How much money could a business in Fairmount make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Fairmount could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~4% more than one of the worst locations.

What are the best businesses to open in Fairmount?

The top businesses to open in Fairmount include Georgian Restaurant with a ~85% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~87%, followed by Malaysian Restaurant and Japanese / Sushi Restaurant.

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

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 Fairmount maximize success.

What businesses are most in demand in Fairmount?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Fairmount are Georgian Restaurants, Malaysian Restaurants, and Japanese / Sushi Restaurants.

Business Survivability in Fairmount, Dallas

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Fairmount is a Georgian Restaurant with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Georgian Restaurant in Fairmount (~85% average survival rate, ~87% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #13 across all neighborhoods in and around Dallas

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

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Reviewed and updated: May 1, 2026 — Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring

In this article:

Summary
Is Fairmount 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 Fairmount is a Georgian Restaurant with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~87% chance; next is a Malaysian Restaurant with a ~85% chance, followed by a Japanese / Sushi Restaurant with a ~85% chance.

Is Fairmount a good place to start a business?

**Comparable neighborhoods:** Among the ~2,500 neighborhoods StreetSpring scores, Fairmount's profile most resembles **Prospect Park (Minneapolis)** and **Downtown (Chicago)**. All three exhibit newer housing stock, higher poverty, and low high-earner share — operators with experience in any of those neighborhoods will see familiar patterns in Fairmount.

**Failure-mode analysis for Fairmount.** The single strongest subtype in our data is **Georgian Restaurant** at 85% average survivability. But the within-neighborhood spread for Georgian Restaurants runs **77% to 87%** — meaning a poorly-sited Georgian Restaurant in Fairmount can score 10 points below a well-sited one. Saturation reality check: Middle Eastern Restaurants are the most-competed tracked subtype here, with 9 existing competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Across all neighborhoods in and around Dallas, StreetSpring's data places Fairmount at #13 with a ~79% average Survivability Score.

Best-case locations for the top business types in Fairmount produce survivability scores ~2% above the neighborhood-wide average.
Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Fairmount can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
StreetSpring's model incorporates Fairmount's 17.7% vacancy rate as a direct input: higher vacancy concentrations suppress foot traffic and reduce survivability for nearby businesses.

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

Where in Fairmount should you open a business?

StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address — showing which blocks in Fairmount produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Georgian Restaurant in Fairmount:

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Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of 100 location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Georgian Restaurant in Fairmount. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.

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What kinds of businesses thrive in Fairmount?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Fairmount

Opening a Georgian Restaurant in Fairmount shows ~85% average survivability. Top locations reach ~87%; lower-end sites show ~84%.
Malaysian Restaurant (Ranked #2): ~85% average in Fairmount. Best-case storefronts: ~87%. Challenging locations: ~84%.
Japanese / Sushi Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Fairmount: ~85% chance on average, best at ~86%, challenging at ~83%.
Pet Store — ~83%–~87% survivability range, with an average of ~85% across Fairmount.
Opening a Portuguese Restaurant in Fairmount shows ~85% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~83%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Fairmount

Ethiopian Restaurant (Ranked #6): ~85% average in Fairmount. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~83%.
Syrian Restaurant is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Fairmount: ~85% chance on average, best at ~87%, challenging at ~83%.
Armenian Restaurant — ~83%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~85% across Fairmount.
Opening an African Restaurant in Fairmount shows ~85% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~83%.
Southern Food Restaurant (Ranked #10): ~85% average in Fairmount. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~83%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

What revenue can a Fairmount business expect?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Fairmount could lead to you making ~2% 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.
Location shapes survivability more than branding, pricing, or operational quality — the data is unambiguous on this point.
Choosing locations with superior Survivability Scores directly correlates with higher revenue potential.
StreetSpring can pinpoint which blocks in each neighborhood or city maximize a business's chances of success.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Fairmount

The top businesses to open next in Fairmount:

Georgian Restaurants — ~85% average survival rate, up to ~87% at best locations
Malaysian Restaurants — ~85% average survival rate
Japanese / Sushi Restaurants — ~85% 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. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. The survivability rankings for Fairmount are grounded in real economic conditions: 95.8% employment and 17.7% vacancy are among the key inputs that separate high-scoring locations from low-scoring ones here. Survivability scores are live, not static — StreetSpring updates them weekly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Fairmount and how each address is scoring right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

If you own commercial space in Fairmount, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Georgian Restaurants, Malaysian Restaurants, and Japanese / Sushi Restaurants as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.

