City Survivability Rankings for Southeast Asian 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 Southeast Asian Restaurant is San Antonio — 80.85% average survivability
• 24 of 24 analyzed US metros score above 70% for Southeast Asian Restaurant survivability
• The lowest-ranked city is Philadelphia at 79.13%
• National average chance of lasting two or more years for Southeast Asian Restaurant: 80.0%
• Data reflects 2026 StreetSpring survivability analysis across 24 US metro areas · Full methodology →

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Table of Contents

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

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Summary

According to StreetSpring's 2026 nationwide analysis, San Antonio ranks as the #1 city for opening a Southeast Asian Restaurant in the United States, with an average 80.85% chance of surviving more than 2 years. Following close behind are Portland with 80.84%, and St Louis with 80.73%. Across 24 metros, Southeast Asian Restaurants average 80.0% survivability — with 24 cities offering conditions conducive to long-term success in this category. Keep in mind that results depend heavily on the exact location; strong sites often exist within cities that seem less favorable overall. Use this data to narrow your shortlist, then visit each top city in person to assess foot traffic and competitive density.

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

Best-to-worst Southeast Asian Restaurant survivability within individual metros — San Antonio, St Louis, New York City, Minneapolis 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 Southeast Asian Restaurants

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

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

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

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

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

3. St Louis

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

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

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

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 82.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 77.0%

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

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

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 70.0% – 77.0%

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 67.0% – 77.0%

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

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

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

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

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 70.0% – 77.0%

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

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

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

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

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 82.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 70.0% – 77.0%

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 79.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 66.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 82.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 80.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 67.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 83.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 81.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 82.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 80.0%
• Challenging locations: 67.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 82.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 80.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 82.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 80.0%
• Challenging locations: 68.0% – 76.0%

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

• Best locations: 82.0% – 84.0%
• Average locations: 78.0% – 80.0%
• Challenging locations: 67.0% – 76.0%

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Key Insights

Cities cluster tightly: The difference between the #1 city (San Antonio at 80.85%) and the #24 city (Philadelphia at 79.13%) is 1.72 percentage points. Less than a percentage point separates San Antonio from Portland. For Southeast Asian Restaurants, that is small next to the spread between the best and worst addresses in either city.

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

National average: Across all 24 analyzed cities, the average survivability for a Southeast Asian Restaurant is 80.0%.

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What Makes These Cities Stand Out?

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

• Strong survivability signals: San Antonio leads with a 81% average chance of lasting two or more years for Southeast Asian Restaurants — significantly above the national average for this business category.
• Competition density: The top cities show favorable competitor-to-opportunity ratios for Southeast Asian Restaurants, meaning lower saturation and higher odds of capturing an underserved customer base.
• Foot traffic infrastructure: High-scoring cities combine transit access, walkable commercial corridors, and anchor tenants that drive consistent daily traffic past storefronts.
• Geographic distribution: The top cities span multiple U.S. regions, giving franchise operators or multi-location owners diverse market options without concentrating risk.

Our analysis draws on millions of commercial real estate data points to deliver survivability predictions trusted by professionals nationwide. Our platform has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.

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Related Resources

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

• Business Survivability Rankings: San Antonio
• Business Survivability Rankings: Portland
• Business Survivability Rankings: St Louis
• Business Survivability Rankings: Orlando
• Business Survivability Rankings: Charlotte

National guides:

• National Neighborhood Survivability Rankings for Southeast Asian Restaurants
• Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: San Antonio

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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 Southeast Asian 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 Southeast Asian 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 Southeast Asian Restaurants in cities that don't appear in our top 10. Southeast Asian 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 Southeast Asian Restaurant?

StreetSpring's Survivability Score tool provides address-level predictions for Southeast Asian Restaurants across all 24 metros we track. For this category specifically, the tool surfaces competition density, consumer spending index for Southeast Asian Restaurants, and commercial vacancy rates — the factors that most consistently predict whether a Southeast Asian 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 Southeast Asian Restaurants?

San Antonio ranks as the #1 city in the US for Southeast Asian Restaurants survivability in StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, with an average 81% chance of lasting two or more years. This means that across well-selected neighborhoods in San Antonio, a Southeast Asian Restaurant has approximately a 81% chance of still operating after two years — above the national average for this category. Portland 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.

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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: San Antonio, Portland, St Louis, Orlando, Charlotte, Phoenix, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia.