Business Survivability in Oaklee, Baltimore
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Oaklee is a Singaporean Restaurant with a ~84% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.
Quick Summary
- Best business: a Singaporean Restaurant in Oaklee (~84% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #9 across all neighborhoods in and around Baltimore
- Neighborhood average: ~76% two-year survival across all business types
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: April 2026 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Oaklee 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 Oaklee is a Singaporean Restaurant with a ~84% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~86% chance; next is a Russian Restaurant with a ~83% chance, followed by an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~83% chance.
Is Oaklee a good place to start a business?
In Baltimore's neighborhood survivability rankings, Oaklee comes in at #9, with an average Survivability Score of ~76% across all business types.
- Choosing an optimal address for the highest-ranked business types in Oaklee can produce survivability scores up to ~3% above the neighborhood mean.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Oaklee often fall well below average. Picking the right block — not just the right neighborhood — is what actually determines survivability.
- With a 94.5% employment rate, Oaklee has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
Employment and vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Oaklee?
StreetSpring's Oaklee data goes block by block — not just neighborhood averages — so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Singaporean Restaurant in Oaklee:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Singaporean Restaurant in Oaklee. 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 100 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 Oaklee?
#1-5: Highest Survivability in Oaklee
- Opening a Singaporean Restaurant in Oaklee shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~83%.
- Russian Restaurant (Ranked #2): ~83% average in Oaklee. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
- Ukrainian Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Oaklee: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~80%.
- Sri Lankan Restaurant — ~81%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Oaklee.
- Opening a Bangladeshi Restaurant in Oaklee shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
#6-10: Strong Performers in Oaklee
- Pet Grooming Shop (Ranked #6): ~82% average in Oaklee. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
- Pet Store is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Oaklee: ~82% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~79%.
- Chinese Restaurant — ~80%–~83% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Oaklee.
- Opening an Indonesian Restaurant in Oaklee shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
- Day Care Center (Ranked #10): ~82% average in Oaklee. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
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How much money could a business in Oaklee make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Oaklee could lead to you making ~3% more than if you selected an average location, and ~4% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
- Nothing influences a business's future more than its location.
- The businesses that outperform their category averages most consistently are those that scored highest on survivability before opening.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Oaklee?
The top businesses to open next in Oaklee:
- Singaporean Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
- Russian Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate
- Ukrainian Restaurants — ~83% 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. A 4.6% vacancy rate in Oaklee reflects the current commercial environment; StreetSpring weights this directly in every survivability score for addresses in this neighborhood. StreetSpring updates survivability scores for available locations weekly — check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Oaklee are currently available and how they score.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Oaklee.
What type of business should you rent your Oaklee storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Oaklee, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Singaporean Restaurants, Russian Restaurants, and Ukrainian Restaurants.
- Nothing influences a business's future more than its location.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 700+ tenant types — so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Baltimore Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Oaklee storefront to a Singaporean Restaurant?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Oaklee in 2026, a Singaporean Restaurant posts the highest survivability ceiling at ~86% and maintains a reasonable floor of ~83% — making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.
What should I consider when opening a business in Oaklee?
When evaluating potential locations in Oaklee, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.
- High Revenue Capture Score is the clearest signal that a location can sustain a business over the long term.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own — built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- The most current survivability data for Oaklee is free to access on StreetSpring — no account required to check your specific address.
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Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. Aggregated survivability rankings for Baltimore are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Baltimore: /resources/data/baltimore-survivability-scores-2026.csv — includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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