Business Survivability in Meadowbrook, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Meadowbrook is a Veterinary Clinic with a 80.7% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Meadowbrook (80.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #70 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 66.2% 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 Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook is a Veterinary Clinic with a 80.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 73.8% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 73.2% chance.
Is Meadowbrook a good place to start a business?
Among the 94 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Seattle, Meadowbrook ranks #70 for business survivability, with an average 66.2% chance of lasting two or more years.
- In Meadowbrook, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 9.3 points above that type's average.
- But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within Meadowbrook can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
- Meadowbrook's employment rate of 94.6% and housing vacancy rate of 5.1% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Meadowbrook?
StreetSpring's Meadowbrook data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The location below represents the address in Meadowbrook with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Meadowbrook based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Meadowbrook?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 87.4% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 84.9% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 84.0% |
| 5 | Dentist Office | 84.0% |
| 8 | Cafe | 83.5% |
| 10 | International Grocery Store | 83.2% |
| 11 | Grocery Store | 83.2% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 83.1% |
| 13 | Convenience Store | 82.8% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Dentist Office are tied; International Grocery Store and Grocery 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 Meadowbrook
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 80.7% average in Meadowbrook. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 67.0%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Meadowbrook: 73.8% chance on average, best at 88.7%, challenging at 59.0%.
- #3 Eye Care Center: 73.2% on average across Meadowbrook; best at 89.2%, challenging at 59.0%.
- #4 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Meadowbrook shows 73.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 56.8%.
- #5 Dentist Office (Ranked #5): 73.0% average in Meadowbrook. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 56.8%.
Strong Performers in Meadowbrook
- #8 Cafe is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Meadowbrook: 70.7% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 50.7%.
- #10 International Grocery Store: 69.5% on average across Meadowbrook; best at 84.6%, challenging at 51.2%.
- #11 Opening a Grocery Store in Meadowbrook shows 68.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.1%; lower-end sites show 50.4%.
- #12 Coffee Shop (Ranked #12): 77.8% average in Meadowbrook. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 67.4%.
- #13 Convenience Store is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Meadowbrook: 71.1% chance on average, best at 84.1%, challenging at 54.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Meadowbrook make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Meadowbrook 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.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- 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.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Meadowbrook?
The top businesses to open next in Meadowbrook:
- Veterinary Clinics: 80.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 73.8% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 73.2% average survival rate
The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. 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. The 94.6% employment rate in Meadowbrook is a key signal of consumer health, and the 5.1% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Meadowbrook and how each address is scoring right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Meadowbrook.
What type of business should you rent your Meadowbrook storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Meadowbrook, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 Meadowbrook storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Veterinary Clinic as the highest-survivability tenant type for Meadowbrook. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 67.0%.
- 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 Meadowbrook?
Start any location decision in Meadowbrook with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- 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.
- StreetSpring's custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Meadowbrook.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.