Business Survivability in Lyon Village, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Lyon Village is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.0% 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 Lyon Village (81.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #107 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 64.3% 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 Lyon Village 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 Lyon Village is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.0% 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 78.7% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 73.5% chance.
Is Lyon Village a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Lyon Village #107 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC, with an average Survivability Score of 64.3% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Lyon Village, the top-ranked business type scores 9.0 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Lyon Village see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- The 6.7% housing vacancy rate in Lyon Village 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 Lyon Village?
StreetSpring's Lyon Village data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Veterinary Clinic in Lyon Village:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Lyon Village. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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 Lyon Village?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 86.2% |
| 4 | Convenience Store | 84.1% |
| 5 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 6 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 7 | Laundromat | 83.6% |
| 9 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 10 | Spa | 83.6% |
| 11 | Hair Salon | 82.6% |
Ties at a good address: Coffee Shop, Cafe, Laundromat, Bar and Spa 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 Lyon Village
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Lyon Village: 81.0% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 59.4%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 78.7% on average across Lyon Village; best at 89.6%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #3 Opening an Eye Care Center in Lyon Village shows 73.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 87.9%; lower-end sites show 60.2%.
- #4 Convenience Store (Ranked #4): 74.2% average in Lyon Village. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 53.5%.
- #5 Coffee Shop is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Lyon Village: 76.3% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 54.3%.
Strong Performers in Lyon Village
- #6 Cafe: 75.2% on average across Lyon Village; best at 84.0%, challenging at 53.4%.
- #7 Opening a Laundromat in Lyon Village shows 74.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 56.6%.
- #9 Bar (Ranked #9): 72.0% average in Lyon Village. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 50.2%.
- #10 Spa is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Lyon Village: 70.2% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #11 Hair Salon: 69.3% on average across Lyon Village; best at 83.6%, challenging at 48.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Lyon Village make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Lyon Village 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
- The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What businesses should open next in Lyon Village?
The top businesses to open next in Lyon Village:
- Veterinary Clinics: 81.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 78.7% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 73.5% average survival rate
For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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. Lyon Village's employment rate (97.4%) and housing vacancy rate (6.7%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Lyon Village are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Lyon Village.
What type of business should you rent your Lyon Village storefront to?
For landlords in Lyon Village, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. 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 Lyon Village storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Lyon Village landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 59.4% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What should I consider when opening a business in Lyon Village?
In Lyon Village, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- 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.
- StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- Check StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Lyon Village, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. 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.