Business Survivability in Takoma, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Takoma is a Chiropractor Office with a 82.7% 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 Takoma (82.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #92 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 68.4% 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 Takoma 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 Takoma is a Chiropractor Office with a 82.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Dentist Office with a 77.0% chance, followed by a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 75.7% chance.
Is Takoma a good place to start a business?
In Washington DC's survivability rankings, Takoma comes in at #92 of 129 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 68.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Takoma score 7.3 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Takoma can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Takoma will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- With a 93.5% employment rate, Takoma has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Takoma?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Takoma that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. The location below represents the address in Takoma with the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office:
The highlighted area represents the address in Takoma that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Chiropractor Office survivability. 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 scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Takoma?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 2 | Dentist Office | 88.7% |
| 3 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 88.7% |
| 7 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.3% |
| 8 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 11 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 12 | African Restaurant | 83.6% |
| 13 | Ethiopian Restaurant | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Dentist Office and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; Clothing Store and Convenience Store are tied; Bar and Cafe are tied; African Restaurant and Ethiopian Restaurant 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 Takoma
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 82.7% on average across Takoma; best at 90.0%, challenging at 65.8%.
- #2 Opening a Dentist Office in Takoma shows 77.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 61.5%.
- #3 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #3): 75.7% average in Takoma. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 60.7%.
- #7 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Takoma: 77.6% chance on average, best at 89.6%, challenging at 58.1%.
- #8 Clothing Store: 78.7% on average across Takoma; best at 85.0%, challenging at 50.4%.
Strong Performers in Takoma
- #9 Opening a Convenience Store in Takoma shows 75.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.4%.
- #10 Bar (Ranked #10): 80.4% average in Takoma. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 55.2%.
- #11 Cafe is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Takoma: 79.7% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 53.0%.
- #12 African Restaurant: 78.2% on average across Takoma; best at 84.0%, challenging at 58.4%.
- #13 Opening an Ethiopian Restaurant in Takoma shows 78.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 55.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: 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 Takoma 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 Takoma 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.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- 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 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 Takoma?
The top businesses to open next in Takoma:
- Chiropractor Offices: 82.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Dentist Offices: 77.0% average survival rate
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 75.7% 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. 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. Takoma's 93.5% employment rate and 4.6% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Takoma are currently available and how they score.
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- See the Washington DC Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Washington DC Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Washington DC neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Takoma.
What type of business should you rent your Takoma storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Chiropractor Offices, Dentist Offices, and Physical Therapy Clinics at the top of the survivability rankings for Takoma, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 500+ business types, so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Takoma storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Chiropractor Office leads all business categories for Takoma landlords: 90.0% at the best addresses and 65.8% 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 Takoma?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Takoma 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 scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Takoma to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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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.