What businesses are most in demand in East Chatham?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in East Chatham are Kosher Restaurants, Ukrainian Restaurants, and Pet Grooming Shops.

How much money could a business in East Chatham make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in East Chatham could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~5% more than one of the worst locations.

Is East Chatham a good place to start a business?

East Chatham is ranked number 70 across neighborhoods in and around Chicago to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~79%. Choosing an optimal address for the highest-ranked business types in East Chatham can produce survivability scores up to ~2% above the neighborhood mean.

What are the best businesses to open in East Chatham?

The top businesses to open in East Chatham include Kosher Restaurant with a ~88% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~90%, followed by Ukrainian Restaurant and Pet Grooming Shop.

Business Survivability in East Chatham, Chicago

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in East Chatham is a Kosher Restaurant with a ~88% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•18 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Kosher Restaurant in East Chatham (~88% average survival rate, ~90% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #70 across all neighborhoods in and around Chicago

Neighborhood average: ~79% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed: May 14, 2026 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring

In this article:

Summary
Is East Chatham 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 East Chatham is a Kosher Restaurant with a ~88% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~90% chance; next is an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~87% chance, followed by a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~87% chance.

Should you open a business in East Chatham?

**Pattern match:** East Chatham's neighborhood signature — captured across demographic, employment, and amenity features — most closely matches **Parkway Gardens (Chicago)** and **Nicetown (Philadelphia)**. The three share higher poverty, low high-earner share, and more transit-reliant, which helps explain why business types that succeed in those areas tend to translate to East Chatham.

**The pattern in East Chatham.** Of 93 tracked subtypes, Pet Grooming Shop leads at **87% average survivability** — yet within the neighborhood, sites for this subtype range **69-96%** (27-point spread). That spread is the real failure surface: pick the wrong block in East Chatham and a top-subtype play still scores in the bottom quartile. Meanwhile Kosher Restaurants are already saturated here — 3 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

East Chatham holds the #70 position in and around Chicago for new business survivability, averaging ~79% across all analyzed business types.

Choosing an optimal address for the highest-ranked business types in East Chatham can produce survivability scores up to ~2% above the neighborhood mean.
However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in East Chatham often fall well below average. Picking the right block — not just the right neighborhood — is what actually determines survivability.
The 12.7% commercial vacancy rate in East Chatham is a leading indicator of the neighborhood's business health; StreetSpring factors this directly into each business type's survivability score.

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 East Chatham?

With StreetSpring, location selection in East Chatham moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. Below is the best location for a Kosher Restaurant in East Chatham:

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This map shows the optimal location for a Kosher Restaurant in East Chatham based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. The prediction model incorporates 100 location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.

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What kinds of businesses thrive in East Chatham?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in East Chatham

Kosher Restaurant is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in East Chatham: ~88% chance on average, best at ~90%, challenging at ~86%.
Ukrainian Restaurant — ~85%–~90% survivability range, with an average of ~87% across East Chatham.
Opening a Pet Grooming Shop in East Chatham shows ~87% average survivability. Top locations reach ~89%; lower-end sites show ~85%.
Filipino Restaurant (Ranked #4): ~87% average in East Chatham. Best-case storefronts: ~89%. Challenging locations: ~85%.
Italian Restaurant is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in East Chatham: ~87% chance on average, best at ~89%, challenging at ~86%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in East Chatham

Chicken Shop — ~85%–~89% survivability range, with an average of ~87% across East Chatham.
Opening a Singaporean Restaurant in East Chatham shows ~87% average survivability. Top locations reach ~89%; lower-end sites show ~85%.
Indonesian Restaurant (Ranked #8): ~87% average in East Chatham. Best-case storefronts: ~89%. Challenging locations: ~85%.
American Restaurant is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in East Chatham: ~87% chance on average, best at ~88%, challenging at ~85%.
Taiwanese Restaurant — ~85%–~89% survivability range, with an average of ~87% across East Chatham.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

The revenue potential of a East Chatham location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in East Chatham could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~5% 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.
A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
The businesses that outperform their category averages most consistently are those that scored highest on survivability before opening.
StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.

What businesses should open next in East Chatham?

