Business Survivability in Lakewood, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Lakewood is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.2% 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 Lakewood (81.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #16 of 23 towns around Seattle
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 70.7% 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Dentist Office with a 80.1% chance, followed by an Acupuncture Clinic with a 80.1% chance.
Is Lakewood a good place to start a business?
Lakewood is ranked number 16 of 23 towns around Seattle to start a business, with an average 70.7% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- In Lakewood, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 8.8 points above that type's average.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Lakewood can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Lakewood will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- With a 96.7% employment rate, Lakewood has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Lakewood?
With StreetSpring, location selection in Lakewood moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Lakewood, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Chiropractor Office in 2026:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Lakewood. Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. 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 Lakewood?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 2 | Dentist Office | 88.7% |
| 3 | Acupuncture Clinic | 88.3% |
| 7 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.3% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 87.9% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 85.6% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 84.1% |
| 11 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 13 | Dance Club | 83.2% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Clothing Store 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 Lakewood
- #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 81.2% average in Lakewood. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 59.8%.
- #2 Dentist Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Lakewood: 80.1% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #3 Acupuncture Clinic: 80.1% on average across Lakewood; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #7 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Lakewood shows 75.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- #8 Eye Care Center (Ranked #8): 77.4% average in Lakewood. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
Strong Performers in Lakewood
- #9 Day Care Center is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Lakewood: 79.5% chance on average, best at 86.0%, challenging at 52.7%.
- #10 Convenience Store: 76.4% on average across Lakewood; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.9%.
- #11 Opening a Clothing Store in Lakewood shows 73.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.4%.
- #12 Coffee Shop (Ranked #12): 73.5% average in Lakewood. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #13 Dance Club is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Lakewood: 73.6% chance on average, best at 86.0%, challenging at 51.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Lakewood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, following the survivability data rather than relying on intuition or foot traffic estimates in Lakewood 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 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.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What businesses should open next in Lakewood?
The top businesses to open next in Lakewood:
- Chiropractor Offices: 81.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Dentist Offices: 80.1% average survival rate
- Acupuncture Clinics: 80.1% average survival rate
Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. StreetSpring's accuracy is built on studying businesses that serve more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 cities. 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. Lakewood's 96.7% employment rate and 3.5% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Lakewood are currently available and how they score.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Lakewood.
What type of business should you rent your Lakewood storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Chiropractor Offices, Dentist Offices, and Acupuncture Clinics at the top of the survivability rankings for Lakewood, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Lakewood storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Chiropractor Office at the top of the survivability rankings for Lakewood storefronts, with a best-case score of 90.0% and a floor of 59.8% at the most challenging addresses.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What should I consider when opening a business in Lakewood?
Don't commit to a storefront in Lakewood without first checking its Survivability Score: two addresses on the same block can carry different projected chances.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- Check StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Lakewood, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. 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.