Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Portland
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in Portland for new businesses by survivability score. See which areas give you the best chance of lasting more than two years.
Last reviewed: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Top-ranked neighborhood: Central Beaverton: 84.4% at a good address, 76.1% at a typical address
- Most challenging: Roseway: 55.1% average survivability
- 47 neighborhoods ranked across the Portland metro
- 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 129 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points. Your specific business type and address will differ.
- See our full methodology →
Table of Contents
- Summary
- 10 Best Neighborhoods to Open a Business
- Hardest Places to Open a Business
- Where Would a Business Make the Most Money?
- What Should I Consider When Opening?
- Where to Start & How to Find Data
- Advice for Landlords
- Tools for Tenant-Rep Agents
- Why Do Survival Rates Vary?
- What Is a Survivability Score?
- How Does StreetSpring Compare?
- What Each Neighborhood Specializes In
- Related Resources
Summary
StreetSpring's 2026 file ranks Central Beaverton first in Portland, with the best locations offering a 84.6% chance of lasting more than two years. Across all business types that could open in Central Beaverton, the average location shows a 76.1% chance of lasting more than two years. Averages mask the full picture: a single block can outperform an entire neighborhood's ranking at the storefront level.
What Are the 10 Best Neighborhoods in or Around Portland to Open a Business?
The top 10 neighborhoods in or around Portland to open a business are:
| # | Neighborhood | At a good address | Typical address | Best locations | Challenging locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Beaverton | 84.4% | 76.1% | 84.6% | 50.3% |
| 2 | Sunnyside | 83.6% | 75.2% | 84.2% | 57.5% |
| 3 | Parkrose Heights | 83.6% | 65.7% | 84.3% | 50.2% |
| 4 | Greenway | 83.4% | 70.5% | 84.6% | 51.6% |
| 5 | Downtown | 83.1% | 67.6% | 84.6% | 49.2% |
| 6 | Buckman | 82.5% | 74.3% | 83.6% | 55.7% |
| 7 | Vose | 81.9% | 68.8% | 84.4% | 49.8% |
| 8 | Concordia | 81.8% | 67.3% | 83.8% | 50.2% |
| 9 | Mill Park | 81.7% | 66.7% | 83.6% | 50.3% |
| 10 | Parkrose | 81.5% | 66.8% | 84.1% | 49.7% |
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What Are the Hardest Places in or Around Portland to Open a Business?
The hardest neighborhoods in or around Portland to open a business are:
| # | Neighborhood | At a good address | Typical address | Best locations | Challenging locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Beaumont-Wilshire | 68.3% | 56.3% | 70.4% | 49.4% |
| 44 | Markham | 66.3% | 56.9% | 72.8% | 49.0% |
| 45 | Eastmoreland | 65.3% | 53.0% | 71.1% | 48.7% |
| 46 | Russell | 64.9% | 58.2% | 78.5% | 49.7% |
| 47 | Roseway | 63.3% | 55.1% | 71.4% | 49.0% |
The Full Portland Neighborhood Ranking
All 47 neighborhoods we rank in or around Portland, best to hardest, on the same measure as the tables above: the projected chance a business at a good address in that neighborhood (the mean p90 score of its ranked business types, the file's neighborhood_overall_score) lasts two or more years, averaged across the 129 business types in this ranking.
Show all 47 ranked neighborhoods
| # | Neighborhood | At a good address | Typical address | Best locations | Challenging locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Beaverton | 84.4% | 76.1% | 84.6% | 50.3% |
| 2 | Sunnyside | 83.6% | 75.2% | 84.2% | 57.5% |
| 3 | Parkrose Heights | 83.6% | 65.7% | 84.3% | 50.2% |
| 4 | Greenway | 83.4% | 70.5% | 84.6% | 51.6% |
| 5 | Downtown | 83.1% | 67.6% | 84.6% | 49.2% |
| 6 | Buckman | 82.5% | 74.3% | 83.6% | 55.7% |
| 7 | Vose | 81.9% | 68.8% | 84.4% | 49.8% |
| 8 | Concordia | 81.8% | 67.3% | 83.8% | 50.2% |
| 9 | Mill Park | 81.7% | 66.7% | 83.6% | 50.3% |
| 10 | Parkrose | 81.5% | 66.8% | 84.1% | 49.7% |
| 11 | Hazelwood | 81.2% | 68.3% | 84.4% | 50.4% |
| 12 | Laurelhurst | 81.2% | 66.6% | 82.1% | 48.9% |
| 13 | Goose Hollow | 80.2% | 69.1% | 81.8% | 50.3% |
| 14 | Hayden Island | 80.1% | 68.8% | 84.3% | 52.2% |
| 15 | Creston-Kenilworth | 79.9% | 66.1% | 83.0% | 52.0% |
| 16 | Montavilla | 79.8% | 65.3% | 83.1% | 49.0% |
| 17 | Madison South | 79.1% | 65.1% | 82.8% | 48.8% |
| 18 | Hosford-Abernethy | 79.0% | 68.9% | 82.5% | 51.9% |
| 19 | Arbor Lodge | 78.8% | 67.6% | 81.8% | 50.2% |
| 20 | South Tabor | 78.7% | 62.7% | 82.1% | 48.9% |
| 21 | Eliot | 78.6% | 69.1% | 80.2% | 55.2% |