The top businesses to open next in East Chatham:

Kosher Restaurants — ~88% average survival rate, up to ~90% at best locations
Ukrainian Restaurants — ~87% average survival rate
Pet Grooming Shops — ~87% average survival rate

The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. StreetSpring's model accounts for East Chatham's 85.2% employment rate when projecting survivability — businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. StreetSpring updates survivability scores for available locations weekly — check the live tool now to see which storefronts in East Chatham 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 East Chatham.

What type of business should you rent your East Chatham storefront to?

Our 2026 survivability data for East Chatham shows that Kosher Restaurants, Ukrainian Restaurants, and Pet Grooming Shops rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.

A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.

Should you rent your East Chatham storefront to a Kosher Restaurant?

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Kosher Restaurant in East Chatham: best-in-class addresses achieve ~90% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at ~86% — above average for most business types.

StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.

What should I consider when opening a business in East Chatham?

When selecting a location in East Chatham it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.

Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending — and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
You can access the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring for free.

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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.

How seasonality plays out here

Area to check	What can go wrong	How to de-risk it
Parking & visibility	Storefront looks great from the sidewalk but is invisible from the road.	Drive past at 30 mph from both directions. Count street parking + nearest paid lot capacity at peak hours.
Permits & licensing	Assuming a 30-day permit timeline, hitting 90+ days, paying rent on a non-operating storefront.	Call the local zoning office before signing. Confirm your use is already permitted; if not, factor a 2-3 month variance timeline.
CAM + hidden costs	Stated rent looks great, then CAM fees, signage charges, and after-hours utilities add 15-30%.	Get the full operating expense breakdown for the past 2 years. Ask which costs are landlord-capped vs. uncapped.

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.

Radar chart of business-subtype survivability in East Chatham, Chicago — Top business types scored in East Chatham, Chicago — each axis is a subtype, taller = stronger survival rate.

How we measure this: Most retail competition operates within a 500-meter radius — outside that, behavioral economics show customers don't routinely switch.

**Worker-to-resident ratio (East Chatham):** LEHD daytime population data gives East Chatham a **0.3-to-1 worker/resident ratio** (a primarily-residential signal with some daytime worker pull). Median 1-mile workplace jobs: **2,902**; retail share within that: **588**. Worker-heavy neighborhoods skew demand toward weekday-business-hours; resident-heavy neighborhoods skew toward evenings and weekends.

Landmark anchor: Metra - 87th Street (Woodruff) is the train-station anchor in East Chatham, concentrating commuter foot-traffic at peak hours for nearby food, retail, and service businesses.

**Economic indicators for East Chatham:** Three local signals — neighborhood unemployment **14.8%** (ACS; above the median we track), Chicago-area average weekly wage **$1,198** (BLS QCEW; below our metro median), and **5,308** new residential units permitted in Cook County in 2025 (Census BPS). Use these to ground demand and labor-cost assumptions for your specific business plan.

**National benchmark:** Per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025), 5-year survival rates for StreetSpring's tracked industries span **47.8-61.8%**. Restaurants — the most-studied of these — survive at **50.0%** nationally, not the often-cited "80% fail" myth. The real risk premium is at the location level, which is what StreetSpring's model isolates.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

More questions answered with neighborhood-specific data from our 2026 corpus.

Is East Chatham's population younger or older than the Chicago average?

The median age in East Chatham is 46, older by the Chicago metro median (37) by 9 years. An older profile tends to favor healthcare, professional services, and family-oriented retail over nightlife.

Is East Chatham a high-employment or high-unemployment area?

ACS labor-force data shows an employment rate of about 85% in East Chatham, versus 94% across Chicago. Below-average employment can constrain discretionary spending — value-oriented and essential services tend to fare better.

What's the typical commute pattern in East Chatham?

Median commute time in East Chatham is about 45 minutes, versus 35 minutes across the Chicago metro. A longer commute suggests residents work elsewhere — peak demand shifts to evenings and weekends, favoring dinner-oriented dining and weekend retail.

How many people live in East Chatham?

East Chatham has approximately 8.8K residents, putting it in the smaller-population tier among Chicago neighborhoods we track. A smaller resident base means destination-pull or commuter capture matters more than walk-in traffic alone.

What's the home ownership rate in East Chatham, and why does it matter?

14% of East Chatham households own their home, against 45% across the Chicago metro. A higher renter share often means more population turnover; quick-service food, fitness, and convenience tend to do well in such environments.