Business Survivability in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Mount Pleasant is an Eye Care Center with a 84.1% 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: an Eye Care Center in Mount Pleasant (84.1% average survival rate, 89.2% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #17 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 77.7% 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 Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant is an Eye Care Center with a 84.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 89.2% chance; next is a Dentist Office with a 82.6% chance, followed by a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 81.5% chance. At a good address, Eye Care Center is tied with Dentist Office, Physical Therapy Clinic and Acupuncture Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Mount Pleasant a good place to start a business?
Mount Pleasant holds the #17 position of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC for new business survivability, with an average score of 77.7% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Mount Pleasant is 5.1 points on the two-year chance.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Mount Pleasant can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Mount Pleasant could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- Housing vacancy in Mount Pleasant sits at 10.1%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.
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 Mount Pleasant?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Mount Pleasant produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for an Eye Care Center in Mount Pleasant:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for an Eye Care Center in Mount Pleasant. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. 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 Mount Pleasant?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 2 | Dentist Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 89.2% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.2% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 85.8% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.6% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Smoke Shop | 84.6% |
| 12 | Chicken Shop | 84.6% |
| 13 | Salad Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Eye Care Center, Dentist Office, Physical Therapy Clinic and Acupuncture Clinic are tied; Smoke Shop, Chicken Shop and Salad Shop 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 Mount Pleasant
- #1 Eye Care Center (Ranked #1): 84.1% average in Mount Pleasant. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 61.5%.
- #2 Dentist Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Mount Pleasant: 82.6% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 63.6%.
- #3 Physical Therapy Clinic: 81.5% on average across Mount Pleasant; best at 89.6%, challenging at 64.9%.
- #4 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Mount Pleasant shows 80.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 62.0%.
- #8 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #8): 74.2% average in Mount Pleasant. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 59.0%.
Strong Performers in Mount Pleasant
- #9 Dance Club is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Mount Pleasant: 80.1% chance on average, best at 86.0%, challenging at 58.6%.
- #10 Convenience Store: 78.4% on average across Mount Pleasant; best at 85.0%, challenging at 52.6%.
- #11 Opening a Smoke Shop in Mount Pleasant shows 80.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 62.5%.
- #12 Chicken Shop (Ranked #12): 79.1% average in Mount Pleasant. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 63.4%.
- #13 Salad Shop is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Mount Pleasant: 78.8% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 61.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Mount Pleasant make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Mount Pleasant 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
- Site selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- 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 scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Mount Pleasant?
The top businesses to open next in Mount Pleasant:
- Eye Care Centers: 84.1% average survival rate, 89.2% at the best address
- Dentist Offices: 82.6% average survival rate
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 81.5% average survival rate
These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. 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. Mount Pleasant's employment rate (92.4%) and housing vacancy rate (10.1%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Mount Pleasant. StreetSpring's regular updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Mount Pleasant.
What type of business should you rent your Mount Pleasant storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Mount Pleasant, Eye Care Centers, Dentist Offices, and Physical Therapy Clinics consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Mount Pleasant storefront to an Eye Care Center?
StreetSpring's data confirms an Eye Care Center as the highest-survivability tenant type for Mount Pleasant. The best addresses show a 89.2% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 61.5%.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Mount Pleasant?
When evaluating potential locations in Mount Pleasant, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Mount Pleasant.
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Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. 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.