Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: St. Louis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in St. Louis for new businesses by survivability score. See which areas give you the best chance of lasting more than two years.
Last reviewed: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Top-ranked neighborhood: Bevo Mill: 84.1% at a good address, 78.2% at a typical address
- Most challenging: Hamilton Heights: 59.9% average survivability
- 61 neighborhoods ranked across the St. Louis metro
- 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 129 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points. Your specific business type and address will differ.
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Table of Contents
- Summary
- 10 Best Neighborhoods to Open a Business
- Hardest Places to Open a Business
- Where Would a Business Make the Most Money?
- What Should I Consider When Opening?
- Where to Start & How to Find Data
- Advice for Landlords
- Tools for Tenant-Rep Agents
- Why Do Survival Rates Vary?
- What Is a Survivability Score?
- How Does StreetSpring Compare?
- What Each Neighborhood Specializes In
- Related Resources
Summary
StreetSpring's 2026 file ranks Bevo Mill first in St. Louis, with the best locations offering a 84.4% chance of lasting more than two years. Across all business types that could open in Bevo Mill, the average location shows a 78.2% chance of lasting more than two years. Market conditions are changing daily and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data to make sure that there have not been major changes.
What Are the 10 Best Neighborhoods in or Around St. Louis to Open a Business?
The top 10 neighborhoods in or around St. Louis to open a business are:
| # | Neighborhood | At a good address | Typical address | Best locations | Challenging locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bevo Mill | 84.1% | 78.2% | 84.4% | 61.6% |
| 2 | Princeton Heights | 83.9% | 75.5% | 84.4% | 60.0% |
| 3 | Tower Grove East | 83.7% | 78.7% | 84.0% | 72.3% |
| 4 | Boulevard Heights | 83.5% | 75.3% | 84.4% | 53.2% |
| 5 | Mount Pleasant | 83.3% | 78.9% | 84.2% | 66.7% |
| 6 | Benton Park West | 83.3% | 78.8% | 84.0% | 65.8% |
| 7 | Patch | 83.1% | 78.3% | 84.2% | 61.6% |
| 8 | Benton Park | 82.8% | 74.4% | 83.2% | 57.4% |
| 9 | Holly Hills | 82.7% | 78.1% | 83.7% | 70.9% |
| 10 | Carondelet | 82.5% | 76.9% | 83.7% | 65.8% |
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What Are the Hardest Places in or Around St. Louis to Open a Business?
The hardest neighborhoods in or around St. Louis to open a business are:
| # | Neighborhood | At a good address | Typical address | Best locations | Challenging locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Skinker DeBaliviere | 74.1% | 63.8% | 81.5% | 53.0% |
| 58 | Forest Park South East | 72.7% | 63.6% | 76.9% | 52.8% |
| 59 | Academy | 70.0% | 61.4% | 71.9% | 52.2% |
| 60 | Vandeventer | 68.5% | 61.0% | 73.2% | 52.7% |
| 61 | Hamilton Heights | 67.4% | 59.9% | 78.3% | 51.3% |
The Full St. Louis Neighborhood Ranking
All 61 neighborhoods we rank in or around St. Louis, best to hardest, on the same measure as the tables above: the projected chance a business at a good address in that neighborhood (the mean p90 score of its ranked business types, the file's neighborhood_overall_score) lasts two or more years, averaged across the 129 business types in this ranking.
