Business Survivability in Spring Garden, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Spring Garden is a Veterinary Clinic with a 86.7% 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 Spring Garden (86.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #91 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 67.3% 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 Spring Garden 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 Spring Garden is a Veterinary Clinic with a 86.7% 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 84.4% chance, followed by a Dermatology Clinic with a 79.1% chance.
Is Spring Garden a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Spring Garden #91 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia, with an average Survivability Score of 67.3% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Spring Garden, the top-ranked business type scores 3.3 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Spring Garden can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- Housing vacancy in Spring Garden sits at 15.3%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.
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 Spring Garden?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Spring Garden for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Veterinary Clinic in Spring Garden:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Spring Garden. Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. 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 Spring Garden?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dermatology Clinic | 87.9% |
| 4 | Mental Health Clinic | 87.9% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 85.3% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 11 | Gym | 84.0% |
| 12 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 13 | Laundromat | 82.6% |
Ties at a good address: Dermatology Clinic and Mental Health Clinic are tied; Bar and Gym 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 Spring Garden
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 86.7% average in Spring Garden. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 76.4%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Spring Garden: 84.4% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 70.4%.
- #3 Dermatology Clinic: 79.1% on average across Spring Garden; best at 89.2%, challenging at 64.9%.
- #4 Opening a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Spring Garden shows 79.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 64.9%.
- #8 Eye Care Center (Ranked #8): 74.9% average in Spring Garden. Best-case storefronts: 88.3%. Challenging locations: 60.7%.
Strong Performers in Spring Garden
- #9 Clothing Store is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Spring Garden: 77.3% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 56.2%.
- #10 Bar: 83.6% on average across Spring Garden; best at 84.0%, challenging at 83.1%.
- #11 Opening a Gym in Spring Garden shows 80.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 61.0%.
- #12 Cafe (Ranked #12): 71.7% average in Spring Garden. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 57.9%.
- #13 Laundromat is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Spring Garden: 77.5% chance on average, best at 83.1%, challenging at 64.6%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dermatology Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Spring Garden make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, following the survivability data rather than relying on intuition or foot traffic estimates in Spring Garden 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
- The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- 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 provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Spring Garden?
The top businesses to open next in Spring Garden:
- Veterinary Clinics: 86.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 84.4% average survival rate
- Dermatology Clinics: 79.1% average survival rate
Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. Our platform incorporates data from thousands of neighborhoods nationwide. 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 95.7% employment rate in Spring Garden is a key signal of consumer health, and the 15.3% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Spring Garden 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 Spring Garden.
What type of business should you rent your Spring Garden storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Spring Garden are Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Dermatology Clinics.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. 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 Spring Garden storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Veterinary Clinic ranks as the top tenant type for your Spring Garden storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 76.4%.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Spring Garden?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Spring Garden address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Spring Garden.
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StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. 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.