Business Survivability in Wallingford, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Wallingford is a Chiropractor Office with a 85.7% 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 Wallingford (85.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #17 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 76.3% 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 Wallingford 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 Wallingford is a Chiropractor Office with a 85.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice with a 82.0% chance, followed by a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.5% chance.
Is Wallingford a good place to start a business?
In Seattle's survivability rankings, Wallingford comes in at #17 of 94 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 76.3% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Wallingford score 4.3 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Wallingford can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- StreetSpring's model reads Wallingford's 4.2% housing vacancy rate, a Census measure of vacant homes and apartments, as one input among many.
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 Wallingford?
StreetSpring scores each block in Wallingford so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. The location below represents the address in Wallingford with the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Wallingford. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. 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 Wallingford?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Mental Health Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 4 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 5 | Dentist Office | 89.2% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 84.7% |
| 10 | Smoke Shop | 84.6% |
| 11 | Tea Shop | 84.6% |
| 12 | Salad Shop | 84.6% |
| 13 | Chicken Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Mental Health Clinic and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Eye Care Center and Dentist Office are tied; Smoke Shop, Tea Shop, Salad Shop and Chicken Shop 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 Wallingford
- #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Wallingford shows 85.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 72.6%.
- #2 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #2): 82.0% average in Wallingford. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 60.2%.
- #3 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Wallingford: 81.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 64.9%.
- #4 Eye Care Center: 82.0% on average across Wallingford; best at 89.6%, challenging at 64.5%.
- #5 Opening a Dentist Office in Wallingford shows 81.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 60.7%.
Strong Performers in Wallingford
- #9 Dance Club (Ranked #9): 78.1% average in Wallingford. Best-case storefronts: 85.6%. Challenging locations: 58.6%.
- #10 Smoke Shop is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Wallingford: 79.3% chance on average, best at 84.6%, challenging at 61.6%.
- #11 Tea Shop: 78.6% on average across Wallingford; best at 85.0%, challenging at 61.6%.
- #12 Opening a Salad Shop in Wallingford shows 77.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 54.8%.
- #13 Chicken Shop (Ranked #13): 77.6% average in Wallingford. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 54.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Mental Health Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Wallingford 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 Wallingford 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.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Wallingford?
The top businesses to open next in Wallingford:
- Chiropractor Offices: 85.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Mental Health Clinics: 82.0% average survival rate
- Veterinary Clinics: 81.5% 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 training dataset includes millions of transactions and business lifecycle events. 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. Wallingford's employment rate (94.2%) and housing vacancy rate (4.2%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. 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 Wallingford right now.
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- See the Seattle Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Seattle Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Wallingford.
What type of business should you rent your Wallingford storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Chiropractor Offices, Mental Health Clinics, and Veterinary Clinics at the top of the survivability rankings for Wallingford, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually. 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 Wallingford storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Wallingford in 2026, a Chiropractor Office posts the highest survivability ceiling at 90.0% and maintains a reasonable floor of 72.6%, making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- 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 Wallingford?
When selecting a location in Wallingford 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.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Wallingford with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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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.