Business Survivability in Franklinville, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Franklinville is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 83.5% 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 Physical Therapy Clinic in Franklinville (83.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #2 of 11 towns around Philadelphia
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 76.4% 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 Franklinville 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 Franklinville is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 83.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Dermatology Clinic with a 83.3% chance, followed by an Acupuncture Clinic with a 83.2% chance. At a good address, Physical Therapy Clinic is tied with Dermatology Clinic and Acupuncture Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Franklinville a good place to start a business?
Franklinville holds the #2 position of 11 towns around Philadelphia for new business survivability, with an average score of 76.4% across the business types ranked there.
- In Franklinville, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 6.5 points above that type's average.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Franklinville 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 87.6% employment rate in Franklinville supports consumer spending, while its 15.5% housing vacancy rate measures the share of homes and apartments standing empty: the model reads both as neighborhood characteristics.
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 Franklinville?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Franklinville, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Physical Therapy Clinic in Franklinville:
The highlighted area represents the address in Franklinville that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Physical Therapy Clinic survivability. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Franklinville?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 89.6% |
| 2 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 6 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 88.3% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.1% |
| 10 | Day Care Center | 85.1% |
| 11 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 12 | Home Goods Store | 84.6% |
| 13 | Home Improvement Store | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Physical Therapy Clinic, Dermatology Clinic and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; Dance Club and Day Care Center are tied; Convenience Store, Home Goods Store and Home Improvement 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 Franklinville
- #1 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Franklinville shows 83.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 62.8%.
- #2 Dermatology Clinic (Ranked #2): 83.3% average in Franklinville. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 62.0%.
- #3 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Franklinville: 83.2% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 62.0%.
- #6 Veterinary Clinic: 81.3% on average across Franklinville; best at 90.0%, challenging at 58.1%.
- #8 Opening an Eye Care Center in Franklinville shows 82.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 63.6%.
Strong Performers in Franklinville
- #9 Dance Club (Ranked #9): 78.4% average in Franklinville. Best-case storefronts: 85.6%. Challenging locations: 54.5%.
- #10 Day Care Center is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Franklinville: 76.6% chance on average, best at 86.0%, challenging at 54.0%.
- #11 Convenience Store: 81.0% on average across Franklinville; best at 85.0%, challenging at 58.4%.
- #12 Opening a Home Goods Store in Franklinville shows 75.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 54.4%.
- #13 Home Improvement Store (Ranked #13): 75.1% average in Franklinville. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 54.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dermatology Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Franklinville make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Franklinville 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.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- 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.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Franklinville?
The top businesses to open next in Franklinville:
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 83.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Dermatology Clinics: 83.3% average survival rate
- Acupuncture Clinics: 83.2% 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. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 15.5% means the Census estimates that share of Franklinville's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Franklinville right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Franklinville.
What type of business should you rent your Franklinville storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Franklinville are Physical Therapy Clinics, Dermatology Clinics, and Acupuncture Clinics.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Franklinville storefront to a Physical Therapy Clinic?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Franklinville in 2026, a Physical Therapy Clinic posts the highest survivability ceiling at 90.0% and maintains a reasonable floor of 62.8%, making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Franklinville?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Franklinville address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Franklinville addresses rank right now.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. 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.