Location shapes survivability more than branding, pricing, or operational quality — the data is unambiguous on this point.
StreetSpring can pinpoint which blocks in each neighborhood or city maximize a business's chances of success. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.

Should you rent your Fairmount storefront to a Georgian Restaurant?

Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Georgian Restaurant would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to, with a potential ~87% chance of lasting more than 2 years; however depending on your location, the chances could drop to a ~84% chance.

StreetSpring can pinpoint which blocks in each neighborhood or city maximize a business's chances of success.

What should I consider when opening a business in Fairmount?

Don't commit to a storefront in Fairmount without first checking its Survivability Score — the difference between a 70% and a 90% score at two addresses on the same block can determine your long-term outcome.

Where survivability is highest, Revenue Capture Score is invariably strong — the two are tightly correlated across every business type we've analyzed.
StreetSpring's in-house models are continuously updated with new business outcome data to keep predictions accurate.
Access StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Fairmount for free at any time.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring uses AI to predict business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods — trusted by real estate professionals and entrepreneurs nationwide. Aggregated survivability rankings for Dallas 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
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.
Workforce availability	Hiring radius is smaller than you think — many neighborhoods can't staff a full team at standard wages.	Pull BLS wage data for your industry in this metro. Walk through your staffing plan with a local restaurant/retail operator before signing.
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.

Full dataset for Dallas: /resources/data/dallas-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 Dallas — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type in Dallas — the gap shows how much location choice matters for each subtype.

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

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

How we measure this: Annual rent / estimated annual revenue = rent burden ratio. Industry rule of thumb: above 12% is uncomfortable, above 18% is fatal.

**LEHD demand-pattern signal (Fairmount):** Median 1-mile workplace jobs across Fairmount: **30,800** (LEHD LODES 2022). That works out to a **2.0:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** — a balanced mixed-use pattern. Of those workplace jobs, **608** are retail-sector. Use this to gauge whether your concept is weekday-commuter-driven or evening-and-weekend-driven.

Landmark anchor: Daggett Park anchors Fairmount's green-space backbone and shapes the neighborhood's foot-traffic patterns.

**Local economic context (Fairmount, Dallas):** Fairmount's ACS unemployment rate is **4.2%** (below the 24-metro neighborhood median). County-level data adds two more anchors: BLS QCEW reports Dallas-area average weekly wage of **$1,401** (in line with our 24-metro median), and the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey logged **12,358** new residential units in Dallas County in 2025 — a rough proxy for the local growth environment a new business is opening into.

**Sector-level context:** BLS data (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release) shows 5-year survival rates of **47.8%** (Active Life), **47.9%** (Retail Trade), **50.0%** (Restaurants), **50.5%** (Beauty & Personal Care), and **61.8%** (Health & Medical) — the five industry buckets covering most StreetSpring subtypes. Location-specific factors explain the rest of the variance.

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Local Data Questions

Further questions, with answers anchored on this neighborhood's actual data.

How big is the Fairmount market in terms of resident population?

Approximately 15.6K people live in Fairmount, which puts it in the lower-middle range among Dallas neighborhoods. The resident base is smaller than typical; survivability is highest for businesses that draw beyond the immediate neighborhood.

Does Fairmount's poverty rate signal lower retail spending?

The poverty rate in Fairmount is approximately 23%, compared to the Dallas metro median of 12%. Elevated poverty constrains discretionary retail; survivability is highest for essential services and value-oriented operators.

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

Fairmount's employment rate is approximately 96%, compared to a Dallas metro median of 96%. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.