Business Survivability in Avondale, Chicago
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Avondale is a Turkish Restaurant with a 85.8% 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 Turkish Restaurant in Avondale (85.8% Typical, 89.3% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #6 of 99 neighborhoods in and around Chicago
- Neighborhood average: 77.9% 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: November 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
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 a Turkish Restaurant with a 85.8% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 89.3% Best; next is a Veterinary Clinic with 89.2% Best, followed by a French Restaurant with 89.0% Best.
Is Avondale a good place to start a business?
Avondale holds the #6 position of 99 neighborhoods in and around Chicago for new business survivability, with an average score of 77.9% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 89.3% Best is 3.5 points above 85.8% Typical in Avondale.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Avondale see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- Avondale has a housing vacancy rate of 5.3% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Avondale?
StreetSpring's Avondale data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The location below represents the address in Avondale with the highest projected survivability for a Turkish Restaurant:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Turkish Restaurant in Avondale. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in Avondale?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish Restaurant | 89.3% | 85.8% | 81.9% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% | 86.2% | 83.1% |
| 3 | French Restaurant | 89.0% | 85.0% | 80.9% |
| 4 | Eye Care Center | 89.0% | 86.0% | 83.1% |
| 5 | Cafe | 88.9% | 83.4% | 78.0% |
| 8 | Liquor Store | 88.5% | 83.2% | 78.5% |
| 9 | Florist | 88.2% | 82.5% | 77.9% |
| 20 | Chiropractor Office | 87.8% | 84.4% | 81.1% |
| 22 | Dentist Office | 87.3% | 83.9% | 80.5% |
| 24 | Acupuncture Clinic | 87.1% | 83.5% | 79.9% |
Best and Worst are the average results for the better and the worse of two addresses picked at random in the place: a weighted average of every scored location in which the best locations count the most for Best and the weakest count the most for Worst. Typical is the average address. Best is shown for a smaller space (half the standard size) and Worst for a larger one (half again as large), at the metro's median asking rent, using the same rent rule as our tool; Typical is at the market rent.
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 Avondale
- #1 Opening a Turkish Restaurant in Avondale shows 85.8% Typical survivability, 89.3% Best and 81.9% Worst.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 86.2% Typical in Avondale. Best: 89.2%. Worst: 83.1%.
- #3 French Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Avondale: 85.0% Typical, 89.0% Best, 80.9% Worst.
- #4 Eye Care Center: 86.0% Typical across Avondale; Best 89.0%, Worst 83.1%.
- #5 Opening a Cafe in Avondale shows 83.4% Typical survivability, 88.9% Best and 78.0% Worst.
Strong Performers in Avondale
- #8 Liquor Store (Ranked #8): 83.2% Typical in Avondale. Best: 88.5%. Worst: 78.5%.
- #9 Florist is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Avondale: 82.5% Typical, 88.2% Best, 77.9% Worst.
- #20 Chiropractor Office: 84.4% Typical across Avondale; Best 87.8%, Worst 81.1%.
- #22 Opening a Dentist Office in Avondale shows 83.9% Typical survivability, 87.3% Best and 80.5% Worst.
- #24 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #24): 83.5% Typical in Avondale. Best: 87.1%. Worst: 79.9%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Turkish Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- French Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Avondale make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in Avondale 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.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- 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 gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What businesses should open next in Avondale?
The top businesses to open next in Avondale:
- Turkish Restaurants: 85.8% Typical, 89.3% Best
- Veterinary Clinics: 86.2% Typical, 89.2% Best
- French Restaurants: 85.0% Typical, 89.0% Best
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. 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. Avondale sits at 92.9% employment and 5.3% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Avondale are available right now and how they rank.
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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?
For landlords in Avondale, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Turkish Restaurants, Veterinary Clinics, and French Restaurants as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. 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 Chicago Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Avondale storefront to a Turkish Restaurant?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Turkish Restaurant leads all business categories for Avondale landlords: 89.3% Best and 81.9% Worst.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What should I consider when opening a business in Avondale?
In Avondale, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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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 Chicago are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
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.