside, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Woodside to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. 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.