Business Survivability in Glencarlyn, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Glencarlyn is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 76.3% 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 Physical Therapy Clinic in Glencarlyn (76.3% average survival rate, 88.3% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #97 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 63.5% 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 Glencarlyn 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 Glencarlyn is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 76.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 88.3% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 80.4% chance, followed by a Dermatology Clinic with a 76.6% chance.
Is Glencarlyn a good place to start a business?
Among the 129 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Washington DC, Glencarlyn ranks #97 for business survivability, with an average 63.5% chance of lasting two or more years.
- At its best addresses in Glencarlyn, the top-ranked business type scores 12.0 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within Glencarlyn, even the top-ranked business types can fall well below the neighborhood average. Location selection remains critical: a promising concept at the wrong spot still carries significant risk.
- The 1.7% housing vacancy rate in Glencarlyn comes from the Census American Community Survey and describes homes and apartments, not shops or offices.
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 Glencarlyn?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Glencarlyn, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Physical Therapy Clinic in Glencarlyn:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Physical Therapy Clinic in Glencarlyn. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Glencarlyn?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 87.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 86.6% |
| 3 | Dermatology Clinic | 86.6% |
| 7 | Veterinary Clinic | 85.3% |
| 8 | Clothing Store | 83.2% |
| 9 | Smoke Shop | 82.3% |
| 10 | Dance Club | 81.5% |
| 11 | Coffee Shop | 81.3% |
| 12 | Home Goods Store | 81.0% |
| 13 | Day Care Center | 81.0% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Home Goods Store 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.
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 Glencarlyn
- #1 Physical Therapy Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Glencarlyn: 76.3% chance on average, best at 88.3%, challenging at 59.4%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 80.4% on average across Glencarlyn; best at 87.4%, challenging at 63.2%.
- #3 Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Glencarlyn shows 76.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 88.3%; lower-end sites show 59.8%.
- #7 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #7): 76.2% average in Glencarlyn. Best-case storefronts: 86.6%. Challenging locations: 62.0%.
- #8 Clothing Store is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Glencarlyn: 68.9% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 51.2%.
Strong Performers in Glencarlyn
- #9 Smoke Shop: 69.3% on average across Glencarlyn; best at 84.1%, challenging at 50.8%.
- #10 Opening a Dance Club in Glencarlyn shows 68.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.2%; lower-end sites show 51.8%.
- #11 Coffee Shop (Ranked #11): 74.3% average in Glencarlyn. Best-case storefronts: 82.2%. Challenging locations: 57.0%.
- #12 Home Goods Store is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Glencarlyn: 69.1% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 51.7%.
- #13 Day Care Center: 68.9% on average across Glencarlyn; best at 84.6%, challenging at 52.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dermatology Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Glencarlyn make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Glencarlyn 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.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What businesses should open next in Glencarlyn?
The top businesses to open next in Glencarlyn:
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 76.3% average survival rate, 88.3% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 80.4% average survival rate
- Dermatology Clinics: 76.6% average survival rate
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 1.7% means the Census estimates that share of Glencarlyn's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Glencarlyn, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Glencarlyn.
What type of business should you rent your Glencarlyn storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Glencarlyn are Physical Therapy Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Dermatology Clinics.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. 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 Glencarlyn storefront to a Physical Therapy Clinic?
The data shows a Physical Therapy Clinic in Glencarlyn is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 88.3% survivability; lower-end sites show 59.4%.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What should I consider when opening a business in Glencarlyn?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Glencarlyn address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address now.
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StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. 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.