Business Survivability in Waverly Hills, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Waverly Hills is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.3% 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 Waverly Hills (77.3% average survival rate, 88.7% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #83 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 64.5% 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 Waverly Hills 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 Waverly Hills is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 88.7% chance; next is a Clothing Store with a 71.4% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 71.1% chance.
Is Waverly Hills a good place to start a business?
Waverly Hills holds the #83 position of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC for new business survivability, with an average score of 64.5% across the business types ranked there.
- In Waverly Hills, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 11.4 points above that type's average.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Waverly Hills can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- Waverly Hills's employment rate of 99.0% and housing vacancy rate of 6.4% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Waverly Hills?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Waverly Hills, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. The location below represents the address in Waverly Hills with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Waverly Hills. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. 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 Waverly Hills?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.3% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 84.9% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 84.9% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 84.5% |
| 9 | Eye Care Center | 84.0% |
| 10 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 11 | Convenience Store | 83.6% |
| 12 | Cafe | 83.1% |
| 13 | Day Care Center | 82.8% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Dentist Office are tied; Coffee Shop and Convenience Store 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 Waverly Hills
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Waverly Hills: 77.3% chance on average, best at 88.7%, challenging at 62.4%.
- #2 Clothing Store: 71.4% on average across Waverly Hills; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #3 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Waverly Hills shows 71.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 57.3%.
- #4 Dentist Office (Ranked #4): 67.3% average in Waverly Hills. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Waverly Hills: 67.6% chance on average, best at 89.2%, challenging at 56.4%.
Strong Performers in Waverly Hills
- #9 Eye Care Center: 67.0% on average across Waverly Hills; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #10 Opening a Coffee Shop in Waverly Hills shows 72.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 57.0%.
- #11 Convenience Store (Ranked #11): 67.8% average in Waverly Hills. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #12 Cafe is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Waverly Hills: 72.3% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 56.1%.
- #13 Day Care Center: 64.7% on average across Waverly Hills; best at 84.2%, challenging at 52.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Waverly Hills make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Waverly Hills 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
- Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Waverly Hills?
The top businesses to open next in Waverly Hills:
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.3% average survival rate, 88.7% at the best address
- Clothing Stores: 71.4% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 71.1% average survival rate
However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. StreetSpring's accuracy is built on studying businesses that serve more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 cities. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 6.4% means the Census estimates that share of Waverly Hills's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Waverly Hills, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Waverly Hills.
What type of business should you rent your Waverly Hills storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Waverly Hills are Veterinary Clinics, Clothing Stores, and Chiropractor Offices.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Waverly Hills: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Waverly Hills storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Yes, our 2026 model places a Veterinary Clinic at the top of the survivability rankings for Waverly Hills storefronts, with a best-case score of 88.7% and a floor of 62.4% at the most challenging addresses.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Waverly Hills?
When evaluating potential locations in Waverly Hills, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.
- 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.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Waverly Hills.
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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.