| 22 | Kerns | 78.1% | 69.5% | 79.7% | 53.3% |
| 23 | Reed | 78.0% | 61.2% | 81.1% | 49.3% |
| 24 | North Tabor | 77.9% | 70.5% | 80.0% | 58.8% |
| 25 | Mount Tabor | 77.8% | 63.5% | 80.7% | 49.3% |
| 26 | Woodlawn | 77.0% | 65.7% | 79.2% | 52.3% |
| 27 | Richmond | 76.8% | 62.6% | 81.6% | 49.7% |
| 28 | Centennial | 76.6% | 62.3% | 83.6% | 48.8% |
| 29 | Piedmont | 76.4% | 65.2% | 79.7% | 50.6% |
| 30 | Multnomah | 76.3% | 61.6% | 83.3% | 49.3% |
| 31 | Cathedral Park | 75.6% | 63.4% | 79.6% | 49.9% |
| 32 | Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill | 75.6% | 63.3% | 81.8% | 50.1% |
| 33 | Brooklyn | 75.1% | 61.7% | 80.2% | 50.3% |
| 34 | Powellhurst-Gilbert | 75.0% | 61.3% | 83.9% | 48.8% |
| 35 | Highland | 75.0% | 60.4% | 76.9% | 49.3% |
| 36 | Mount Scott | 74.1% | 61.5% | 78.1% | 49.4% |
| 37 | Foster-Powell | 74.0% | 60.7% | 82.3% | 49.2% |
| 38 | Kenton | 72.8% | 63.0% | 82.5% | 49.4% |
| 39 | Sumner | 72.6% | 63.2% | 81.5% | 50.0% |
| 40 | Hillsdale | 72.3% | 58.2% | 78.3% | 48.7% |
| 41 | Rose City Park | 72.0% | 59.9% | 78.6% | 48.9% |
| 42 | South Burlingame | 68.9% | 59.3% | 73.0% | 50.0% |
| 43 | Beaumont-Wilshire | 68.3% | 56.3% | 70.4% | 49.4% |
| 44 | Markham | 66.3% | 56.9% | 72.8% | 49.0% |
| 45 | Eastmoreland | 65.3% | 53.0% | 71.1% | 48.7% |
| 46 | Russell | 64.9% | 58.2% | 78.5% | 49.7% |
| 47 | Roseway | 63.3% | 55.1% | 71.4% | 49.0% |
These rankings are aggregated starting points; the exact address you choose within any neighborhood will determine your true survivability score. Competition opens and closes constantly, so the most reliable data for any specific address is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis.
Where in or Around Portland Would a Business Make the Most Money?
StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. In Central Beaverton, the top-ranked neighborhood in or around Portland, a new business at a good address has about an 84.4% chance of lasting two or more years. In Roseway, the last-ranked, the same figure is 63.3%. StreetSpring publishes no revenue figure for a neighborhood. The Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the most important factor in choosing where to open, and the live tool scores it address by address.
Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease. Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis for Portland, you can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial, to select the location that puts you in the best position to succeed.
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What Should I Consider When Opening a Business in or Around Portland?
Before signing a lease, check the Survivability Score of that specific address. Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location. The market share component accounts for all competition (not just direct competitors but secondary and tertiary alternatives) and factors in the actual movement patterns of consumers in that area. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. Strategic clustering can actually boost performance by creating destination zones (this is why car dealerships often cluster together) however, past a certain threshold, additional competitors divide the available spending pool too thinly for new entrants to reach profitability. StreetSpring's spending projections are business-type-specific and address-specific: built from a proprietary model trained on hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes across the country; thus, a Pan-Asian Restaurant will have a different forecasted spend than a Tapas Restaurant, a Soul Food or Southern Restaurant, a Watch Store or Repair Shop, and others: and no two of those businesses would score identically, even at the same address, survivability depends on what type of business is opening. StreetSpring uses custom-built, proprietary algorithms to produce these predictions.
This can be summarized as:
Revenue Capture Score = Projected Market Share × Forecasted Spend on Specific Business
Ranked overall across every business type StreetSpring ranks, the top 3 neighborhoods in and around Portland are:
- Central Beaverton
- Sunnyside
- Parkrose Heights
Some other important factors to consider:
Ownership Rates: For businesses that depend on repeat local customers, homeownership rates are a meaningful predictor of demand stability: renters move more frequently, reducing customer consistency. The top 3 neighborhoods in and around Portland with the highest ownership rates are: Laurelhurst, Highland, and Mount Tabor.
