Business Survivability in Feltonville, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Feltonville is a Chiropractor Office with a 83.8% 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 Feltonville (83.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #7 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 72.9% 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 Feltonville 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 Feltonville is a Chiropractor Office with a 83.8% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 83.7% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 80.5% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Feltonville a good place to start a business?
Feltonville is ranked number 7 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia to start a business, with an average 72.9% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Feltonville score 6.2 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Feltonville for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- With 91.6% of the local population employed, Feltonville 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 Feltonville?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Feltonville give your concept the best odds of survival. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Feltonville for a Chiropractor Office:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in Feltonville. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. 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 Feltonville?
| # | 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 | 89.2% |
| 4 | Dermatology Clinic | 88.7% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 87.4% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 13 | Grocery Store | 83.6% |
| 14 | Coffee Shop | 83.5% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Clothing Store and Convenience Store are tied; Cafe and Grocery Store 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 Feltonville
- #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Feltonville shows 83.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 64.9%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 83.7% average in Feltonville. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 69.2%.
- #3 Dentist Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Feltonville: 80.5% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 60.7%.
- #4 Dermatology Clinic: 80.9% on average across Feltonville; best at 90.0%, challenging at 61.5%.
- #8 Opening an Eye Care Center in Feltonville shows 78.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 59.4%.
Strong Performers in Feltonville
- #9 Clothing Store (Ranked #9): 74.3% average in Feltonville. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 55.3%.
- #10 Convenience Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Feltonville: 73.6% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 54.0%.
- #11 Cafe: 81.4% on average across Feltonville; best at 84.0%, challenging at 59.2%.
- #13 Opening a Grocery Store in Feltonville shows 74.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 53.5%.
- #14 Coffee Shop (Ranked #14): 74.2% average in Feltonville. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 52.0%.
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 Feltonville make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Feltonville 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-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- 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 Feltonville?
The top businesses to open next in Feltonville:
- Chiropractor Offices: 83.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 83.7% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 80.5% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. We apply advanced machine learning to one of the largest commercial real estate outcome datasets in the country. 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. The 91.6% employment rate in Feltonville is a key signal of consumer health, and the 6.3% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Feltonville and how each address is scoring right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Feltonville.
What type of business should you rent your Feltonville storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Feltonville shows that Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Dentist Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- 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 can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Feltonville storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Chiropractor Office would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to, with a potential 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; however depending on your location, the chances could drop to a 64.9% chance.
- 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 Feltonville?
In Feltonville, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- 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.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. 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.