Business Survivability in Admiral, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Admiral is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 88.3% 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 Physical Therapy Clinic in Admiral (88.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #76 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 69.3% 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 Admiral 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 Admiral is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 88.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice with a 87.1% chance, followed by an Acupuncture Clinic with a 85.9% chance.
Is Admiral a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Admiral #76 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle, with an average Survivability Score of 69.3% across the business types ranked there.
- In Admiral, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 1.7 points above that type's average.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Admiral see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- Housing vacancy in Admiral sits at 7.9%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.
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 Admiral?
With StreetSpring, location selection in Admiral moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Physical Therapy Clinic in Admiral:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Physical Therapy Clinic in Admiral. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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 Admiral?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Mental Health Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 5 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.9% |
| 7 | Eye Care Center | 85.3% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.0% |
| 10 | Seafood Restaurant | 83.6% |
| 11 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 12 | Italian Restaurant | 83.6% |
| 13 | Spa | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Mental Health Clinic and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; Seafood Restaurant, Coffee Shop, Italian Restaurant 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 Admiral
- #1 Physical Therapy Clinic: 88.3% on average across Admiral; best at 90.0%, challenging at 78.1%.
- #2 Opening a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Admiral shows 87.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 73.8%.
- #3 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #3): 85.9% average in Admiral. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 70.4%.
- #5 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Admiral: 82.1% chance on average, best at 89.2%, challenging at 63.6%.
- #7 Eye Care Center: 73.9% on average across Admiral; best at 88.3%, challenging at 57.3%.
Strong Performers in Admiral
- #9 Opening a Convenience Store in Admiral shows 72.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 50.4%.
- #10 Seafood Restaurant (Ranked #10): 80.3% average in Admiral. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 62.8%.
- #11 Coffee Shop is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Admiral: 79.3% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 58.8%.
- #12 Italian Restaurant: 79.3% on average across Admiral; best at 84.0%, challenging at 62.8%.
- #13 Opening a Spa in Admiral shows 76.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 53.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Mental Health Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Admiral make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Admiral 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
- However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- 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.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Admiral?
The top businesses to open next in Admiral:
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 88.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Mental Health Clinics: 87.1% average survival rate
- Acupuncture Clinics: 85.9% average survival rate
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. Our platform incorporates data from thousands of neighborhoods nationwide. 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 94.7% employment rate in Admiral is a key signal of consumer health, and the 7.9% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Admiral. StreetSpring's regular updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Admiral.
What type of business should you rent your Admiral storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Physical Therapy Clinics, Mental Health Clinics, and Acupuncture Clinics at the top of the survivability rankings for Admiral, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Admiral storefront to a Physical Therapy Clinic?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Admiral in 2026, a Physical Therapy Clinic posts the highest survivability ceiling at 90.0% and maintains a reasonable floor of 78.1%, making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Admiral?
In Admiral, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- The most current survivability data for Admiral is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. Aggregated survivability rankings for Seattle are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Seattle: /resources/data/seattle-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.