Business Survivability in Harrowgate, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Harrowgate is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.5% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Harrowgate (81.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #67 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 66.4% 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 Harrowgate 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 Harrowgate is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 76.0% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 79.5% chance.
Is Harrowgate a good place to start a business?
Among the 127 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Philadelphia, Harrowgate ranks #67 for business survivability, with an average 66.4% chance of lasting two or more years.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Harrowgate score 8.5 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Harrowgate can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- StreetSpring's model reads Harrowgate's 18.3% housing vacancy rate, a Census measure of vacant homes and apartments, as one input among many.
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 Harrowgate?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Harrowgate give your concept the best odds of survival. The location below represents the address in Harrowgate with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Harrowgate based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Harrowgate?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 86.2% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 5 | Dermatology Clinic | 84.0% |
| 6 | Mental Health Clinic | 84.0% |
| 7 | Acupuncture Clinic | 84.0% |
| 10 | Cafe | 83.9% |
| 11 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Dermatology Clinic, Mental Health Clinic and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; Hair Salon 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 Harrowgate
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Harrowgate: 81.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 66.2%.
- #2 Eye Care Center: 76.0% on average across Harrowgate; best at 89.6%, challenging at 57.7%.
- #3 Opening a Convenience Store in Harrowgate shows 79.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 54.4%.
- #4 Clothing Store (Ranked #4): 73.0% average in Harrowgate. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 50.4%.
- #5 Dermatology Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Harrowgate: 73.7% chance on average, best at 87.9%, challenging at 62.0%.
Strong Performers in Harrowgate
- #6 Mental Health Clinic: 73.7% on average across Harrowgate; best at 87.9%, challenging at 62.0%.
- #7 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Harrowgate shows 73.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 87.9%; lower-end sites show 62.0%.
- #10 Cafe (Ranked #10): 79.2% average in Harrowgate. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 53.8%.
- #11 Hair Salon is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Harrowgate: 73.1% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 50.7%.
- #12 Coffee Shop: 70.1% on average across Harrowgate; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.9%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Harrowgate make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Harrowgate 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.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What businesses should open next in Harrowgate?
The top businesses to open next in Harrowgate:
- Veterinary Clinics: 81.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 76.0% average survival rate
- Convenience Stores: 79.5% average survival rate
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. Our training data spans 500+ business types across 24 major metros, giving our models the breadth to predict outcomes across nearly any commercial concept. 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 18.3% means the Census estimates that share of Harrowgate's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Harrowgate 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 Harrowgate.
What type of business should you rent your Harrowgate storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Veterinary Clinics, Eye Care Centers, and Convenience Stores at the top of the survivability rankings for Harrowgate, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them. 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 Harrowgate storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Veterinary Clinic ranks as the top tenant type for your Harrowgate storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 66.2%.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What should I consider when opening a business in Harrowgate?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Harrowgate address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- 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.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- The most current survivability data for Harrowgate is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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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.