Business Survivability in East Passyunk, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in East Passyunk is a Chiropractor Office with a 87.2% 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 Chiropractor Office in East Passyunk (87.2% average survival rate, 89.6% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #116 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 60.3% 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 East Passyunk 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 East Passyunk is a Chiropractor Office with a 87.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.6% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 71.1% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 72.8% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is East Passyunk a good place to start a business?
In Philadelphia's survivability rankings, East Passyunk comes in at #116 of 127 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 60.3% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in East Passyunk, the top-ranked business type scores 2.4 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- Yet even the strongest business types in East Passyunk see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- With 96.4% of the local population employed, East Passyunk 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 East Passyunk?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in East Passyunk give your concept the best odds of survival. Below is the best location for a Chiropractor Office in East Passyunk:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in East Passyunk. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in East Passyunk?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 85.8% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 85.3% |
| 8 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 10 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 11 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 84.0% |
| 13 | Laundromat | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Bar, Cafe and Coffee Shop 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 East Passyunk
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 87.2% on average across East Passyunk; best at 89.6%, challenging at 59.8%.
- #2 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in East Passyunk shows 71.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
- #3 Dentist Office (Ranked #3): 72.8% average in East Passyunk. Best-case storefronts: 88.7%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #4 Physical Therapy Clinic is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in East Passyunk: 72.3% chance on average, best at 88.7%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #8 Convenience Store: 81.5% on average across East Passyunk; best at 85.0%, challenging at 65.6%.
Strong Performers in East Passyunk
- #9 Opening a Clothing Store in East Passyunk shows 82.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 59.4%.
- #10 Bar (Ranked #10): 83.2% average in East Passyunk. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 82.6%.
- #11 Cafe is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in East Passyunk: 81.8% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 63.8%.
- #12 Coffee Shop: 81.2% on average across East Passyunk; best at 84.0%, challenging at 50.7%.
- #13 Opening a Laundromat in East Passyunk shows 80.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 67.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in East Passyunk make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in East Passyunk 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
- StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address, so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What businesses should open next in East Passyunk?
The top businesses to open next in East Passyunk:
- Chiropractor Offices: 87.2% average survival rate, 89.6% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 71.1% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 72.8% average survival rate
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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 East Passyunk's 96.4% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in East Passyunk right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in East Passyunk.
What type of business should you rent your East Passyunk storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in East Passyunk, Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Dentist Offices consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. 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 Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your East Passyunk storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Chiropractor Office in East Passyunk: best-in-class addresses achieve 89.6% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 59.8%.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What should I consider when opening a business in East Passyunk?
In East Passyunk, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring's proprietary algorithms power these predictions.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in East Passyunk to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. Aggregated survivability rankings for Philadelphia are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Philadelphia: /resources/data/philadelphia-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.