Business Survivability in Woodinville, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Woodinville is a Veterinary Clinic with a 79.5% 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 Woodinville (79.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #3 of 23 towns around Seattle
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 71.6% 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 Woodinville 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 Woodinville is a Veterinary Clinic with a 79.5% 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 77.7% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 75.8% chance. At a good address, Veterinary Clinic is tied with Chiropractor Office; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Woodinville a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Woodinville #3 of 23 towns around Seattle, with an average Survivability Score of 71.6% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Woodinville score 10.5 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Woodinville often fall well below average. Picking the right block (not just the right neighborhood) is what actually determines survivability.
- Woodinville's employment rate of 96.6% and housing vacancy rate of 4.3% 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 Woodinville?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Woodinville that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Woodinville for a Veterinary Clinic:
The highlighted area represents the address in Woodinville that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Veterinary Clinic survivability. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Woodinville?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 88.7% |
| 4 | Dermatology Clinic | 88.7% |
| 7 | Eye Care Center | 88.3% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 84.6% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Dance Club | 84.2% |
| 12 | Cosmetics Shop | 84.1% |
| 13 | Pet Boarding Facility | 84.1% |
Ties at a good address: Veterinary Clinic and Chiropractor Office are tied; Dentist Office and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Day Care Center and Convenience Store are tied; Cosmetics Shop and Pet Boarding Facility 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 Woodinville
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Woodinville: 79.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 60.7%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 77.7% on average across Woodinville; best at 90.0%, challenging at 58.1%.
- #3 Opening a Dentist Office in Woodinville shows 75.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 57.3%.
- #4 Dermatology Clinic (Ranked #4): 75.6% average in Woodinville. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 57.3%.
- #7 Eye Care Center is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Woodinville: 76.1% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.0%.
Strong Performers in Woodinville
- #9 Day Care Center: 75.0% on average across Woodinville; best at 85.6%, challenging at 51.8%.
- #10 Opening a Convenience Store in Woodinville shows 71.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.0%.
- #11 Dance Club (Ranked #11): 71.9% average in Woodinville. Best-case storefronts: 86.0%. Challenging locations: 51.4%.
- #12 Cosmetics Shop is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Woodinville: 74.4% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.9%.
- #13 Pet Boarding Facility: 72.3% on average across Woodinville; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.9%.
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 Woodinville make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Woodinville 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
- Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Woodinville?
The top businesses to open next in Woodinville:
- Veterinary Clinics: 79.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 77.7% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 75.8% average survival rate
StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. Our training data spans 500+ business types across 24 major metros, giving our models the breadth to predict outcomes across nearly any commercial concept. 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. Woodinville's 96.6% employment rate and 4.3% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Woodinville, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Woodinville.
What type of business should you rent your Woodinville storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Dentist Offices at the top of the survivability rankings for Woodinville, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- 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 Woodinville storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
The data shows a Veterinary Clinic in Woodinville is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 90.0% survivability; lower-end sites show 60.7%.
- 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 Woodinville?
Start any location decision in Woodinville 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.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Woodinville to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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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.