Show all 61 ranked neighborhoods
| # | Neighborhood | At a good address | Typical address | Best locations | Challenging locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bevo Mill | 84.1% | 78.2% | 84.4% | 61.6% |
| 2 | Princeton Heights | 83.9% | 75.5% | 84.4% | 60.0% |
| 3 | Tower Grove East | 83.7% | 78.7% | 84.0% | 72.3% |
| 4 | Boulevard Heights | 83.5% | 75.3% | 84.4% | 53.2% |
| 5 | Mount Pleasant | 83.3% | 78.9% | 84.2% | 66.7% |
| 6 | Benton Park West | 83.3% | 78.8% | 84.0% | 65.8% |
| 7 | Patch | 83.1% | 78.3% | 84.2% | 61.6% |
| 8 | Benton Park | 82.8% | 74.4% | 83.2% | 57.4% |
| 9 | Holly Hills | 82.7% | 78.1% | 83.7% | 70.9% |
| 10 | Carondelet | 82.5% | 76.9% | 83.7% | 65.8% |
| 11 | Southampton | 82.5% | 76.0% | 83.6% | 60.9% |
| 12 | Marine Villa | 82.5% | 74.0% | 83.8% | 53.7% |
| 13 | Tower Grove South | 82.4% | 74.5% | 83.7% | 57.0% |
| 14 | Walnut Park West | 82.3% | 72.9% | 83.0% | 57.6% |
| 15 | Lindenwood Park | 82.3% | 72.5% | 84.4% | 50.8% |
| 16 | St Louis Place | 82.3% | 70.1% | 83.6% | 50.9% |
| 17 | Southwest Garden | 81.5% | 74.7% | 82.6% | 59.1% |
| 18 | Dutchtown | 81.2% | 73.0% | 84.0% | 58.2% |
| 19 | Gravois Park | 81.1% | 73.3% | 82.5% | 64.5% |
| 20 | The Hill | 81.1% | 70.4% | 83.4% | 53.4% |
| 21 | North Hampton | 81.0% | 72.0% | 83.7% | 50.9% |
| 22 | Ellendale | 81.0% | 69.6% | 83.3% | 49.6% |
| 23 | St Louis Hills | 80.9% | 69.7% | 83.2% | 51.3% |
| 24 | Near North Riverfront | 80.8% | 71.6% | 83.8% | 53.2% |
| 25 | Soulard | 80.7% | 75.0% | 81.7% | 62.3% |
| 26 | North Pointe | 80.7% | 72.3% | 81.5% | 57.1% |
| 27 | Clifton Heights | 80.4% | 69.7% | 82.7% | 53.5% |
| 28 | Old North St Louis | 79.7% | 70.0% | 81.0% | 56.9% |
| 29 | Downtown West | 79.5% | 66.6% | 82.2% | 51.2% |
| 30 | Kingsway West | 79.1% | 69.2% | 80.2% | 55.6% |
| 31 | Mark Twain I-70 Industrial | 79.0% | 69.4% | 81.2% | 55.1% |
| 32 | Wells Goodfellow | 79.0% | 67.5% | 84.2% | 52.3% |
| 33 | Baden | 78.9% | 70.1% | 82.1% | 55.7% |
| 34 | The Gate District | 78.8% | 68.5% | 81.6% | 56.4% |
| 35 | Kosciusko | 78.8% | 67.6% | 81.7% | 52.0% |
| 36 | Shaw | 78.5% | 70.1% | 79.3% | 54.4% |
| 37 | Carr Square | 78.4% | 68.4% | 83.3% | 57.2% |
| 38 | Cheltenham | 78.3% | 71.6% | 79.7% | 60.2% |
| 39 | College Hill | 78.3% | 71.5% | 79.7% | 56.6% |
| 40 | The Greater Ville | 78.1% | 66.0% | 81.3% | 51.6% |
| 41 | Walnut Park East | 78.1% | 65.8% | 79.2% | 51.2% |
| 42 | Mark Twain | 77.7% | 70.6% | 80.3% | 55.5% |
| 43 | Franz Park | 77.7% | 67.8% | 82.0% | 56.3% |
| 44 | Hyde Park | 77.2% | 69.1% | 79.4% | 59.1% |
| 45 | Penrose | 76.9% | 69.0% | 80.1% | 53.3% |
| 46 | North Riverfront | 76.9% | 66.1% | 81.2% | 51.7% |
| 47 | Botanical Heights | 76.9% | 63.5% | 80.3% | 53.0% |
| 48 | Kingsway East | 76.8% | 68.3% | 78.4% | 56.2% |
| 49 | Jeff-Vander-Lou | 76.8% | 67.1% | 81.9% | 53.0% |
| 50 | Downtown | 76.3% | 63.8% | 81.0% | 52.1% |
| 51 | Central West End | 76.1% | 66.2% | 81.9% | 52.5% |
| 52 | Riverview | 75.7% | 65.1% | 81.0% | 50.7% |
| 53 | West End | 75.6% | 64.0% | 78.2% | 50.1% |
| 54 | Midtown | 74.8% | 65.4% | 78.0% | 51.6% |
| 55 | The Ville | 74.6% | 68.9% | 80.8% | 58.5% |
| 56 | Covenant Blu-Grand Center | 74.5% | 66.8% | 76.5% | 56.0% |
| 57 | Skinker DeBaliviere | 74.1% | 63.8% | 81.5% | 53.0% |
| 58 | Forest Park South East | 72.7% | 63.6% | 76.9% | 52.8% |
| 59 | Academy | 70.0% | 61.4% | 71.9% | 52.2% |
| 60 | Vandeventer | 68.5% | 61.0% | 73.2% | 52.7% |
| 61 | Hamilton Heights | 67.4% | 59.9% | 78.3% | 51.3% |
Even the lowest-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that beat the city average, and even top-ranked ones have weak spots. These rankings reflect aggregated data, for a current survivability score at your exact address, StreetSpring's live tool gives you the most precise picture.
Where in or Around St. Louis Would a Business Make the Most Money?
