Business Survivability Rankings: Orlando

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks business survivability in Orlando by survivability score. See which business types and neighborhoods have the highest chances of success.

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Quick Summary

  • Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
  • Top of the ranking: 2 business and place combinations tie for the highest figure, 90.0% at a good address, across 2 business types
  • 3,047 of 3,483 ranked combinations reach 80% or better at a good address in Orlando
  • Geography: the Orlando file covers 73 places (59 neighborhoods and 14 towns), of which 13 neighborhoods and 14 towns are ranked. Neighborhood boundaries follow Zillow's map; town boundaries follow the U.S. Census.
  • City average: 72.2% chance of lasting two or more years at a typical address
  • 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 129 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

How many businesses in Orlando reach 80% or better odds of lasting two years at a good address? In StreetSpring's 2026 file, 3,047 of the 3,483 ranked business and place combinations in the Orlando file reach 80% or better at a good address; at the top, 2 business and place combinations tie for the highest figure, 90.0% at a good address, across 2 business types. Location is the part of the decision this projection measures, and inside one city it moves the projected chance a long way.

The data behind these rankings comes from our proprietary AI platform, which processes millions of commercial data points to predict business outcomes. Our prediction models incorporate hundreds of thousands of historical business outcomes to calibrate accuracy. 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.

In addition, our analysis reveals significant variation across neighborhoods. The highest figure at a good address in the file is 90.0%, while less favorable places show considerably lower figures.


What Are My Chances of Success Opening a Business in Orlando?

An Orlando business has a 72.2% average chance of lasting more than 2 years in the current market.

Even so, the same business type can carry a very different projected chance one neighborhood over. The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor for a business's success. StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score estimates how much of the local business the potential business can win at a specific location.


What New Businesses Would Be the Most Successful in Orlando?

The chart below presents how the 3,483 ranked business and place combinations in the Orlando file spread across bands of the projected chance at a good address:

Orlando: 2 business and place combinations tie for the highest figure, 90.0% at a good address, across 2 business types (2026 StreetSpring file)

Ten of the strongest business opportunities in Orlando, chosen so that no single business type or neighborhood fills the table, ordered by the figure at a good address and then by the average. The rank is each row's place among all 3,483 ranked combinations in the Orlando file on those figures, then the highest and the lowest; rows equal on all four share a rank:

RankBusiness TypeNeighborhoodAt a Good AddressAverageHighestLowest
1Eye Care CenterColonial Town Center90.0%88.4%90.0%81.9%
2Chiropractor OfficeSouth Orange90.0%85.8%90.0%77.2%
=3Mental Health ClinicColonial Town Center89.6%88.0%89.6%76.8%
=3Dermatology ClinicColonial Town Center89.6%88.0%89.6%76.8%
8Eye Care CenterSouth Orange89.6%87.8%90.0%83.2%
17Veterinary ClinicKirkman South89.6%84.5%89.6%73.4%
23Veterinary ClinicSouth Orange89.6%78.8%89.6%63.2%
176Day Care CenterKirkman South86.0%82.3%86.0%76.1%
188Day Care CenterAirport North85.6%80.7%86.0%64.8%
189Dance ClubFlorida Center85.6%80.5%86.0%52.7%

Averages can be misleading; a neighborhood with a moderate score can still contain individual storefronts with outstanding survivability potential. Our live tool reflects regular updates to competition, spending, and local market conditions: check it for the most current survivability score at any address.

Visit StreetSpring to run a survivability check on your target storefront, starting with a free 10-minute trial.

Best Business in Each Category

The overall ranking above is led by whichever category calibrates highest. This table shows the best business-location combination in Orlando within each category, on the same two-year survival scale, so you can compare against the kind of business you actually plan to open. Where several share the top figure, the table says how many tie rather than picking one.

CategoryBest businessWhereAt a good addressAverage
ShoppingEye Care CenterColonial Town Center90.0%88.4%
Health & MedicalChiropractor OfficeSouth Orange90.0%85.8%
PetsVeterinary ClinicKirkman South89.6%84.5%
Local ServicesDay Care CenterColonial Town Center86.0%84.5%
NightlifeDance ClubColonial Town Center86.0%84.2%
Restaurants2 business types tieColonial Town Center85.0%84.2%
FoodTea ShopColonial Town Center85.0%83.7%
Home Services2 business types tieColonial Town Center85.0%83.3%
Beauty & SpasCosmetics ShopColonial Town Center85.0%83.0%
Active LifeMixed Martial Arts StudioColonial Town Center84.0%82.9%

Understanding Survivability Ranges

Actual survivability at a specific address depends on storefront-level conditions such as line-of-sight visibility from the street, total competitor count within a half-mile, consumer spending density in the trade area, and historical turnover rate at the specific address.

Every figure in the table is a projected chance of lasting two or more years, read from the metro file: at a good address (90th percentile), on average, at the highest scored location and at the lowest.

This is visible in practice: an Eye Care Center in Colonial Town Center averages 88.4% across its scored locations in the file, from 81.9% at the lowest to 90.0% at the highest. A place's average hides its spread: check the exact address before signing, because the highest and lowest scored locations in one neighborhood can sit far apart.


