Business Survivability in Stonestown, San Francisco
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Stonestown is an Eye Care Center with a 71.7% 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: an Eye Care Center in Stonestown (71.7% average survival rate, 89.2% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #48 of 107 neighborhoods in and around San Francisco
- Neighborhood average: 69.4% 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 Stonestown 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 Stonestown is an Eye Care Center with a 71.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.2% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.0% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 71.4% chance.
Is Stonestown a good place to start a business?
Among the 107 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around San Francisco, Stonestown ranks #48 for business survivability, with an average 69.4% chance of lasting two or more years.
- In Stonestown, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 17.5 points above that type's average.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Stonestown can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- At 85.3% employed, Stonestown's consumer base has the spending capacity that makes the neighborhood viable for a wide range of business types, though location selection within the neighborhood still determines actual survivability.
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 Stonestown?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Stonestown, 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 an Eye Care Center in Stonestown:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for an Eye Care Center in Stonestown. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. 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 Stonestown?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 86.2% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 85.3% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 5 | Coffee Shop | 84.0% |
| 6 | Cafe | 83.9% |
| 7 | International Grocery Store | 83.7% |
| 8 | Gym | 83.6% |
| 9 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 10 | Chiropractor Office | 83.2% |
Ties at a good address: Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; Gym 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.
Highest Survivability in Stonestown
- #1 Opening an Eye Care Center in Stonestown shows 71.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 56.8%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 77.0% average in Stonestown. Best-case storefronts: 86.2%. Challenging locations: 63.6%.
- #3 Convenience Store is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Stonestown: 71.4% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 51.7%.
- #4 Clothing Store: 70.4% on average across Stonestown; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.9%.
- #5 Opening a Coffee Shop in Stonestown shows 77.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 59.7%.
Strong Performers in Stonestown
- #6 Cafe (Ranked #6): 77.8% average in Stonestown. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 56.6%.
- #7 International Grocery Store is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Stonestown: 75.4% chance on average, best at 84.1%, challenging at 57.1%.
- #8 Gym: 74.5% on average across Stonestown; best at 84.0%, challenging at 60.6%.
- #9 Opening a Hair Salon in Stonestown shows 73.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 55.6%.
- #10 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #10): 76.3% average in Stonestown. Best-case storefronts: 85.8%. Challenging locations: 60.7%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Stonestown make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Stonestown 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 selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Stonestown?
The top businesses to open next in Stonestown:
- Eye Care Centers: 71.7% average survival rate, 89.2% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.0% average survival rate
- Convenience Stores: 71.4% average survival rate
These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 16.2% means the Census estimates that share of Stonestown's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Stonestown today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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- See the San Francisco Business Survivability Rankings
- See the San Francisco Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Eye Care Center survivability across San Francisco neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Stonestown.
What type of business should you rent your Stonestown storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Eye Care Centers, Veterinary Clinics, and Convenience Stores at the top of the survivability rankings for Stonestown, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in San Francisco Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Stonestown storefront to an Eye Care Center?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, an Eye Care Center ranks as the top tenant type for your Stonestown storefront: best-case locations show a 89.2% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 56.8%.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What should I consider when opening a business in Stonestown?
Location decisions in Stonestown should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- StreetSpring's proprietary algorithms power these predictions.
- Start with a free 10-minute trial: check the current survivability score for any Stonestown address on StreetSpring.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. Aggregated survivability rankings for San Francisco are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for San Francisco: /resources/data/san-francisco-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.