Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Philadelphia

Last reviewed: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring

Quick Summary

• Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
• Top-ranked neighborhood: Hunting Park: 83.9% at a good address, 76.7% at a typical address
• Most challenging: Center City: 52.2% average survivability
• 127 neighborhoods ranked across the Philadelphia metro
• 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. Your specific business type and address will differ.
• See our full methodology →

Table of Contents

• Summary
• 10 Best Neighborhoods to Open a Business
• Hardest Places to Open a Business
• Where Would a Business Make the Most Money?
• What Should I Consider When Opening?
• Where to Start & How to Find Data
• Advice for Landlords
• Tools for Tenant-Rep Agents
• Why Do Survival Rates Vary?
• What Is a Survivability Score?
• How Does StreetSpring Compare?
• What Each Neighborhood Specializes In
• Related Resources

Summary

StreetSpring's 2026 file ranks Hunting Park first in Philadelphia, with the best locations offering a 84.6% chance of lasting more than two years. Across all business types that could open in Hunting Park, the average location shows a 76.7% chance of lasting more than two years. Even the lowest-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that beat the city average, and even top-ranked ones have weak spots.

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What Are the 10 Best Neighborhoods in or Around Philadelphia to Open a Business?

The top 10 neighborhoods in or around Philadelphia to open a business are:

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What Are the Hardest Places in or Around Philadelphia to Open a Business?

The hardest neighborhoods in or around Philadelphia to open a business are:

The Full Philadelphia Neighborhood Ranking

All 127 neighborhoods we rank in or around Philadelphia, best to hardest, on the same measure as the tables above: the projected chance a business at a good address in that neighborhood (the mean p90 score of its ranked business types, the file's neighborhood_overall_score) lasts two or more years, averaged across the 129 business types in this ranking.