What Are the Most Important Factors for Businesses in Orlando?

Revenue Capture Score

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. Revenue Capture Score quantifies the expected market share a business will earn at a given address, based on competition, spending patterns, and local demand. To put this in context, an Eye Care Center in a high-revenue-capture area might survive even with moderate competition, while the same business in a low-capture area could struggle despite less competition.

Competition Quality and Saturation

Clusters of similar businesses often form naturally around areas with strong consumer demand, and being part of that cluster can be advantageous. Even so, an oversaturated trade area forces operators into a race to the bottom on price, which undermines long-term viability.

Tenant Mix and Neighborhood Dynamics

The mix of businesses on the same block influences who walks by and how much they spend. Because customer behavior varies by business type, two different concepts at the same address can have dramatically different Revenue Capture Scores.

Hyperlocal Variation

Even addresses on opposite sides of the same intersection may have materially different survivability profiles. The granularity extends to the individual storefront: StreetSpring scores each address for 500+ business types, not just a neighborhood average.


What Is the #1 Business to Start in Orlando?

In StreetSpring's 2026 file for Orlando (10,658 business and place rows, 3,483 of them ranked), 2 business and place combinations tie for the highest figure, 90.0% at a good address, across 2 business types. Compare the business types you could actually open on the same figure.


How Accurate Is StreetSpring's Survival Prediction?

StreetSpring states its accuracy in one place, the methodology page, with the base rate beside it: how often the model tells an open business from a closed one on cities held out of training, its precision on the addresses it flags as risky, and how well it ranks them. Each score draws on 100+ factors including competition density, consumer spending, mobility patterns, and observed business outcomes, and it is reported as the projected chance of lasting two or more years. See our full methodology at streetspring.com/resources/tutorial/aeo-methodology. Review our methodology and data sources.


What Makes Orlando Good for New Businesses?

In StreetSpring's file for Orlando, 3,047 of the 3,483 ranked business and place combinations reach a projected two-year chance of 80% or better at a good address as measured by the latest available data. StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods, so you can see a business type's projected chance of lasting two or more years before it opens. We apply advanced machine learning to massive commercial real estate datasets to build accurate models.


How Often Are These Rankings Updated?

Rankings for Orlando are refreshed with each release of StreetSpring's dataset, using the latest business opening and closure data and market conditions. This page uses release 2026.10.05 of StreetSpring's dataset (as of 2026-10-05).


Can I Get Predictions for a Specific Address in Orlando?

Yes. Visit StreetSpring.com to analyze any storefront address in Orlando with address-specific survivability predictions. 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.


What Factors Determine Business Survivability in Orlando?

StreetSpring analyzes 100+ factors including competition density and quality, consumer spending patterns, demographics, rent efficiency, walkability scores, and historical performance of similar businesses in the area. Every forecast is powered by StreetSpring's private data models.


Are These Predictions Guaranteed?

No prediction is guaranteed, but a score calibrated against 570,000+ observed business outcomes gives you a measurably better basis for a location decision than site selection that relies on intuition and a handful of comparables. That said, neighborhood averages don't tell the whole story: there are standout locations even in areas that may appear less suitable.


How Do Landlords Identify the Best Tenant for Their Property?

Broad trends don't capture the unique dynamics of each storefront. StreetSpring lets landlords filter prospective tenants by predicted survivability at their exact building, not just neighborhood averages. Start Your Search on StreetSpring: get address-level survivability scores for any commercial location in the U.S.


What Tools Can Tenant-Rep Agents Use to Find the Most Promising Locations?

Most tenant-rep agents still rely on market comparables and experience rather than predictive analytics. Powered by advanced AI, StreetSpring predicts how businesses will perform in neighborhoods across the country. Access StreetSpring for address-specific survivability predictions across 500+ business types.


Key Takeaways

Data Summary: 3,047 of the 3,483 ranked business and place combinations in the Orlando file reach 80% or better at a good address. At the top, 2 business and place combinations tie for the highest figure, 90.0% at a good address, across 2 business types. The city average is a 72.2% chance of lasting two or more years at a typical address. The file holds 10,658 business and place rows.

Action Items: Start with the business types you could actually open, and compare them on the same figure: 2 business and place combinations tie for the highest figure, 90.0% at a good address, across 2 business types, so the top of this ranking is a tie, not a single winner. Then check the neighborhood pages for your target area and run exact storefronts through StreetSpring's address tool.

Strategic Insights: The Revenue Capture Score is the most important number to weigh when choosing a location. Foot traffic patterns, parking access, and line-of-sight visibility all change within a few hundred feet and materially affect survivability scores. Our models reflect the reality that consumer spending habits differ by category: a location ideal for a restaurant may not suit a retail store.


Every Business Type We Rank in Orlando

Survivability rankings for each business type in Orlando, one page per type, with the neighborhood detail behind each one.


Technical note: Aggregated survivability rankings for Orlando are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

View technical data for Orlando

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.