Employment Rates: Neighborhoods with high employment levels support stronger consumer spending, which directly benefits businesses whose revenue depends on discretionary income. The top 3 neighborhoods in and around Portland with the highest employment rates are: Hayden Island, Laurelhurst, and Multnomah.
Housing Occupancy: Housing occupancy is the share of homes and apartments that are lived in, the reverse of the Census housing vacancy rate, and StreetSpring's model reads it as one neighborhood characteristic among many. The top 3 neighborhoods in and around Portland with the highest housing occupancy rates are: Parkrose Heights, Highland, and Roseway.
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Where Should I Start, and How Do I Find the Right Data for Portland?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, Central Beaverton, Sunnyside, and Parkrose Heights are the strongest starting points in or around Portland, but the best neighborhood for your specific business type may differ from these overall rankings.
- Best businesses by neighborhood: A full breakdown of the top business types to open in each Portland neighborhood (including survivability scores by type) is at Portland Business Survivability Rankings.
- Best neighborhoods for your business type: If you already know your category, that same guide lets you filter by business type to see which neighborhoods score highest for your specific concept.
- Address-level scores: StreetSpring's live tool shows a survivability score for any business type at any exact address in or around Portland: updated regularly.
Get your address-level survivability score →
Neighborhood rankings are useful, but the exact odds for your location can only be seen by running a current survivability check in StreetSpring.
What Should Landlords in or Around Portland Know When Evaluating Tenant Success?
A property in a top-ranked neighborhood can still underperform if it is on the wrong block or facing the wrong direction: granular data matters. Landlords can use survivability data to match tenants to addresses where their business type is projected to last.
See how landlords can use these forecasts to improve occupancy and NOI: Landlord Representatives Guide
Try StreetSpring to see the Survivability Score for 500+ business types at your storefront's address.
What Tools Can Tenant-Rep Agents Use to Find the Most Promising Locations in Portland?
Agents have historically made location decisions with limited data and gut feeling, but StreetSpring highlights which addresses offer the best odds for long-term success across every business subtype in and around Portland. For a breakdown of the AI tools agents use to select the strongest sites, see: AI Tools for Tenant Reps
Why Do Business Survival Rates Vary So Much Between Neighborhoods in Portland?
A single new competitor opening nearby can shift an address survivability score by several points: hyperlocal dynamics are the most volatile factor in the model. Survival rate variation comes down to the specific combination of competition quality, consumer spending power, and customer flow that exists only at that exact address. Our research explains why U.S. business survival rates haven't risen in decades, and how location drives outcomes more than concept: Why Survival Rates Aren't Increasing
What Is a Survivability Score and How Does StreetSpring Calculate It?
A Survivability Score measures how likely a brick-and-mortar business at a specific address is to last more than two years. Read the full methodology → 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.
How Does StreetSpring Compare to Other Site-Selection Tools?
Unlike traditional site-selection platforms, StreetSpring forecasts future business performance rather than describing present conditions, giving you a prediction, not just a snapshot. See how StreetSpring compares →
What Each Neighborhood Specializes In
The strongest neighborhood overall is not the best for every business, and the last-ranked one still has business types that do well there. Here are the top five for three points on the Portland list, at a good address in each:
Central Beaverton: ranked #1 of 47 in Portland, the strongest neighborhood overall
- Physical Therapy Clinic (90.0% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Chiropractor Office (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Veterinary Clinic (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Eye Care Center (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Dentist Office (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
North Tabor: ranked #24 of 47, the middle of the Portland list
- Chiropractor Office (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Eye Care Center (87.9% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Clothing Store (85.0% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Laundromat (84.0% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Convenience Store (83.9% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
Roseway: ranked #47 of 47, the last in the Portland list
- Veterinary Clinic (90.0% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Chiropractor Office (88.7% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Convenience Store (84.5% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Spa (83.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Bar (83.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
Use the overall ranking to find candidate neighborhoods, then check the business type you plan to open.
Related Resources
StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. See the full rankings and get a live survivability score for any address in Portland.
- Portland Business Survivability Rankings: overall rankings by business type across all Portland neighborhoods
- Business Survivability in Central Beaverton
- Business Survivability in Sunnyside
- Business Survivability in Parkrose Heights
- StreetSpring Methodology
Every Neighborhood We Rank in Portland
Survivability rankings for each Portland neighborhood we score, one page per neighborhood, with the business-type detail behind each one.
- Brooklyn
- Buckman
- Downtown
- Greenway
- Hazelwood
- Highland
- Hillsdale
- Kenton
- Mill Park
- Multnomah
- Parkrose
- Richmond
- Roseway
- Russell
- Sumner
- Vose
Cities and Towns We Rank in the Portland Metro
Whole municipalities in the Portland metro, ranked separately from the neighborhoods above, one page per place.
Technical note: Aggregated survivability rankings for Portland are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
View technical data for Portland
StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.