Show all 127 ranked neighborhoods

#	Neighborhood	At a good address	Typical address	Best locations	Challenging locations
1	Hunting Park	83.9%	76.7%	84.6%	54.2%
2	Germany Hill	83.5%	75.7%	84.1%	58.6%
3	Logan	83.3%	74.2%	84.5%	50.3%
4	Holmesburg	82.8%	74.2%	84.6%	50.4%
5	West Kensington	82.8%	73.7%	83.8%	53.8%
6	Mount Airy East	82.6%	76.7%	84.5%	55.6%
7	Feltonville	82.6%	72.9%	84.2%	52.0%
8	Germantown East	82.6%	72.2%	84.2%	50.2%
9	Germantown Southwest	82.4%	70.2%	83.7%	50.0%
10	Tacony	82.2%	73.4%	84.3%	52.1%
11	Pennypack	82.0%	68.9%	84.0%	50.9%
12	Hartranft	81.9%	73.8%	83.9%	49.3%
13	Olney	81.9%	71.8%	84.5%	52.0%
14	Glenwood	81.9%	68.8%	83.8%	50.9%
15	Summerdale	81.8%	76.9%	82.8%	63.8%
16	East Kensington	81.8%	75.3%	82.7%	61.6%
17	Stockton	81.7%	73.1%	84.1%	55.0%
18	Fern Rock	81.6%	73.3%	83.7%	56.7%
19	East Falls	81.6%	72.7%	84.0%	49.7%
20	Upper Kensington	81.6%	71.3%	83.8%	51.8%
21	Northern Liberties	81.5%	67.6%	84.1%	49.1%
22	Wissahickon Hills	81.4%	72.2%	82.8%	58.0%
23	Mantua	81.3%	70.8%	83.7%	50.5%
24	Germantown Morton	81.2%	74.7%	83.4%	53.2%
25	Oxford Circle	81.2%	70.7%	83.9%	50.9%
26	Wissahickon	81.2%	70.4%	82.6%	50.9%
27	Roxborough	81.1%	72.0%	83.4%	50.9%
28	Overbrook	81.1%	69.2%	84.2%	49.2%
29	Cedar Park	81.0%	73.4%	82.5%	52.3%
30	Clearview	81.0%	69.6%	82.8%	50.7%
31	Stadium District	81.0%	68.3%	84.0%	49.4%
32	Cobbs Creek	81.0%	66.6%	83.8%	49.2%
33	Manayunk	80.7%	73.4%	82.9%	59.1%
34	Fairhill	80.7%	70.7%	82.7%	51.5%
35	Nicetown	80.6%	70.4%	82.3%	55.4%
36	Ludlow	80.4%	75.0%	81.6%	66.3%
37	Yorktown	80.4%	71.0%	81.8%	57.3%
38	Tioga	80.4%	69.4%	84.0%	50.0%
39	Northwood	80.4%	68.8%	84.1%	52.1%
40	University City	80.3%	69.1%	83.7%	49.0%
41	McGuire	80.2%	69.2%	81.8%	57.7%
42	Grays Ferry	80.1%	68.0%	83.1%	49.5%
43	Central Waterfront	80.1%	67.6%	83.8%	49.1%
44	Modena	80.0%	64.1%	83.8%	49.5%
45	Walnut Hill	79.9%	70.4%	81.9%	50.5%
46	Passyunk Square	79.9%	67.6%	82.5%	51.4%
47	Germantown West Central	79.8%	71.0%	83.7%	51.4%
48	Richmond	79.8%	67.2%	84.1%	49.2%
49	Lawndale	79.8%	67.1%	84.2%	49.8%
50	Fishtown	79.8%	66.9%	83.3%	48.9%
51	Stanton	79.7%	69.1%	83.0%	53.5%
52	Roxborough Park	79.7%	68.1%	82.6%	50.3%
53	Ogontz	79.7%	67.8%	82.5%	49.4%
54	Mayfair	79.7%	67.7%	83.9%	49.2%
55	Girard Estates	79.3%	66.6%	83.4%	49.2%
56	Old Kensington	79.2%	68.4%	81.9%	54.5%
57	Spruce Hill	79.1%	70.2%	81.4%	54.1%
58	Allegheny West	79.0%	64.7%	83.2%	49.0%
59	Kingsessing	78.9%	68.0%	83.6%	51.0%
60	Juniata Park	78.9%	67.0%	83.8%	49.8%
61	Chestnut Hill	78.9%	66.4%	83.5%	49.0%
62	Pennsport	78.8%	66.0%	80.2%	50.6%
63	Lexington Park	78.8%	65.3%	81.9%	50.3%
