How can you find the best location to open a business in Avondale?

StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility patterns to pinpoint which blocks in Avondale maximize success.

Is Avondale a good place to start a business?

Avondale is ranked number 61 across neighborhoods in and around Chicago to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~80%. StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Avondale addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.

How much money could a business in Avondale make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Avondale could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~3% more than one of the worst locations.

What businesses are most in demand in Avondale?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Avondale are Italian Restaurants, American Restaurants, and Ukrainian Restaurants.

Business Survivability in Avondale, Chicago

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Avondale is an Italian Restaurant with a ~89% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: an Italian Restaurant in Avondale (~89% average survival rate, ~90% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #61 across all neighborhoods in and around Chicago

Neighborhood average: ~80% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed: April 30, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder — updated weekly

In this article:

Summary
Is Avondale 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 Avondale is an Italian Restaurant with a ~89% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~90% chance; next is an American Restaurant with a ~89% chance, followed by an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~89% chance.

Should you open a business in Avondale?

**Peer neighborhoods:** Looking at demographic mix and amenity density across the 24 metros StreetSpring covers, Avondale clusters most tightly with **Bustleton (Philadelphia)** and **Westfield (Baltimore)**. Common thread: low destination density, longer commutes, and few nearby parks. Survival outcomes for those neighborhoods provide a useful comparison set for Avondale.

**Where Avondale businesses actually fail.** Among the 93 tracked subtypes, **American Restaurants** post the highest average survivability (89%). But across Avondale's sites, the spread for this subtype runs **73% to 97%** — a 24-point gap that says *the address matters more than the subtype*. For saturation context, Coffee Shops are the most densely-clustered tracked subtype in the neighborhood (1 competitors within 0.5 miles).

Avondale is ranked number 61 across neighborhoods in and around Chicago to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~80%.

StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Avondale addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.
But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within Avondale can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
Avondale's 5.3% commercial vacancy rate signals the current availability of storefronts and shapes the competitive environment that survivability scores reflect.

Employment and vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.

How to choose a specific location in Avondale

The right address in Avondale can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one — StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for an Italian Restaurant in Avondale per 2026 data:

The locations that show up in our top-10 lists

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The highlighted area represents the address in Avondale that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for an Italian Restaurant survivability. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates 100 inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility data.

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What are the best businesses to open in Avondale?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Avondale

Italian Restaurant (Ranked #1): ~89% average in Avondale. Best-case storefronts: ~90%. Challenging locations: ~87%.
American Restaurant is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Avondale: ~89% chance on average, best at ~90%, challenging at ~87%.
Ukrainian Restaurant — ~86%–~91% survivability range, with an average of ~89% across Avondale.
Opening a Bangladeshi Restaurant in Avondale shows ~89% average survivability. Top locations reach ~91%; lower-end sites show ~87%.
South American Restaurant (Ranked #5): ~89% average in Avondale. Best-case storefronts: ~90%. Challenging locations: ~87%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Avondale

Deli is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Avondale: ~89% chance on average, best at ~90%, challenging at ~87%.
Chinese Restaurant — ~87%–~90% survivability range, with an average of ~89% across Avondale.
Opening a Brunch Restaurant in Avondale shows ~89% average survivability. Top locations reach ~91%; lower-end sites show ~86%.
Chicken Shop (Ranked #9): ~89% average in Avondale. Best-case storefronts: ~91%. Challenging locations: ~87%.
Taiwanese Restaurant is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Avondale: ~88% chance on average, best at ~90%, challenging at ~87%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

American Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

How location selection in Avondale affects revenue

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, following the survivability data rather than relying on intuition or foot traffic estimates in Avondale could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~3% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Site selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address — neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
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 Avondale needs more of (per our model)

The top businesses to open next in Avondale:

Italian Restaurants — ~89% average survival rate, up to ~90% at best locations
American Restaurants — ~89% average survival rate
Ukrainian Restaurants — ~89% 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. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. The survivability rankings for Avondale are grounded in real economic conditions: 92.9% employment and 5.3% vacancy are among the key inputs that separate high-scoring locations from low-scoring ones here. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Avondale. StreetSpring's weekly updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Avondale.

