Business Survivability in Loyal Heights, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Loyal Heights is a Chiropractor Office with a 73.7% 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: a Chiropractor Office in Loyal Heights (73.7% average survival rate, 89.2% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #85 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 68.0% 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 Loyal Heights 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 Loyal Heights is a Chiropractor Office with a 73.7% 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 80.0% chance, followed by a Coffee Shop with a 80.3% chance.
Is Loyal Heights a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Loyal Heights #85 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle, with an average Survivability Score of 68.0% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Loyal Heights is 15.5 points on the two-year chance.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Loyal Heights can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Loyal Heights could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- With a 97.2% employment rate, Loyal Heights 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 Loyal Heights?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Loyal Heights give your concept the best odds of survival. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Chiropractor Office in Loyal Heights:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Loyal Heights. Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. 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 Loyal Heights?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 86.6% |
| 3 | Coffee Shop | 84.0% |
| 4 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 5 | Gym | 83.6% |
| 6 | Spa | 83.6% |
| 7 | Convenience Store | 83.6% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 83.2% |
| 9 | Bar | 83.1% |
| 10 | Cafe | 82.5% |
Ties at a good address: Hair Salon, Gym, Spa and Convenience 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.
Highest Survivability in Loyal Heights
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 73.7% on average across Loyal Heights; best at 89.2%, challenging at 60.7%.
- #2 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Loyal Heights shows 80.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 88.7%; lower-end sites show 62.8%.
- #3 Coffee Shop (Ranked #3): 80.3% average in Loyal Heights. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 68.2%.
- #4 Hair Salon is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Loyal Heights: 78.2% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 66.0%.
- #5 Gym: 77.2% on average across Loyal Heights; best at 84.0%, challenging at 61.5%.
Strong Performers in Loyal Heights
- #6 Opening a Spa in Loyal Heights shows 76.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 57.4%.
- #7 Convenience Store (Ranked #7): 71.6% average in Loyal Heights. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 49.9%.
- #8 Eye Care Center is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Loyal Heights: 70.8% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #9 Bar: 72.1% on average across Loyal Heights; best at 84.0%, challenging at 56.6%.
- #10 Opening a Cafe in Loyal Heights shows 74.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.6%; lower-end sites show 57.9%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Coffee Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Loyal Heights make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Loyal Heights 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 a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Loyal Heights?
The top businesses to open next in Loyal Heights:
- Chiropractor Offices: 73.7% average survival rate, 89.2% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 80.0% average survival rate
- Coffee Shops: 80.3% average survival rate
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. 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. Loyal Heights's employment rate (97.2%) and housing vacancy rate (2.4%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Loyal Heights and how each address is scoring right now.
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- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Loyal Heights.
What type of business should you rent your Loyal Heights storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Coffee Shops at the top of the survivability rankings for Loyal Heights, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. 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 Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Loyal Heights storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Chiropractor Office would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to, with a potential 89.2% chance of lasting more than 2 years; however depending on your location, the chances could drop to a 60.7% chance.
- 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 Loyal Heights?
Before committing to any location in Loyal Heights, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- 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 uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- The most current survivability data for Loyal Heights is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. 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.