Business Survivability in Mill Park, Portland
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Mill Park is a Chiropractor Office with a 76.3% 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 Mill Park (76.3% average survival rate, 89.6% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #9 of 47 neighborhoods in and around Portland
- Neighborhood average: 66.7% 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 Mill Park 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 Mill Park is a Chiropractor Office with a 76.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.6% chance; next is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 74.6% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 74.5% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Physical Therapy Clinic and Dentist Office; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Mill Park a good place to start a business?
Mill Park is ranked number 9 of 47 neighborhoods in and around Portland to start a business, with an average 66.7% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- In Mill Park, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 13.3 points above that type's average.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Mill Park for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- The 94.0% employment rate in Mill Park supports consumer spending, while its 3.3% housing vacancy rate measures the share of homes and apartments standing empty: the model reads both as neighborhood characteristics.
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 Mill Park?
StreetSpring's Mill Park data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The location below represents the address in Mill Park with the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in Mill Park. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. 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 Mill Park?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 89.6% |
| 7 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% |
| 8 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 9 | Salad Shop | 83.9% |
| 10 | Chicken Shop | 83.9% |
| 12 | Gym | 83.6% |
| 13 | Cafe | 83.3% |
| 14 | Bar | 83.1% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office, Physical Therapy Clinic and Dentist Office are tied; Salad Shop and Chicken 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 Mill Park
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 76.3% on average across Mill Park; best at 89.6%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #2 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Mill Park shows 74.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.8%.
- #3 Dentist Office (Ranked #3): 74.5% average in Mill Park. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
- #7 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Mill Park: 75.6% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 62.0%.
- #8 Convenience Store: 73.0% on average across Mill Park; best at 85.0%, challenging at 55.3%.
Strong Performers in Mill Park
- #9 Opening a Salad Shop in Mill Park shows 68.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 50.4%.
- #10 Chicken Shop (Ranked #10): 68.4% average in Mill Park. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 50.4%.
- #12 Gym is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Mill Park: 64.0% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 48.0%.
- #13 Cafe: 75.5% on average across Mill Park; best at 83.6%, challenging at 55.6%.
- #14 Opening a Bar in Mill Park shows 67.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 55.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Mill Park make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Mill Park 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
- Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- 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 Mill Park?
The top businesses to open next in Mill Park:
- Chiropractor Offices: 76.3% average survival rate, 89.6% at the best address
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 74.6% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 74.5% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Our training data spans 500+ business types across 24 major metros, giving our models the breadth to predict outcomes across nearly any commercial concept. 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. Mill Park sits at 94.0% employment and 3.3% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Mill Park are currently available and how they score.
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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 Mill Park.
What type of business should you rent your Mill Park storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Mill Park shows that Chiropractor Offices, Physical Therapy Clinics, and Dentist Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 Portland Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Mill Park storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Chiropractor Office at the top of the survivability rankings for Mill Park storefronts, with a best-case score of 89.6% and a floor of 57.3% at the most challenging addresses.
- 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 Mill Park?
When selecting a location in Mill Park it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- 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 in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Mill Park.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. 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.