Business Survivability in Hazelwood, Portland
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Hazelwood is a Chiropractor Office with a 75.7% 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 Chiropractor Office in Hazelwood (75.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #11 of 47 neighborhoods in and around Portland
- Neighborhood average: 68.3% 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 Hazelwood 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 Hazelwood is a Chiropractor Office with a 75.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 75.1% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 73.4% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Hazelwood a good place to start a business?
In Portland's survivability rankings, Hazelwood comes in at #11 of 47 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 68.3% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Hazelwood is 14.3 points on the two-year chance.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Hazelwood can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Hazelwood could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- With 94.2% of the local population employed, Hazelwood presents a stable consumer base: particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.
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 Hazelwood?
The right address in Hazelwood can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Chiropractor Office in Hazelwood per 2026 data:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in Hazelwood. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Hazelwood?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 88.3% |
| 4 | Dermatology Clinic | 87.9% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 87.0% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 11 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 12 | Bar | 83.1% |
| 13 | Spa | 83.1% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Bar and Spa 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 Hazelwood
- #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Hazelwood shows 75.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 75.1% average in Hazelwood. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 57.3%.
- #3 Dentist Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Hazelwood: 73.4% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.8%.
- #4 Dermatology Clinic: 73.1% on average across Hazelwood; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.8%.
- #8 Opening an Eye Care Center in Hazelwood shows 71.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
Strong Performers in Hazelwood
- #9 Convenience Store (Ranked #9): 73.9% average in Hazelwood. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 52.2%.
- #10 Clothing Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Hazelwood: 66.2% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #11 Hair Salon: 72.4% on average across Hazelwood; best at 84.0%, challenging at 51.2%.
- #12 Opening a Bar in Hazelwood shows 70.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 53.8%.
- #13 Spa (Ranked #13): 70.0% average in Hazelwood. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 50.7%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Hazelwood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Hazelwood 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
- Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
- 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.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Hazelwood?
The top businesses to open next in Hazelwood:
- Chiropractor Offices: 75.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 75.1% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 73.4% average survival rate
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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. Hazelwood's employment rate (94.2%) and housing vacancy rate (6.8%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Hazelwood and how each address is scoring right now.
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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 Hazelwood.
What type of business should you rent your Hazelwood storefront to?
For landlords in Hazelwood, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Dentist Offices as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 Hazelwood storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Chiropractor Office in Hazelwood: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 56.4%.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Hazelwood?
Location decisions in Hazelwood should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- 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.
- StreetSpring's proprietary algorithms power these predictions.
- Check StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Hazelwood, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. 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.