What type of business should you rent your Avondale storefront to?

If you own commercial space in Avondale, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Italian Restaurants, American Restaurants, and Ukrainian Restaurants as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.

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. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.

Should you rent your Avondale storefront to an Italian Restaurant?

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to an Italian Restaurant in Avondale: best-in-class addresses achieve ~90% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at ~87% — above average for most business types.

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 Avondale?

StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Avondale address is the clearest forward-looking indicator of whether your business will be operating two years from now — make it the first number you check.

A strong Revenue Capture Score reflects the ideal balance of manageable competition and robust consumer spending at that specific address.
Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
StreetSpring offers free access to its survivability scores — see how your shortlisted Avondale addresses rank right now.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. Aggregated survivability rankings for Chicago are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Build-out budget rules-of-thumb for this neighborhood

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
Foot traffic seasonality	Looking at a peak-summer Tuesday and assuming year-round volume.	Walk the block at 3 different times across 2 different weeks. Ask neighboring tenants for their slow-season % drop.
Permitted hours	Late-night or early-morning ops blocked by zoning, neighborhood association, or shared-wall restrictions.	Confirm the permitted hours-of-operation are in your lease AND in the local code. Pull recent variances or complaints from the zoning portal.
Lease term	Locking into 7-10 years without break clauses, then needing to relocate after year 2.	Negotiate a relocation or termination clause. Confirm assignment + sublease rights are in writing.

Full dataset for Chicago: /resources/data/chicago-survivability-scores-2026.csv — includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Visual Data

Dumbbell chart comparing best vs worst locations for businesses in Chicago — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type in Chicago — the gap shows how much location choice matters for each subtype.

Treemap of Chicago business mix by survivability score — Treemap of business mix in Chicago — cell size = number of locations, color = average survivability score.

How we measure this: Our gradient-boosted survivability model has 100+ input features. The waterfall shows the top 6-8 contributors to a final score.

**Avondale at a glance.** Avondale is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is on the Northwest Side of the city. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avondale%2C_Chicago))

**Daytime vs. resident population (Avondale):** US Census LEHD workplace data shows Avondale carries a **0.9× daytime/resident ratio** (a balanced mixed-use pattern), with median 1-mile workplace jobs of **16,028** (and **2,326** retail-sector jobs within that radius). A useful read on demand timing for any new storefront concept here.

Landmark anchor: Avondale centers on Parkview Playlot Park — a public-space anchor that influences walking and dwell-time patterns nearby.

**Three local anchors for Avondale:** **7.1%** neighborhood unemployment (above the 24-metro median, ACS), **$1,198/week** average wage in the Chicago area (below our metro median, BLS QCEW), and **5,308** new residential units permitted in Cook County in 2025 (Census BPS). These three together describe the demand-and-labor environment any new Avondale business operates within.

**Authoritative baseline:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release publishes 5-year survival rates by industry. For sectors StreetSpring covers, the range runs from **47.8%** (Active Life) to **61.8%** (Health & Medical), with restaurants at **50.0%** and retail at **47.9%**. Location-specific factors drive the actual variance around these baselines.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

Local-context questions, answered with neighborhood-specific numbers.

What's the typical household size in Avondale, and what does it tell us?

ACS data puts average household size in Avondale at 2.3, compared to 2.3 across Chicago. Household composition is close to the metro average.

Does Avondale's education level matter for picking a business type?

53% of Avondale adults have at least a bachelor's degree — above the Chicago metro median of 52%. Education attainment is close to the metro median, so business-type signals come more from income and density.

Is Avondale a high-employment or high-unemployment area?

Avondale's employment rate is approximately 93%, compared to a Chicago metro median of 94%. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.

What's the vacancy picture in Avondale?

ACS data shows a housing vacancy rate of approximately 5% in Avondale, versus the Chicago metro median of 8%. Vacancy is close to the metro median — lease economics are typical for the area.

Is Avondale mostly renters or owners?

ACS housing data shows 47% home ownership in Avondale, compared to 45% metro-wide. The ownership profile is typical for the metro.