StreetSpring can give you the precise likelihood that hundreds of different businesses will last at an exact address. In Bevo Mill, the top-ranked neighborhood in or around St. Louis, a new business at a good address has about an 84.1% chance of lasting two or more years. In Hamilton Heights, the last-ranked, the same figure is 67.4%. StreetSpring publishes no revenue figure for a neighborhood. The Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the most important factor in choosing where to open, and the live tool scores it address by address.
Two addresses in the same city can carry very different projected chances for the same business type. Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis for St. Louis, you can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial, to select the location that puts you in the best position to succeed.
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What Should I Consider When Opening a Business in or Around St. Louis?
Before signing a lease, check the Survivability Score of that specific address. The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address. Revenue Capture Score has two drivers:
1. Projected Market Share: The market share component accounts for all competition (not just direct competitors but secondary and tertiary alternatives) and factors in the actual movement patterns of consumers in that area. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. Complementary competitors can co-exist profitably, especially when they create a critical mass that draws customers from further away (this is why car dealerships often cluster together). However, when competition is too intense, even well-run businesses struggle to capture enough revenue.
2. Forecasted Consumer Spend: Forecasted consumer spend varies by business type: StreetSpring projects how much nearby consumers are likely to spend on that specific business type, drawing on a training dataset that covers hundreds of thousands of businesses nationwide; thus, an Armenian Restaurant will have a different forecasted spend than a Deli, a Korean Restaurant, a Dance Club, and others: and all of those would have different projections for each location. Each prediction draws on StreetSpring's internally built forecasting framework: the result of years of model development and validation.
Together, these produce:
Revenue Capture Score = Projected Market Share × Forecasted Spend on Specific Business
The 3 neighborhoods in and around St. Louis that rank highest overall, across every business type StreetSpring ranks, are:
- Bevo Mill
- Princeton Heights
- Tower Grove East
Some other important factors to consider:
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Where Should I Start, and How Do I Find the Right Data for St. Louis?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, Bevo Mill, Princeton Heights, and Tower Grove East are the strongest starting points in or around St. Louis, but the best neighborhood for your specific business type may differ from these overall rankings.
- Best businesses by neighborhood: A full breakdown of the top business types to open in each St. Louis neighborhood (including survivability scores by type) is at St. Louis Business Survivability Rankings.
- Best neighborhoods for your business type: If you already know your category, that same guide lets you filter by business type to see which neighborhoods score highest for your specific concept.
- Address-level scores: StreetSpring's live tool shows a survivability score for any business type at any exact address in or around St. Louis: updated regularly.
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These city and neighborhood averages are a starting point, but StreetSpring's live platform provides the up-to-date survivability score for your exact block or storefront.
What Should Landlords in or Around St. Louis Know When Evaluating Tenant Success?
Neighborhood-level rankings are a starting point: survivability at the property level can be meaningfully different from the area average. Survivability data gives property owners a competitive advantage in tenant selection, lease pricing, and portfolio planning.
See how landlords can use these forecasts to improve occupancy and NOI: Landlord Representatives Guide
Try StreetSpring to see the Survivability Score for 500+ business types at your storefront's address.
What Tools Can Tenant-Rep Agents Use to Find the Most Promising Locations in St. Louis?
Most tenant-rep agents work without access to business survivability data, relying instead on market comps and foot traffic estimates that do not predict outcomes, but StreetSpring highlights which addresses offer the best odds for long-term success across every business subtype in and around St. Louis. For a breakdown of the AI tools agents use to select the strongest sites, see: AI Tools for Tenant Reps
Why Do Business Survival Rates Vary So Much Between Neighborhoods in St. Louis?
Performance can vary dramatically within just a few hundred feet. The factors that make one address stronger than another (visibility, accessibility, competitive distance, spending power) combine differently at every site. Our research explains why U.S. business survival rates haven't risen in decades, and how location drives outcomes more than concept: Why Survival Rates Aren't Increasing
What Is a Survivability Score and How Does StreetSpring Calculate It?
A Survivability Score is a data-driven probability: the likelihood that a specific business type will survive its first two years at a specific address. StreetSpring calculates this from 100+ factors including competitive density, forecasted spend, and mobility patterns. Learn more → 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.
How Does StreetSpring Compare to Other Site-Selection Tools?
The key difference between StreetSpring and traditional site-selection tools is outcome focus: StreetSpring tells you if the business will survive, not just what the foot traffic looks like today. Full comparison →
What Each Neighborhood Specializes In
The strongest neighborhood overall is not the best for every business, and the last-ranked one still has business types that do well there. Here are the top five for three points on the St. Louis list, at a good address in each:
Bevo Mill: ranked #1 of 61 in St. Louis, the strongest neighborhood overall
- Veterinary Clinic (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Eye Care Center (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Dentist Office (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Dermatology Clinic (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Acupuncture Clinic (89.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
Mark Twain I-70 Industrial: ranked #31 of 61, the middle of the St. Louis list
- Eye Care Center (87.4% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Dentist Office (84.0% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Mental Health Clinic (84.0% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Acupuncture Clinic (84.0% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Physical Therapy Clinic (83.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
Hamilton Heights: ranked #61 of 61, the last in the St. Louis list
- Veterinary Clinic (85.8% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Eye Care Center (85.3% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Laundromat (83.6% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Coffee Shop (83.1% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
- Gym (81.3% chance of lasting two or more years at a good address)
Use the overall ranking to find candidate neighborhoods, then check the business type you plan to open.
Related Resources
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending, which is why StreetSpring's real-time tool is the best place to check today's survivability score for a particular location. See the full rankings and get a live survivability score for any address in St. Louis.
- St. Louis Business Survivability Rankings: overall rankings by business type across all St. Louis neighborhoods
- Business Survivability in Bevo Mill
- Business Survivability in Princeton Heights
- Business Survivability in Tower Grove East
- StreetSpring Methodology
Cities and Towns We Rank in the St. Louis Metro
Whole municipalities in the St. Louis metro, ranked separately from the neighborhoods above, one page per place.
- Affton
- Alton
- Arnold
- Ballwin
- Belleville
- Chesterfield
- Clayton
- Collinsville
- Concord
- Crestwood
- Creve Coeur
- Dardenne Prairie
- East St Louis
- Edwardsville
- Eureka
- Fairview Heights
- Festus
- Florissant
- Kirkwood
- Manchester
- Mehlville
- O'Fallon
- Overland
- St Ann
- St Charles
- St Peters
- Swansea
- Troy
- Union
- Washington
- Wentzville
Technical note: Aggregated survivability rankings for St. Louis are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
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StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.