Business Survivability in Edgewood, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Edgewood is a Dentist Office with a 86.5% 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 Dentist Office in Edgewood (86.5% average survival rate, 89.6% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #8 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 81.6% 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 Edgewood 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 Edgewood is a Dentist Office with a 86.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.6% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 86.1% chance, followed by a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.0% chance. At a good address, Dentist Office is tied with Eye Care Center and Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Edgewood a good place to start a business?
Edgewood is ranked number 8 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC to start a business, with an average 81.6% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- In Edgewood, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 3.1 points above that type's average.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Edgewood can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- StreetSpring's model reads Edgewood's 6.9% housing vacancy rate, a Census measure of vacant homes and apartments, as one input among many.
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 Edgewood?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Edgewood give your concept the best odds of survival. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Dentist Office in Edgewood per 2026 data:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Dentist Office in Edgewood. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. 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 Edgewood?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentist Office | 89.2% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 3 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 4 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 5 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 88.7% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.6% |
| 10 | Day Care Center | 85.6% |
| 11 | Smoke Shop | 85.0% |
| 12 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 13 | Chicken Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Dentist Office, Eye Care Center and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Chiropractor Office and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; Dance Club and Day Care Center are tied; Smoke Shop and Convenience 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 Edgewood
- #1 Dentist Office is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Edgewood: 86.5% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 79.4%.
- #2 Eye Care Center: 86.1% on average across Edgewood; best at 89.6%, challenging at 76.4%.
- #3 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Edgewood shows 85.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 75.1%.
- #4 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #4): 87.3% average in Edgewood. Best-case storefronts: 88.7%. Challenging locations: 83.2%.
- #5 Physical Therapy Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Edgewood: 85.2% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 77.7%.
Strong Performers in Edgewood
- #9 Dance Club: 83.9% on average across Edgewood; best at 86.0%, challenging at 76.1%.
- #10 Opening a Day Care Center in Edgewood shows 82.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.6%; lower-end sites show 74.3%.
- #11 Smoke Shop (Ranked #11): 83.1% average in Edgewood. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 76.9%.
- #12 Convenience Store is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Edgewood: 78.1% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 60.7%.
- #13 Chicken Shop: 82.6% on average across Edgewood; best at 85.0%, challenging at 75.1%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Edgewood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Edgewood 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
- Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- 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.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Edgewood?
The top businesses to open next in Edgewood:
- Dentist Offices: 86.5% average survival rate, 89.6% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 86.1% average survival rate
- Veterinary Clinics: 85.0% average survival rate
The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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. Edgewood's employment rate (91.6%) and housing vacancy rate (6.9%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Edgewood right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Edgewood.
What type of business should you rent your Edgewood storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Edgewood shows that Dentist Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Veterinary Clinics rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Edgewood storefront to a Dentist Office?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Dentist Office leads all business categories for Edgewood landlords: 89.6% at the best addresses and 79.4% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Edgewood?
When opening a business in Edgewood, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- 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.
- These forecasts are generated using StreetSpring's unique analytical framework.
- Check StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Edgewood, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. 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.