Business Survivability in Olympic Hills, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Olympic Hills is a Veterinary Clinic with a 82.8% 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 Olympic Hills (82.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #39 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 65.7% 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 Olympic Hills 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 Olympic Hills is a Veterinary Clinic with a 82.8% 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 79.3% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 70.4% chance.
Is Olympic Hills a good place to start a business?
Among the 94 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Seattle, Olympic Hills ranks #39 for business survivability, with an average 65.7% chance of lasting two or more years.
- In Olympic Hills, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 7.2 points above that type's average.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Olympic Hills can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- With a 96.1% employment rate, Olympic Hills 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 Olympic Hills?
The right address in Olympic Hills can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. The location below represents the address in Olympic Hills with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic in Olympic Hills. 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 Olympic Hills?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 87.9% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 85.3% |
| 5 | Dentist Office | 85.3% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 84.6% |
| 10 | Pet Boarding Facility | 84.1% |
| 11 | Pet Store | 84.1% |
| 12 | Convenience Store | 84.1% |
| 13 | Coffee Shop | 84.0% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Dentist Office are tied; Pet Boarding Facility, Pet Store 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.
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 Olympic Hills
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 82.8% on average across Olympic Hills; best at 90.0%, challenging at 68.3%.
- #2 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Olympic Hills shows 79.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 64.1%.
- #3 Eye Care Center (Ranked #3): 70.4% average in Olympic Hills. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 56.8%.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Olympic Hills: 73.6% chance on average, best at 88.3%, challenging at 58.1%.
- #5 Dentist Office: 73.6% on average across Olympic Hills; best at 88.3%, challenging at 58.1%.
Strong Performers in Olympic Hills
- #9 Opening a Day Care Center in Olympic Hills shows 70.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.6%; lower-end sites show 53.2%.
- #10 Pet Boarding Facility (Ranked #10): 71.3% average in Olympic Hills. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
- #11 Pet Store is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Olympic Hills: 71.1% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 51.2%.
- #12 Convenience Store: 68.5% on average across Olympic Hills; best at 85.0%, challenging at 50.8%.
- #13 Opening a Coffee Shop in Olympic Hills shows 76.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 56.6%.
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 Olympic Hills make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Olympic Hills 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.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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 generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What businesses should open next in Olympic Hills?
The top businesses to open next in Olympic Hills:
- Veterinary Clinics: 82.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 79.3% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 70.4% 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 measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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 survivability rankings for Olympic Hills draw on real Census conditions, including 96.1% employment and 5.5% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Olympic Hills right now.
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- See the Seattle Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Seattle Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Olympic Hills.
What type of business should you rent your Olympic Hills storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Olympic Hills are Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Olympic Hills: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Olympic Hills storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Veterinary Clinic ranks as the top tenant type for your Olympic Hills storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 68.3%.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in Olympic Hills?
When selecting a location in Olympic Hills it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- Start with a free 10-minute trial: check the current survivability score for any Olympic Hills address on StreetSpring.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. 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.