64	Wissinoming	78.6%	67.9%	83.8%	49.8%
65	Crescentville	78.6%	67.5%	82.4%	50.2%
66	Wister	78.5%	69.1%	81.7%	53.5%
67	Harrowgate	78.5%	66.4%	82.1%	50.3%
68	Erlton-Ellisburg	78.5%	65.8%	83.2%	49.1%
69	Powelton	78.2%	71.1%	79.3%	59.5%
70	Melrose Park Gardens	78.2%	69.6%	82.0%	53.4%
71	West Powelton	78.2%	68.5%	81.4%	53.1%
72	Academy Gardens	78.2%	66.6%	83.1%	50.8%
73	Riverfront	78.2%	63.4%	83.3%	48.8%
74	Southwest Schuylkill	78.1%	69.5%	82.8%	53.6%
75	Francisville	77.7%	68.8%	81.0%	53.6%
76	Bartram Village	77.7%	66.4%	83.0%	50.9%
77	East Oak Lane	77.6%	66.1%	82.4%	50.6%
78	North Central	77.6%	65.8%	82.3%	50.7%
79	Dunlap	77.4%	69.0%	80.4%	53.0%
80	Mill Creek	77.3%	67.2%	82.8%	49.6%
81	Wynnefield	77.3%	65.7%	82.0%	49.5%
82	West Poplar	77.1%	69.7%	82.6%	56.0%
83	Paschall	77.1%	65.2%	83.0%	49.5%
84	Parkside	76.9%	65.3%	81.4%	49.8%
85	East Poplar	76.8%	68.4%	79.7%	55.2%
86	Bustleton	76.8%	61.3%	84.3%	48.8%
87	Haverford North	76.6%	65.9%	82.1%	52.7%
88	Germantown Penn Knox	76.5%	67.3%	79.8%	54.4%
89	Fairmount	76.5%	66.3%	80.2%	53.9%
90	Penrose	76.5%	64.2%	79.6%	50.4%
91	Spring Garden	76.4%	67.3%	79.0%	54.2%
92	Elmwood	76.4%	63.2%	82.1%	49.7%
93	West Parkside	76.2%	66.2%	79.4%	50.9%
94	Frankford	76.2%	64.4%	82.3%	49.4%
95	Pennypack Woods	76.1%	66.7%	82.8%	51.2%
96	Germantown Westside	75.5%	66.1%	80.7%	53.8%
97	Strawberry Mansion	75.2%	63.1%	81.4%	49.4%
98	Queen Village	74.9%	62.9%	79.0%	49.6%
99	Wynnefield Heights	74.6%	62.0%	80.8%	49.1%
100	Garden Court	74.5%	66.2%	80.4%	55.2%
101	Point Breeze	74.3%	62.0%	81.0%	49.3%
102	Brewerytown	73.8%	63.7%	78.6%	50.6%
103	Graduate Hospital	73.7%	61.5%	83.1%	50.0%
104	Fitler Square	73.4%	64.3%	81.2%	51.3%
105	Logan Square	73.3%	60.5%	80.4%	48.8%
106	Belmont	72.5%	60.9%	79.5%	49.7%
107	Winchester Park	72.4%	61.7%	83.2%	49.2%
108	Haddington	72.3%	61.1%	81.2%	49.3%
109	Bella Vista	72.1%	64.9%	76.1%	52.4%
110	Rittenhouse	72.1%	61.6%	77.4%	49.6%
111	Port Richmond	72.0%	60.4%	79.5%	49.0%
112	Cooper's Poynt	71.3%	57.6%	80.1%	49.4%
113	Whitman	70.9%	61.1%	82.8%	50.2%
114	Society Hill	70.8%	59.5%	79.2%	50.6%
115	East Parkside	70.6%	58.7%	73.9%	50.3%
116	East Passyunk	70.5%	60.3%	77.9%	49.6%
117	Hawthorne	70.4%	60.9%	76.6%	50.6%
118	Sharswood	70.2%	61.9%	78.9%	52.6%
119	Newbold	69.1%	59.9%	72.8%	49.6%
120	Old City	69.0%	57.4%	79.5%	48.8%
121	Lower Moyamensing	68.4%	58.7%	76.2%	49.8%
122	Callowhill	66.6%	59.4%	74.7%	49.0%
123	Dickinson Narrows	65.4%	56.2%	71.7%	49.4%
124	Carroll Park	65.0%	57.3%	79.9%	49.3%
125	West Passyunk	60.7%	53.7%	71.1%	49.1%
126	Washington Square	58.6%	54.1%	61.9%	49.0%
127	Center City	55.1%	52.2%	56.3%	49.1%

