Business Survivability in The Eye, Detroit
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in The Eye is a Kosher Restaurant with a ~81% 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 Kosher Restaurant in The Eye (~81% average survival rate, ~82% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #22 across all neighborhoods in and around Detroit
- Neighborhood average: ~77% two-year survival across all business types
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: September 2026 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is The Eye 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 The Eye is a Kosher Restaurant with a ~81% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~82% chance; next is an Italian Restaurant with a 80.35% chance, followed by a Singaporean Restaurant with a 80.13% chance.
Is The Eye a good place to start a business?
Out of all neighborhoods analyzed in and around Detroit, The Eye ranks #22 for business survivability with a ~77% average Survivability Score.
- Choosing an optimal address for the highest-ranked business types in The Eye can produce survivability scores up to ~2% above the neighborhood mean.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in The Eye can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- A 92.0% employment rate in The Eye means a large share of local consumers have steady income — a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 The Eye?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in The Eye give your concept the best odds of survival. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Kosher Restaurant in The Eye:
The highlighted area represents the address in The Eye that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Kosher Restaurant survivability. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in The Eye?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting 2+ years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosher Restaurant | 81.06% |
| 2 | Italian Restaurant | 80.35% |
| 3 | Singaporean Restaurant | 80.13% |
| 4 | Diner | 79.88% |
| 5 | Brunch Restaurant | 79.71% |
| 6 | American Restaurant | 79.56% |
| 7 | Sri Lankan Restaurant | 79.33% |
| 8 | Ukrainian Restaurant | 79.11% |
| 9 | Indonesian Restaurant | 78.92% |
| 10 | Pet Grooming Shop | 78.73% |
#1-5: Highest Survivability in The Eye
- Kosher Restaurant (Ranked #1): 81.06% average in The Eye. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~80%.
- Italian Restaurant is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in The Eye: 80.35% chance on average, best at ~81%, challenging at ~80%.
- Singaporean Restaurant — ~79%–~81% survivability range, with an average of 80.13% across The Eye.
- Opening a Diner in The Eye shows 79.88% average survivability. Top locations reach ~81%; lower-end sites show ~79%.
- Brunch Restaurant (Ranked #5): 79.71% average in The Eye. Best-case storefronts: ~81%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
#6-10: Strong Performers in The Eye
- American Restaurant is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in The Eye: 79.56% chance on average, best at ~80%, challenging at ~79%.
- Sri Lankan Restaurant — ~79%–~80% survivability range, with an average of 79.33% across The Eye.
- Opening an Ukrainian Restaurant in The Eye shows 79.11% average survivability. Top locations reach ~80%; lower-end sites show ~78%.
- Indonesian Restaurant (Ranked #9): 78.92% average in The Eye. Best-case storefronts: ~80%. Challenging locations: ~78%.
- Pet Grooming Shop is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in The Eye: 78.73% chance on average, best at ~80%, challenging at ~78%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Kosher Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
- Italian Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
- Singaporean Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in The Eye make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in The Eye 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
- Site-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- Location is the single strongest predictor of whether a business thrives or fails.
- Businesses in high-scoring locations consistently outperform those in average or low-scoring sites.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What businesses should open next in The Eye?
The top businesses to open next in The Eye:
- Kosher Restaurants — 81.06% average survival rate, up to ~82% at best locations
- Italian Restaurants — 80.35% average survival rate
- Singaporean Restaurants — 80.13% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. StreetSpring's model accounts for The Eye's 92.0% employment rate when projecting survivability — businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in The Eye. 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 The Eye.
What type of business should you rent your The Eye storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in The Eye, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Kosher Restaurants, Italian Restaurants, and Singaporean Restaurants.
- Location is the single strongest predictor of whether a business thrives or fails.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Detroit Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your The Eye storefront to a Kosher Restaurant?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for The Eye in 2026, a Kosher Restaurant posts the highest survivability ceiling at ~82% and maintains a reasonable floor of ~80% — making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What should I consider when opening a business in The Eye?
When evaluating potential locations in The Eye, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.
- A strong Revenue Capture Score reflects the ideal balance of manageable competition and robust consumer spending at that specific address.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own — built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- StreetSpring is free to use — see the current survivability score for any address in The Eye right now.
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StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. Aggregated survivability rankings for Detroit are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Detroit: /resources/data/detroit-survivability-scores-2026.csv — includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.