Business Survivability in Glenwood, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Glenwood is a Chiropractor Office with a 82.0% 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 Glenwood (82.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #14 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 68.8% 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 Glenwood 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 Glenwood is a Chiropractor Office with a 82.0% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Acupuncture Clinic with a 79.3% chance, followed by a Dermatology Clinic with a 79.3% chance.
Is Glenwood a good place to start a business?
Among the 127 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Philadelphia, Glenwood ranks #14 for business survivability, with an average 68.8% chance of lasting two or more years.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Glenwood is 8.0 points on the two-year chance.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Glenwood can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- Glenwood's employment rate of 86.1% and housing vacancy rate of 15.4% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Glenwood?
StreetSpring scores each block in Glenwood so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. Here is the top survivability address for a Chiropractor Office in Glenwood, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Chiropractor Office in Glenwood. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Glenwood?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.2% |
| 3 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.2% |
| 7 | Eye Care Center | 87.9% |
| 8 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 83.5% |
| 15 | Hair Salon | 83.1% |
| 16 | Chicken Shop | 82.8% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Clothing 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 Glenwood
- #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Glenwood shows 82.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 63.6%.
- #2 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #2): 79.3% average in Glenwood. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 62.0%.
- #3 Dermatology Clinic is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Glenwood: 79.3% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 62.0%.
- #7 Eye Care Center: 73.1% on average across Glenwood; best at 89.6%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #8 Opening a Convenience Store in Glenwood shows 80.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 52.2%.
Strong Performers in Glenwood
- #9 Clothing Store (Ranked #9): 71.8% average in Glenwood. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 53.0%.
- #11 Cafe is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Glenwood: 76.0% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 56.6%.
- #12 Coffee Shop: 68.3% on average across Glenwood; best at 84.0%, challenging at 50.2%.
- #15 Opening a Hair Salon in Glenwood shows 68.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 48.9%.
- #16 Chicken Shop (Ranked #16): 69.4% average in Glenwood. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 50.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dermatology Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Glenwood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in Glenwood 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
- Even within a high-performing neighborhood, the best location varies by business type: StreetSpring scores each combination separately.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- 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 gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What businesses should open next in Glenwood?
The top businesses to open next in Glenwood:
- Chiropractor Offices: 82.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Acupuncture Clinics: 79.3% average survival rate
- Dermatology Clinics: 79.3% 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. Glenwood's employment rate (86.1%) and housing vacancy rate (15.4%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Glenwood are currently available and how they score.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Glenwood.
What type of business should you rent your Glenwood storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Chiropractor Offices, Acupuncture Clinics, and Dermatology Clinics at the top of the survivability rankings for Glenwood, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Glenwood 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 63.6% chance.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What should I consider when opening a business in Glenwood?
Location decisions in Glenwood should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Glenwood with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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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.