Business Survivability in Co-op City, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Co-op City is a Convenience 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 Convenience Store in Co-op City (80.2% Typical, 90.1% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #105 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 60.6% 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 Co-op City 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 Co-op City is a Convenience Store with a 80.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.1% Best; next is a Clothing Store with 90.0% Best, followed by a Cafe with 88.4% Best.
Is Co-op City a good place to start a business?
Among the 180 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around New York City, Co-op City ranks #105 for business survivability, with an average 60.6% chance of lasting two or more years.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.1% Best is 9.9 points above 80.2% Typical in Co-op City.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Co-op City can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
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 Co-op City?
The right address in Co-op City can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Convenience Store in Co-op City:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Convenience Store in Co-op City. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in Co-op City?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 90.1% | 80.2% | 74.4% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 90.0% | 81.7% | 76.0% |
| 3 | Cafe | 88.4% | 77.5% | 71.3% |
| 4 | Laundromat | 88.2% | 77.7% | 71.9% |
| 5 | Chiropractor Office | 82.8% | 75.7% | 68.6% |
| 6 | Hair Salon | 81.3% | 72.2% | 64.6% |
| 8 | Bar | 80.4% | 71.2% | 63.1% |
| 9 | Spa | 77.3% | 69.9% | 62.5% |
| 10 | Coffee Shop | 75.7% | 66.9% | 58.1% |
| 12 | Dentist Office | 75.2% | 68.5% | 61.8% |
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 Co-op City
- #1 Opening a Convenience Store in Co-op City shows 80.2% Typical survivability, 90.1% Best and 74.4% Worst.
- #2 Clothing Store (Ranked #2): 81.7% Typical in Co-op City. Best: 90.0%. Worst: 76.0%.
- #3 Cafe is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Co-op City: 77.5% Typical, 88.4% Best, 71.3% Worst.
- #4 Laundromat: 77.7% Typical across Co-op City; Best 88.2%, Worst 71.9%.
- #5 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Co-op City shows 75.7% Typical survivability, 82.8% Best and 68.6% Worst.
Strong Performers in Co-op City
- #6 Hair Salon (Ranked #6): 72.2% Typical in Co-op City. Best: 81.3%. Worst: 64.6%.
- #8 Bar is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Co-op City: 71.2% Typical, 80.4% Best, 63.1% Worst.
- #9 Spa: 69.9% Typical across Co-op City; Best 77.3%, Worst 62.5%.
- #10 Opening a Coffee Shop in Co-op City shows 66.9% Typical survivability, 75.7% Best and 58.1% Worst.
- #12 Dentist Office (Ranked #12): 68.5% Typical in Co-op City. Best: 75.2%. Worst: 61.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Co-op City make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Co-op City 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
- Site selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- 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 gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What businesses should open next in Co-op City?
The top businesses to open next in Co-op City:
- Convenience Stores: 80.2% Typical, 90.1% Best
- Clothing Stores: 81.7% Typical, 90.0% Best
- Cafes: 77.5% Typical, 88.4% Best
The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. Our analysis covers every major metro in the country: 24 cities and 180 million++ consumers. 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. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Co-op City. StreetSpring's regular updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.
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- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Convenience Store survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Co-op City.
What type of business should you rent your Co-op City storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the highest-survivability tenant types for a storefront in Co-op City are Convenience Stores, Clothing Stores, and Cafes.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Co-op City storefront to a Convenience Store?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis supports renting to a Convenience Store in Co-op City: it posts 90.1% Best, and 74.4% Worst.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What should I consider when opening a business in Co-op City?
When evaluating potential locations in Co-op City, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.
- The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Co-op City with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.