Business Survivability in Pennsport, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Pennsport is a Veterinary Clinic with a 84.9% 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 Pennsport (84.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #62 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 66.0% 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 Pennsport 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 Pennsport is a Veterinary Clinic with a 84.9% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 82.4% chance, followed by an Acupuncture Clinic with a 75.7% chance.
Is Pennsport a good place to start a business?
In Philadelphia's survivability rankings, Pennsport comes in at #62 of 127 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 66.0% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Pennsport is 5.1 points on the two-year chance.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Pennsport can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Pennsport will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- With a 95.3% employment rate, Pennsport has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Pennsport?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Pennsport for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Pennsport for a Veterinary Clinic:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Pennsport. 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. 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 Pennsport?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 3 | Acupuncture Clinic | 88.3% |
| 4 | Mental Health Clinic | 88.3% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 86.6% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 13 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 14 | Coffee Shop | 84.0% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Mental Health Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; Cafe, Bar 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 Pennsport
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 84.9% average in Pennsport. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 70.9%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Pennsport: 82.4% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 66.6%.
- #3 Acupuncture Clinic: 75.7% on average across Pennsport; best at 89.2%, challenging at 59.0%.
- #4 Opening a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Pennsport shows 75.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 59.0%.
- #8 Eye Care Center (Ranked #8): 76.4% average in Pennsport. Best-case storefronts: 87.9%. Challenging locations: 59.0%.
Strong Performers in Pennsport
- #9 Convenience Store is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Pennsport: 81.2% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 59.8%.
- #10 Clothing Store: 79.4% on average across Pennsport; best at 85.0%, challenging at 61.6%.
- #11 Opening a Cafe in Pennsport shows 81.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 53.8%.
- #13 Bar (Ranked #13): 80.8% average in Pennsport. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 53.0%.
- #14 Coffee Shop is ranked #14 for top businesses to open in Pennsport: 76.1% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 49.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Pennsport make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Pennsport 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
- Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- 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.
- 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 Pennsport?
The top businesses to open next in Pennsport:
- Veterinary Clinics: 84.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 82.4% average survival rate
- Acupuncture Clinics: 75.7% 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. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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 95.3% employment rate in Pennsport is a key signal of consumer health, and the 8.4% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Pennsport are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Pennsport.
What type of business should you rent your Pennsport storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Pennsport are Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Acupuncture Clinics.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for two or more years.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Pennsport storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Pennsport landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 70.9% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- 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 Pennsport?
When selecting a location in Pennsport it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- 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.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Pennsport.
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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.