Even the lowest-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that beat the city average, and even top-ranked ones have weak spots. Neighborhood-level data is directional; for your precise storefront, StreetSpring's live survivability score accounts for the latest competitive and spending conditions.

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Where in or Around Philadelphia Would a Business Make the Most Money?

StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. In Hunting Park, the top-ranked neighborhood in or around Philadelphia, a new business at a good address has about an 83.9% chance of lasting two or more years. In Center City, the last-ranked, the same figure is 55.1%. StreetSpring publishes no revenue figure for a neighborhood. The Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the most important factor in choosing where to open, and the live tool scores it address by address.

Location is the part of the decision this projection measures, and inside one city it moves the projected chance a long way. Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis for Philadelphia, you can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial, to select the location that puts you in the best position to succeed.

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What Should I Consider When Opening a Business in or Around Philadelphia?

Where you locate is one of the biggest decisions when opening a brick-and-mortar business, and the Survivability Score puts a projected two-year chance on each address you consider. Consider how differently two businesses perform at the same address: a South American Restaurant will have a different forecasted spend than a Cajun Restaurant, a Pizza Restaurant, a Polynesian Restaurant, and others: and no two of those businesses would score identically, even at the same address, survivability depends on what type of business is opening. StreetSpring's models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.

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 market share component accounts for all competition (not just direct competitors but secondary and tertiary alternatives) and factors in the actual movement patterns of consumers in that area. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. Complementary competitors can co-exist profitably, especially when they create a critical mass that draws customers from further away (this is why car dealerships often cluster together). However, past a certain threshold, additional competitors divide the available spending pool too thinly for new entrants to reach profitability. StreetSpring's spending projections are business-type-specific and address-specific: built from a proprietary model trained on hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes across the country.

Revenue Capture Score = Projected Market Share × Forecasted Spend on Specific Business

The 3 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia that rank highest overall, across every business type StreetSpring ranks, are:

1. Hunting Park
2. Germany Hill
3. Logan

Some other important factors to consider:

Ownership Rates: High homeownership near a business location signals a stable, rooted customer base: residents who stay in the area and build habits around local businesses. The top 3 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia with the highest ownership rates are: Winchester Park, Girard Estates, and Melrose Park Gardens.

Employment Rates: A well-employed local population translates to higher spending power and more consistent demand, especially important for food, beverage, and retail businesses. The top 3 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia with the highest employment rates are: Germany Hill, Old Kensington, and Logan Square.

Housing Occupancy: Housing occupancy is the share of homes and apartments that are lived in, the reverse of the Census housing vacancy rate, and StreetSpring's model reads it as one neighborhood characteristic among many. The top 3 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia with the highest housing occupancy rates are: Pennypack Woods, Dickinson Narrows, and Pennypack.

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Where Should I Start, and How Do I Find the Right Data for Philadelphia?

According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, Hunting Park, Germany Hill, and Logan are the strongest starting points in or around Philadelphia, but the best neighborhood for your specific business type may differ from these overall rankings.

• Best businesses by neighborhood: A full breakdown of the top business types to open in each Philadelphia neighborhood (including survivability scores by type) is at Philadelphia Business Survivability Rankings.
• Best neighborhoods for your business type: If you already know your category, that same guide lets you filter by business type to see which neighborhoods score highest for your specific concept.
• Address-level scores: StreetSpring's live tool shows a survivability score for any business type at any exact address in or around Philadelphia: updated regularly.

Get your address-level survivability score →

StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool.

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What Should Landlords in or Around Philadelphia Know When Evaluating Tenant Success?

Landlords need property-level data, not neighborhood averages, to set accurate rents and evaluate the right tenant mix. Understanding which businesses will thrive helps landlords make smarter leasing decisions.

See how landlords can use these forecasts to improve occupancy and NOI: Landlord Representatives Guide

Try StreetSpring to see the Survivability Score for 500+ business types at your storefront's address.

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

Most tenant-rep agents work without access to business survivability data, relying instead on market comps and foot traffic estimates that do not predict outcomes, but StreetSpring highlights which addresses offer the best odds for long-term success across every business subtype in and around Philadelphia. For a breakdown of the AI tools agents use to select the strongest sites, see: AI Tools for Tenant Reps

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Why Do Business Survival Rates Vary So Much Between Neighborhoods in Philadelphia?

Even neighborhoods with strong averages contain blocks where businesses struggle. Local conditions (from parking to pedestrian patterns) shape outcomes at each specific address. Our research explains why U.S. business survival rates haven't risen in decades, and how location drives outcomes more than concept: Why Survival Rates Aren't Increasing

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What Is a Survivability Score and How Does StreetSpring Calculate It?

Each Survivability Score is an address-level probability that a given business type will still be operating after two years: calculated from 100+ inputs across competition, consumer spending, and location quality. Full methodology → 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.

