Business Survivability in Navy Yard, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Navy Yard is a Chiropractor Office with a 85.0% 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 Chiropractor Office in Navy Yard (85.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #57 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 72.1% 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 Navy Yard 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 Navy Yard is a Chiropractor Office with a 85.0% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 79.7% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 78.8% chance.
Is Navy Yard a good place to start a business?
Navy Yard holds the #57 position of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC for new business survivability, with an average score of 72.1% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Navy Yard, the top-ranked business type scores 5.0 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Navy Yard can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Navy Yard could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- Navy Yard has a housing vacancy rate of 13.8% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Navy Yard?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Navy Yard offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Chiropractor Office in Navy Yard:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Chiropractor Office in Navy Yard. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. 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 Navy Yard?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 87.9% |
| 4 | Eye Care Center | 87.0% |
| 5 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 87.0% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 12 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 13 | Hair Salon | 84.0% |
Ties at a good address: Eye Care Center and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; Clothing Store and Convenience Store are tied; Bar, Cafe and Hair Salon 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 Navy Yard
- #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 85.0% average in Navy Yard. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Navy Yard: 79.7% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.8%.
- #3 Dentist Office: 78.8% on average across Navy Yard; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #4 Opening an Eye Care Center in Navy Yard shows 78.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 60.7%.
- #5 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #5): 77.1% average in Navy Yard. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
Strong Performers in Navy Yard
- #9 Clothing Store is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Navy Yard: 80.9% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 60.7%.
- #10 Convenience Store: 80.7% on average across Navy Yard; best at 85.0%, challenging at 61.2%.
- #11 Opening a Bar in Navy Yard shows 81.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 60.2%.
- #12 Cafe (Ranked #12): 80.3% average in Navy Yard. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 54.3%.
- #13 Hair Salon is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Navy Yard: 78.3% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 51.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Navy Yard 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 Navy Yard 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
- StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address, so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
- 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.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Navy Yard?
The top businesses to open next in Navy Yard:
- Chiropractor Offices: 85.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 79.7% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 78.8% average survival rate
StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. 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. The 13.8% housing vacancy rate in Navy Yard 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 Navy Yard are available right now and how they rank.
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- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Washington DC neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Navy Yard.
What type of business should you rent your Navy Yard storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Navy Yard, Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Dentist Offices consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. 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 Navy Yard storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
The data shows a Chiropractor Office in Navy Yard is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 90.0% survivability; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Navy Yard?
Location decisions in Navy Yard should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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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.