City Survivability Rankings for Brunch Restaurant

Quick Summary

• Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
• The highest-survivability city for Brunch Restaurant is Portland — 81.63% average survivability
• 24 of 24 analyzed US metros score above 70% for Brunch Restaurant survivability
• The lowest-ranked city is New York City at 80.09%
• National average chance of lasting two or more years for Brunch Restaurant: 81.0%
• Data reflects 2026 StreetSpring survivability analysis across 24 US metro areas · Full methodology →

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Table of Contents

• Summary
• Top Cities for Brunch Restaurants
• Key Insights
• What Makes These Cities Stand Out?
• Best Neighborhoods Across the Spectrum
• Related Resources
• How current is this ranking?
• Can a Brunch Restaurant succeed in cities not ranked in the top 10?
• What tools can help me choose the right city for a Brunch Restaurant?
• Which US city has the best survivability for Brunch Restaurants?

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Summary

According to StreetSpring's 2026 nationwide analysis, Portland ranks as the #1 city for opening a Brunch Restaurant in the United States, with an average 81.63% chance of surviving more than 2 years. Following close behind are San Antonio with 81.51%, and St Louis with 81.37%. Our 24-city dataset shows Brunch Restaurants achieving 81.0% average survivability nationally — Portland pulling notably ahead of the pack. Still, specific site selection matters — some of the best-performing blocks can be found in cities that might not look ideal on average. These rankings reflect data through early 2026 — check StreetSpring for the latest figures before any location decision.

Survivability ranges reflect best and worst storefront conditions within each city. See our full methodology →

Best-to-worst Brunch Restaurant survivability within individual metros — Portland, San Antonio, Detroit, Boston and Dallas. Each box spans the middle of that metro's range; whiskers are its best and worst locations (2026).

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All 24 Cities Ranked for Brunch Restaurants

Based on StreetSpring's analysis of 24 major metropolitan areas, these cities offer the strongest prospects for Brunch Restaurants:

1. Portland Metro: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

• Best locations: 84.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 81.0% – 83.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 78.0%

2. San Antonio Metro: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

• Best locations: 84.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 83.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 78.0%

3. St Louis

• Best locations: 84.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 78.0%

4. Orlando Metro: Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

• Best locations: 84.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 78.0%

5. Charlotte Metro: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

• Best locations: 84.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 78.0%
• Explore Brunch Restaurant neighborhoods in Charlotte →

6. Baltimore Metro: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 70.0% – 78.0%
• Explore Brunch Restaurant neighborhoods in Baltimore →

7. Detroit Metro: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

• Best locations: 84.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 78.0%

8. Tampa Bay Metro: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%

9. Phoenix Metro: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 78.0%

10. San Diego Metro: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 78.0%

11. Atlanta Metro: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%
• Explore Brunch Restaurant neighborhoods in Atlanta →

12. Chicago Metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 70.0% – 78.0%
• Explore Brunch Restaurant neighborhoods in Chicago →

13. Minneapolis Metro: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 77.0%

14. Miami Metro: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 70.0% – 78.0%

15. Seattle Metro: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 77.0%

16. San Francisco Metro: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%

17. Houston Metro: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 80.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%

18. Los Angeles Metro: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 67.0% – 77.0%

19. Denver Metro: Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 77.0%

20. Washington DC Metro: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%

21. Philadelphia Metro: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%

22. Boston Metro: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%
• Explore Brunch Restaurant neighborhoods in Boston →

23. Dallas Metro: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 71.0% – 78.0%
• Explore Brunch Restaurant neighborhoods in Dallas →

24. New York City Metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 69.0% – 77.0%

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Key Insights

Cities cluster tightly: The difference between the #1 city (Portland at 81.63%) and the #24 city (New York City at 80.09%) is 1.54 percentage points. For Brunch Restaurants, Portland leads San Antonio by 0.1 points. Either metro works. The specific site decides the outcome.

Strong performers: 24 cities show Survivability Scores above 80%, indicating highly favorable conditions for Brunch Restaurants.

National average: Across all 24 analyzed cities, the average survivability for a Brunch Restaurant is 81.0%.

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What Makes These Cities Stand Out?

