Business Survivability in Washington, St. Louis
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Washington is a Chiropractor Office with a 76.1% 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 Washington (76.1% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #17 of 69 towns around St. Louis
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 69.6% 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 Washington 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 Washington is a Chiropractor Office with a 76.1% 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 75.7% chance, followed by a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice with a 77.5% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Washington a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Washington #17 of 69 towns around St. Louis, with an average Survivability Score of 69.6% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Washington is 13.9 points on the two-year chance.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Washington for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- A 96.1% employment rate in Washington means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Washington?
StreetSpring's Washington data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The location below represents the address in Washington with the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in Washington. 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 Washington?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% |
| 3 | Mental Health Clinic | 88.3% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 88.3% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 88.3% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 85.1% |
| 10 | Dance Club | 85.1% |
| 11 | Home Goods Store | 84.6% |
| 12 | Home Improvement Store | 84.6% |
| 13 | Music Store | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Mental Health Clinic, Acupuncture Clinic and Eye Care Center are tied; Day Care Center and Dance Club are tied; Home Goods Store, Home Improvement Store and Music Store 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 Washington
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 76.1% on average across Washington; best at 90.0%, challenging at 62.4%.
- #2 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Washington shows 75.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 56.8%.
- #3 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #3): 77.5% average in Washington. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 61.1%.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Washington: 77.4% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 61.1%.
- #8 Eye Care Center: 75.5% on average across Washington; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
Strong Performers in Washington
- #9 Opening a Day Care Center in Washington shows 75.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 86.0%; lower-end sites show 57.2%.
- #10 Dance Club (Ranked #10): 73.5% average in Washington. Best-case storefronts: 86.0%. Challenging locations: 54.0%.
- #11 Home Goods Store is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Washington: 74.8% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 55.8%.
- #12 Home Improvement Store: 74.6% on average across Washington; best at 85.0%, challenging at 55.8%.
- #13 Opening a Music Store in Washington shows 74.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 54.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Mental Health Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Washington make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Washington 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.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- 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 scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What businesses should open next in Washington?
The top businesses to open next in Washington:
- Chiropractor Offices: 76.1% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 75.7% average survival rate
- Mental Health Clinics: 77.5% 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. Washington's 96.1% employment rate and 2.7% 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 Washington, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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- See the St. Louis Business Survivability Rankings
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- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across St. Louis neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Washington.
What type of business should you rent your Washington storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Washington shows that Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Mental Health Clinics rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in St. Louis Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Washington storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Chiropractor Office leads all business categories for Washington landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 62.4% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What should I consider when opening a business in Washington?
Start any location decision in Washington with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Washington with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.