Business Survivability in Redmond, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Redmond is a Veterinary Clinic with a 80.2% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Redmond (80.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #14 of 23 towns around Seattle
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 69.4% 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 Redmond 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 Redmond is a Veterinary Clinic with a 80.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 78.7% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 75.6% chance.
Is Redmond a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Redmond #14 of 23 towns around Seattle, with an average Survivability Score of 69.4% across the business types ranked there.
- In Redmond, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 9.8 points above that type's average.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Redmond can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Redmond will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- With 95.3% of the local population employed, Redmond presents a stable consumer base: particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.
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 Redmond?
With StreetSpring, location selection in Redmond moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. The location below represents the address in Redmond with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Veterinary Clinic in Redmond. 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 Redmond?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 88.3% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 87.4% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 87.4% |
| 5 | Eye Care Center | 87.0% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 83.3% |
| 10 | Cosmetics Shop | 83.2% |
| 11 | Pet Store | 83.2% |
| 12 | Pet Boarding Facility | 83.2% |
| 13 | Dance Club | 83.2% |
Ties at a good address: Dentist Office and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; Cosmetics Shop, Pet Store, Pet Boarding Facility and Dance Club 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 Redmond
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 80.2% on average across Redmond; best at 90.0%, challenging at 58.6%.
- #2 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Redmond shows 78.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 57.7%.
- #3 Dentist Office (Ranked #3): 75.6% average in Redmond. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Redmond: 75.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #5 Eye Care Center: 76.3% on average across Redmond; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
Strong Performers in Redmond
- #9 Opening a Day Care Center in Redmond shows 71.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 50.0%.
- #10 Cosmetics Shop (Ranked #10): 73.5% average in Redmond. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #11 Pet Store is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Redmond: 72.1% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #12 Pet Boarding Facility: 71.8% on average across Redmond; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #13 Opening a Dance Club in Redmond shows 70.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 50.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Redmond make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Redmond 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
- The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- 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.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Redmond?
The top businesses to open next in Redmond:
- Veterinary Clinics: 80.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 78.7% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 75.6% 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 models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. 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. Redmond sits at 95.3% employment and 5.0% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Redmond are currently available and how they score.
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- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Redmond.
What type of business should you rent your Redmond storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Redmond shows that Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Dentist Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Redmond storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Redmond landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 58.6% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What should I consider when opening a business in Redmond?
Location decisions in Redmond should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- 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.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address now.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. 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.