The top-ranked cities share several characteristics that favor Brunch Restaurants:

• Strong survivability signals: Portland leads with a 82% average chance of lasting two or more years for Brunch Restaurants — significantly above the national average for this business category.
• Competition density: The top cities show favorable competitor-to-opportunity ratios for Brunch Restaurants, meaning lower saturation and higher odds of capturing an underserved customer base.
• Low market saturation: Top cities for Brunch Restaurants have fewer direct competitors per square mile than lower-ranked metros, leaving meaningful whitespace for well-positioned new entrants.
• Foot traffic infrastructure: High-scoring cities combine transit access, walkable commercial corridors, and anchor tenants that drive consistent daily traffic past storefronts.

StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. Our forecasting engine processes data from over 24 metro areas covering 180+ million consumers. The prediction engine behind these rankings is entirely proprietary — developed in-house over years of research.

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Best Neighborhoods Across the Spectrum

Where you open matters more than which city ranks highest. The strongest neighborhoods for Brunch Restaurants can be found across the entire national distribution:

Portland — ranked #1 nationally — the strongest market for Brunch Restaurants

• Kenton (89% survivability)
• Ogden (88% survivability)
• Shumway (86% survivability)
• Concordia (86% survivability)
• Woodlawn (86% survivability)

See full neighborhood rankings for Portland →

Don't let a city's national rank deter exploration: every city has neighborhoods that buck the city-wide average.

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Visual Data

Related Resources

City-specific guides: For detailed neighborhood-level analysis, explore our city guides:

• Business Survivability Rankings: Portland
• Business Survivability Rankings: San Antonio
• Business Survivability Rankings: St Louis
• Business Survivability Rankings: Orlando
• Survivability Rankings for Brunch Restaurant in Charlotte
• Business Survivability Rankings: Charlotte

National guides:

• National Neighborhood Survivability Rankings for Brunch Restaurants
• Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Portland

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How current is this ranking?

Rankings are updated quarterly. The current data reflects StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, with the next full dataset refresh scheduled for Q3 2026. As market conditions shift across major metros, individual city scores can move meaningfully between updates — particularly for Brunch Restaurants, where local competition density and consumer spending patterns respond quickly to new entrants and neighborhood change. For the most current score at any specific address, use StreetSpring's live survivability tool rather than the static ranking above.

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Can a Brunch Restaurant succeed in cities not ranked in the top 10?

Yes — our top 10 ranking reflects cities with the strongest average conditions, but lower-ranked metros can still contain exceptional individual neighborhoods. Many operators successfully open Brunch Restaurants in cities that don't appear in our top 10. Brunch Restaurants in particular can find strong performance in secondary markets where the right demographic concentration, household income, and limited direct competition within walking distance align — even outside our highest-ranked cities. StreetSpring's neighborhood-level data surfaces these pockets of opportunity in every city we analyze, regardless of where the city as a whole ranks nationally.

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What tools can help me choose the right city for a Brunch Restaurant?

StreetSpring's Survivability Score tool provides address-level predictions for Brunch Restaurants across all 24 metros we track. For this category specifically, the tool surfaces competition density, consumer spending index for Brunch Restaurants, and commercial vacancy rates — the factors that most consistently predict whether a Brunch Restaurant will still be operating after two years. You can check any specific address before signing a lease and compare multiple neighborhoods side by side to identify the highest-survivability site within your target city.

Try the Survivability Score tool →

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Which US city has the best survivability for Brunch Restaurants?

Portland ranks as the #1 city in the US for Brunch Restaurants survivability in StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, with an average 82% chance of lasting two or more years. This means that across well-selected neighborhoods in Portland, a Brunch Restaurant has approximately a 82% chance of still operating after two years — above the national average for this category. San Antonio ranks second, followed by St Louis. The full ranking reflects data across 24 major US metro areas — see the complete list above for all scores and neighborhood-level links.

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

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Technical note: Aggregated national survivability rankings across all 24 metros are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

View national technical data

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.

Methodology: City rankings aggregate neighborhood-level Survivability Scores (max, average, and min) across all analyzed neighborhoods in each metro area. Rankings reflect average conditions but do not account for variation within cities. Coverage includes 24 major US metropolitan areas: Portland, San Antonio, St Louis, Orlando, Charlotte, Baltimore, Detroit, Tampa Bay, Phoenix, San Diego, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Miami, Seattle, San Francisco, Houston, Los Angeles, Denver, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, New York City.