Business Survivability in Sumner, Portland
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Sumner is a Veterinary Clinic with a 74.6% 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 Sumner (74.6% average survival rate, 89.2% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #39 of 47 neighborhoods in and around Portland
- Neighborhood average: 63.2% 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 Sumner 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 Sumner is a Veterinary Clinic with a 74.6% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.2% chance; next is a Bar with a 69.7% chance, followed by a Dermatology Clinic with a 71.2% chance.
Is Sumner a good place to start a business?
In Portland's survivability rankings, Sumner comes in at #39 of 47 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 63.2% across the business types ranked there.
- In Sumner, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 14.6 points above that type's average.
- But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within Sumner can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
- A 94.6% employment rate in Sumner means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Sumner?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Sumner that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. The location below represents the address in Sumner with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic in Sumner. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in Sumner?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.9% |
| 2 | Bar | 83.0% |
| 3 | Dermatology Clinic | 81.1% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 80.6% |
| 5 | Coffee Shop | 80.6% |
| 6 | Convenience Store | 80.3% |
| 7 | Spa | 80.0% |
| 8 | Acupuncture Clinic | 79.8% |
| 10 | Eye Care Center | 79.8% |
| 12 | Laundromat | 76.4% |
Ties at a good address: Physical Therapy Clinic and Coffee Shop are tied; Acupuncture Clinic and Eye Care Center 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 Sumner
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 74.6% average in Sumner. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 59.8%.
- #2 Bar is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Sumner: 69.7% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 51.2%.
- #3 Dermatology Clinic: 71.2% on average across Sumner; best at 84.5%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #4 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Sumner shows 70.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 57.7%.
- #5 Coffee Shop (Ranked #5): 70.2% average in Sumner. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 51.6%.
Strong Performers in Sumner
- #6 Convenience Store is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Sumner: 72.1% chance on average, best at 84.1%, challenging at 52.2%.
- #7 Spa: 68.6% on average across Sumner; best at 82.2%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #8 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Sumner shows 70.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.9%; lower-end sites show 57.3%.
- #10 Eye Care Center (Ranked #10): 68.7% average in Sumner. Best-case storefronts: 85.3%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
- #12 Laundromat is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Sumner: 66.4% chance on average, best at 79.5%, challenging at 49.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Bar: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dermatology Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Sumner make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Sumner 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
- Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Sumner?
The top businesses to open next in Sumner:
- Veterinary Clinics: 74.6% average survival rate, 89.2% at the best address
- Bars: 69.7% average survival rate
- Dermatology Clinics: 71.2% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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 5.5% housing vacancy rate in Sumner describes the neighborhood as a whole; survivability still depends heavily on choosing the right address within it. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Sumner are currently available and how they score.
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- See the Portland Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Portland Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Portland neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Sumner.
What type of business should you rent your Sumner storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Sumner shows that Veterinary Clinics, Bars, and Dermatology Clinics rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- 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. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Portland Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Sumner storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Veterinary Clinic at the top of the survivability rankings for Sumner storefronts, with a best-case score of 89.2% and a floor of 59.8% 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 Sumner?
When opening a business in Sumner, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- 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.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Sumner.
See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.
Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. 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.