Business Survivability in Buckingham, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Buckingham is a Veterinary Clinic with a 83.8% 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 Buckingham (83.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #55 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 71.2% 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 Buckingham 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 Buckingham is a Veterinary Clinic with a 83.8% 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 84.4% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 75.1% chance.
Is Buckingham a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Buckingham #55 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC, with an average Survivability Score of 71.2% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Buckingham score 6.2 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Buckingham can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- Buckingham's employment rate of 95.0% and housing vacancy rate of 7.9% 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 Buckingham?
With StreetSpring, location selection in Buckingham moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Buckingham for a Veterinary Clinic:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic in Buckingham. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. 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 Buckingham?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 86.6% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 86.6% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 85.8% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 10 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 11 | Tea Shop | 83.6% |
| 12 | Laundromat | 83.6% |
| 13 | International Grocery Store | 83.5% |
Ties at a good address: Dentist Office and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; Coffee Shop, Tea Shop and Laundromat 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 Buckingham
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Buckingham: 83.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 69.6%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 84.4% on average across Buckingham; best at 89.6%, challenging at 69.6%.
- #3 Opening a Dentist Office in Buckingham shows 75.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 88.3%; lower-end sites show 57.7%.
- #4 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #4): 75.1% average in Buckingham. Best-case storefronts: 88.3%. Challenging locations: 57.7%.
- #8 Eye Care Center is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Buckingham: 76.5% chance on average, best at 88.7%, challenging at 59.4%.
Strong Performers in Buckingham
- #9 Clothing Store: 73.6% on average across Buckingham; best at 84.6%, challenging at 52.2%.
- #10 Opening a Coffee Shop in Buckingham shows 79.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 56.6%.
- #11 Tea Shop (Ranked #11): 73.9% average in Buckingham. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 54.0%.
- #12 Laundromat is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Buckingham: 73.6% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 55.2%.
- #13 International Grocery Store: 73.6% on average across Buckingham; best at 84.6%, challenging at 54.0%.
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 Buckingham make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Buckingham 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.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What businesses should open next in Buckingham?
The top businesses to open next in Buckingham:
- Veterinary Clinics: 83.8% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 84.4% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 75.1% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. The 7.9% housing vacancy rate in Buckingham describes the neighborhood as a whole; survivability still depends heavily on choosing the right address within it. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Buckingham are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Washington DC Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Washington DC Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Washington DC neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Buckingham.
What type of business should you rent your Buckingham storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Buckingham, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Dentist Offices.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Buckingham storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Veterinary Clinic in Buckingham: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 69.6%.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What should I consider when opening a business in Buckingham?
When selecting a location in Buckingham it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- 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.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- Start with a free 10-minute trial: check the current survivability score for any Buckingham address on StreetSpring.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. Aggregated survivability rankings for Washington DC are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Washington DC: /resources/data/washington-dc-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.