Business Survivability in Gresham, Portland
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Gresham is a Chiropractor Office with a 71.9% 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 Chiropractor Office in Gresham (71.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #8 of 12 towns around Portland
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 64.1% 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 Gresham 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 Gresham is a Chiropractor Office with a 71.9% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 69.3% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 68.8% chance.
Is Gresham a good place to start a business?
Gresham holds the #8 position of 12 towns around Portland for new business survivability, with an average score of 64.1% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Gresham is 18.1 points on the two-year chance.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Gresham can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- Gresham has a housing vacancy rate of 6.0% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Gresham?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Gresham, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Chiropractor Office in Gresham:
The highlighted area represents the address in Gresham that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Chiropractor Office survivability. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Gresham?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 85.8% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 84.5% |
| 4 | Convenience Store | 84.1% |
| 5 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 6 | Dentist Office | 84.0% |
| 7 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 83.6% |
| 11 | Bar | 83.1% |
| 12 | Hair Salon | 83.1% |
| 13 | Cafe | 82.6% |
Ties at a good address: Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; Bar and Hair Salon 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 Gresham
- #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Gresham shows 71.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 69.3% average in Gresham. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #3 Eye Care Center is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Gresham: 68.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #4 Convenience Store: 67.4% on average across Gresham; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #5 Opening a Clothing Store in Gresham shows 65.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.0%.
Strong Performers in Gresham
- #6 Dentist Office (Ranked #6): 69.1% average in Gresham. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #7 Physical Therapy Clinic is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Gresham: 69.0% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #11 Bar: 69.7% on average across Gresham; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #12 Opening a Hair Salon in Gresham shows 66.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.0%.
- #13 Cafe (Ranked #13): 68.4% average in Gresham. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Gresham make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Gresham 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
- Site-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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 generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What businesses should open next in Gresham?
The top businesses to open next in Gresham:
- Chiropractor Offices: 71.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 69.3% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 68.8% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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 survivability rankings for Gresham draw on real Census conditions, including 94.5% employment and 6.0% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Gresham are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Portland Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Portland Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Portland neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Gresham.
What type of business should you rent your Gresham storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Gresham, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Eye Care Centers as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Portland Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Gresham storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
The data shows a Chiropractor Office in Gresham is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 90.0% survivability; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in Gresham?
In Gresham, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Gresham.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. Aggregated survivability rankings for Portland are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Portland: /resources/data/portland-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.