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How Does StreetSpring Compare to Other Site-Selection Tools?

Unlike traditional site-selection platforms, StreetSpring forecasts future business performance rather than describing present conditions, giving you a prediction, not just a snapshot. See how StreetSpring compares →

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What Each Neighborhood Specializes In

The strongest neighborhood overall is not the best for every business, and the last-ranked one still has business types that do well there. Here are the top five for three points on the Philadelphia list, at a good address in each:

Hunting Park: ranked #1 of 127 in Philadelphia, the strongest neighborhood overall

• Veterinary Clinic (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Chiropractor Office (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Eye Care Center (89.2% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Physical Therapy Clinic (88.7% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Acupuncture Clinic (88.7% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)

Full Hunting Park business guide

Wissinoming: ranked #64 of 127, the middle of the Philadelphia list

• Veterinary Clinic (89.2% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Chiropractor Office (88.7% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Dermatology Clinic (87.4% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Acupuncture Clinic (87.4% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Mental Health Clinic (87.4% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)

Full Wissinoming business guide

Center City: ranked #127 of 127, the last in the Philadelphia list

• Veterinary Clinic (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Chiropractor Office (89.2% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Convenience Store (84.1% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Coffee Shop (83.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
• Spa (83.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)

Use the overall ranking to find candidate neighborhoods, then check the business type you plan to open.

Related Resources

Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending, which is why StreetSpring's real-time tool is the best place to check today's survivability score for a particular location. See the full rankings and get a live survivability score for any address in Philadelphia.

• Philadelphia Business Survivability Rankings: overall rankings by business type across all Philadelphia neighborhoods
• Business Survivability in Hunting Park
• Business Survivability in Germany Hill
• Business Survivability in Logan
• StreetSpring Methodology

Every Neighborhood We Rank in Philadelphia

Survivability rankings for each Philadelphia neighborhood we score, one page per neighborhood, with the business-type detail behind each one.

• Academy Gardens
• Allegheny West
• Bartram Village
• Bella Vista
• Belmont
• Brewerytown
• Bustleton
• Carroll Park
• Cedar Park
• Chestnut Hill
• Clearview
• Cobbs Creek
• Crescentville
• Dickinson Narrows
• East Falls
• East Kensington
• East Oak Lane
• East Passyunk
• Elmwood
• Fairhill
• Fairmount
• Feltonville
• Fern Rock
• Francisville
• Frankford
• Girard Estates
• Glenwood
• Graduate Hospital
• Grays Ferry
• Haddington
• Harrowgate
• Hartranft
• Holmesburg
• Juniata Park
• Lawndale
• Lexington Park
• Logan Square
• Lower Moyamensing
• Manayunk
• Mantua
• Mayfair
• Melrose Park Gardens
• Mill Creek
• Modena
• Newbold
• Nicetown
• North Central
• Northern Liberties
• Northwood
• Ogontz
• Old City
• Olney
• Overbrook
• Oxford Circle
• Paschall
• Passyunk Square
• Pennsport
• Pennypack
• Pennypack Woods
• Penrose
• Point Breeze
• Queen Village
• Richmond
• Rittenhouse
• Riverfront
• Roxborough
• Roxborough Park
• Sharswood
• Society Hill
• Southwest Schuylkill
• Spring Garden
• Spruce Hill
• Stadium District
• Stanton
• Strawberry Mansion
• Summerdale
• Tacony
• Tioga
• University City
• Upper Kensington
• Walnut Hill
• West Parkside
• West Passyunk
• West Poplar
• West Powelton
• Whitman
• Winchester Park
• Wissahickon
• Wissinoming
• Wister
• Wynnefield
• Wynnefield Heights
• Yorktown

Cities and Towns We Rank in the Philadelphia Metro

Whole municipalities in the Philadelphia metro, ranked separately from the neighborhoods above, one page per place.

• Franklinville

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

View technical data for Philadelphia

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