Business Survivability in The Palisades, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in The Palisades is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.5% 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 The Palisades (77.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #67 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 69.0% 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 The Palisades 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 The Palisades is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 78.9% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 79.1% chance.
Is The Palisades a good place to start a business?
In Washington DC's survivability rankings, The Palisades comes in at #67 of 129 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 69.0% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in The Palisades, the top-ranked business type scores 12.5 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in The Palisades can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- The 0.9% housing vacancy rate in The Palisades 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 The Palisades?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in The Palisades produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Veterinary Clinic in The Palisades:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Veterinary Clinic in The Palisades. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in The Palisades?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% |
| 2 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 87.0% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 86.6% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 86.6% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 85.8% |
| 9 | Day Care Center | 83.8% |
| 10 | Smoke Shop | 83.2% |
| 11 | Cafe | 83.1% |
| 12 | Convenience Store | 82.8% |
| 13 | Chicken Shop | 82.7% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Acupuncture Clinic 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 The Palisades
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in The Palisades: 77.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 59.0%.
- #2 Physical Therapy Clinic: 78.9% on average across The Palisades; best at 89.6%, challenging at 61.5%.
- #3 Opening a Chiropractor Office in The Palisades shows 79.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 88.3%; lower-end sites show 64.1%.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #4): 78.7% average in The Palisades. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 61.5%.
- #8 Eye Care Center is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in The Palisades: 75.2% chance on average, best at 88.7%, challenging at 58.1%.
Strong Performers in The Palisades
- #9 Day Care Center: 74.7% on average across The Palisades; best at 85.6%, challenging at 53.6%.
- #10 Opening a Smoke Shop in The Palisades shows 74.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 56.2%.
- #11 Cafe (Ranked #11): 72.8% average in The Palisades. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #12 Convenience Store is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in The Palisades: 68.9% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 50.4%.
- #13 Chicken Shop: 69.3% on average across The Palisades; best at 84.6%, challenging at 49.9%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in The Palisades make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in The Palisades 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-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- 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 generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What businesses should open next in The Palisades?
The top businesses to open next in The Palisades:
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 78.9% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 79.1% 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. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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 Palisades's 99.0% employment rate and 0.9% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in The Palisades. StreetSpring's regular updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.
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- See the Washington DC Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Washington DC Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Washington DC neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in The Palisades.
What type of business should you rent your The Palisades storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in The Palisades, Veterinary Clinics, Physical Therapy Clinics, and Chiropractor Offices consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your The Palisades storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Veterinary Clinic ranks as the top tenant type for your The Palisades storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 59.0%.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in The Palisades?
In The Palisades, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in The Palisades.
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Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. 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.