Business Survivability in Bay Ridge, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Bay Ridge is a Clothing Store with a 80.2% 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 Clothing Store in Bay Ridge (80.2% Typical, 89.5% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #31 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 68.3% two-year survival across the business types ranked here
- Coverage: This ranking carries one row per business type and neighborhood. Its score is the projected chance of lasting two or more years, averaged across the price points StreetSpring scores separately in the tool (most types have 5). The 10 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points.
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: November 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Bay Ridge 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 Bay Ridge is a Clothing Store with a 80.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 89.5% Best; next is a Convenience Store with 88.8% Best, followed by a Cafe with 88.1% Best.
Is Bay Ridge a good place to start a business?
Bay Ridge holds the #31 position of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City for new business survivability, with an average score of 68.3% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 89.5% Best is 9.3 points above 80.2% Typical in Bay Ridge.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Bay Ridge for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- Bay Ridge has a housing vacancy rate of 5.8% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Bay Ridge?
StreetSpring's Bay Ridge data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Clothing Store in Bay Ridge:
This map shows the optimal location for a Clothing Store in Bay Ridge based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
Check if this location is still available →
What are the best businesses to open in Bay Ridge?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clothing Store | 89.5% | 80.2% | 74.7% |
| 2 | Convenience Store | 88.8% | 78.4% | 72.4% |
| 3 | Cafe | 88.1% | 76.8% | 70.1% |
| 4 | Hair Salon | 86.9% | 75.8% | 68.8% |
| 5 | Chiropractor Office | 86.7% | 80.5% | 74.3% |
| 6 | Bar | 85.5% | 74.9% | 67.7% |
| 7 | Eye Care Center | 85.0% | 78.8% | 72.7% |
| 8 | Spa | 84.5% | 75.0% | 68.5% |
| 10 | Coffee Shop | 81.0% | 70.6% | 61.6% |
| 12 | Dentist Office | 80.3% | 73.5% | 66.7% |
Best and Worst are the average results for the better and the worse of two addresses picked at random in the place: a weighted average of every scored location in which the best locations count the most for Best and the weakest count the most for Worst. Typical is the average address. Best is shown for a smaller space (half the standard size) and Worst for a larger one (half again as large), at the metro's median asking rent, using the same rent rule as our tool; Typical is at the market rent.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Bay Ridge
- #1 Opening a Clothing Store in Bay Ridge shows 80.2% Typical survivability, 89.5% Best and 74.7% Worst.
- #2 Convenience Store (Ranked #2): 78.4% Typical in Bay Ridge. Best: 88.8%. Worst: 72.4%.
- #3 Cafe is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Bay Ridge: 76.8% Typical, 88.1% Best, 70.1% Worst.
- #4 Hair Salon: 75.8% Typical across Bay Ridge; Best 86.9%, Worst 68.8%.
- #5 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Bay Ridge shows 80.5% Typical survivability, 86.7% Best and 74.3% Worst.
Strong Performers in Bay Ridge
- #6 Bar (Ranked #6): 74.9% Typical in Bay Ridge. Best: 85.5%. Worst: 67.7%.
- #7 Eye Care Center is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Bay Ridge: 78.8% Typical, 85.0% Best, 72.7% Worst.
- #8 Spa: 75.0% Typical across Bay Ridge; Best 84.5%, Worst 68.5%.
- #10 Opening a Coffee Shop in Bay Ridge shows 70.6% Typical survivability, 81.0% Best and 61.6% Worst.
- #12 Dentist Office (Ranked #12): 73.5% Typical in Bay Ridge. Best: 80.3%. Worst: 66.7%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Bay Ridge make?
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 Bay Ridge starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Bay Ridge?
The top businesses to open next in Bay Ridge:
- Clothing Stores: 80.2% Typical, 89.5% Best
- Convenience Stores: 78.4% Typical, 88.8% Best
- Cafes: 76.8% Typical, 88.1% Best
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. StreetSpring scores 500+ business types: 153 base business types, most of them at 5 price points, which is 569 type-and-price combinations you can choose in the tool. The survivability rankings for Bay Ridge draw on real Census conditions, including 93.2% employment and 5.8% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Bay Ridge. StreetSpring's regular updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.
See the Survivability Score for your new business
Related Articles:
- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Clothing Store survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Bay Ridge.
What type of business should you rent your Bay Ridge storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Bay Ridge, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Clothing Stores, Convenience Stores, and Cafes.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Bay Ridge storefront to a Clothing Store?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Clothing Store leads all business categories for Bay Ridge landlords: 89.5% Best and 74.7% Worst.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Bay Ridge?
Location decisions in Bay Ridge should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Bay Ridge addresses rank right now.
See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.
StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. Aggregated survivability rankings for New York City are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for New York City: /resources/data/new-york-city-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.