Business Survivability in Concord, St. Louis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Concord is a Chiropractor Office with a 69.7% 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 Concord (69.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #45 of 69 towns around St. Louis
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 66.6% 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 Concord 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 Concord is a Chiropractor Office with a 69.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 71.8% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 69.9% chance.
Is Concord a good place to start a business?
Concord holds the #45 position of 69 towns around St. Louis for new business survivability, with an average score of 66.6% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Concord score 20.3 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Concord for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- Concord has a housing vacancy rate of 3.2% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Concord?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Concord for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. Below is the best location for a Chiropractor Office in Concord:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Concord. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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 Concord?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 86.2% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 85.8% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 5 | Bar | 83.5% |
| 6 | Convenience Store | 82.8% |
| 7 | Spa | 82.2% |
| 8 | Dance Club | 82.0% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 82.0% |
| 10 | Smoke Shop | 81.8% |
Ties at a good address: Dance Club and Day Care Center 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.
Highest Survivability in Concord
- #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 69.7% average in Concord. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Concord: 71.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #3 Eye Care Center: 69.9% on average across Concord; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #4 Opening a Clothing Store in Concord shows 64.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.4%.
- #5 Bar (Ranked #5): 71.2% average in Concord. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 50.2%.
Strong Performers in Concord
- #6 Convenience Store is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Concord: 65.0% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #7 Spa: 67.9% on average across Concord; best at 84.0%, challenging at 51.2%.
- #8 Opening a Dance Club in Concord shows 69.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.6%; lower-end sites show 50.0%.
- #9 Day Care Center (Ranked #9): 69.2% average in Concord. Best-case storefronts: 85.1%. Challenging locations: 50.0%.
- #10 Smoke Shop is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Concord: 69.4% chance on average, best at 84.6%, challenging at 49.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Concord make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Concord 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
- However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- 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.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Concord?
The top businesses to open next in Concord:
- Chiropractor Offices: 69.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 71.8% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 69.9% 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 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Concord's 96.0% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Concord right now.
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- See the St. Louis Business Survivability Rankings
- See the St. Louis Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across St. Louis neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Concord.
What type of business should you rent your Concord storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Concord, Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Eye Care Centers consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. 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 St. Louis Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Concord storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Chiropractor Office leads all business categories for Concord landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 56.0% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Concord?
In Concord, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. Aggregated survivability rankings for St. Louis are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for St. Louis: /resources/data/st-louis-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.