Business Survivability in Dumbo, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Dumbo is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.9% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Dumbo (85.9% Typical, 90.7% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #47 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 65.5% 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 Dumbo 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 Dumbo is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.9% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.7% Best; next is a Clothing Store with 90.3% Best, followed by a Chiropractor Office with 89.6% Best.
Is Dumbo a good place to start a business?
In New York City's survivability rankings, Dumbo comes in at #47 of 180 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 65.5% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.7% Best is 4.8 points above 85.9% Typical in Dumbo.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Dumbo can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- A 98.2% employment rate in Dumbo means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Dumbo?
StreetSpring scores each block in Dumbo so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Veterinary Clinic in Dumbo:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Dumbo based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Dumbo?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.7% | 85.9% | 81.2% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 90.3% | 86.0% | 81.6% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% | 83.7% | 77.8% |
| 4 | Cafe | 89.4% | 86.2% | 82.7% |
| 5 | Convenience Store | 89.3% | 80.4% | 75.0% |
| 6 | Laundromat | 88.0% | 80.6% | 75.5% |
| 7 | Hair Salon | 87.2% | 75.0% | 67.1% |
| 8 | Bar | 86.1% | 74.0% | 65.6% |
| 9 | Dentist Office | 84.8% | 77.8% | 70.9% |
| 10 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 84.5% | 77.1% | 69.7% |
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.
Highest Survivability in Dumbo
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 85.9% Typical across Dumbo; Best 90.7%, Worst 81.2%.
- #2 Opening a Clothing Store in Dumbo shows 86.0% Typical survivability, 90.3% Best and 81.6% Worst.
- #3 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #3): 83.7% Typical in Dumbo. Best: 89.6%. Worst: 77.8%.
- #4 Cafe is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Dumbo: 86.2% Typical, 89.4% Best, 82.7% Worst.
- #5 Convenience Store: 80.4% Typical across Dumbo; Best 89.3%, Worst 75.0%.
Strong Performers in Dumbo
- #6 Opening a Laundromat in Dumbo shows 80.6% Typical survivability, 88.0% Best and 75.5% Worst.
- #7 Hair Salon (Ranked #7): 75.0% Typical in Dumbo. Best: 87.2%. Worst: 67.1%.
- #8 Bar is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Dumbo: 74.0% Typical, 86.1% Best, 65.6% Worst.
- #9 Dentist Office: 77.8% Typical across Dumbo; Best 84.8%, Worst 70.9%.
- #10 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Dumbo shows 77.1% Typical survivability, 84.5% Best and 69.7% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Dumbo 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 Dumbo 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
- Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What businesses should open next in Dumbo?
The top businesses to open next in Dumbo:
- Veterinary Clinics: 85.9% Typical, 90.7% Best
- Clothing Stores: 86.0% Typical, 90.3% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 83.7% Typical, 89.6% Best
These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. Dumbo's 98.2% employment rate and 11.7% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Dumbo are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Dumbo.
What type of business should you rent your Dumbo storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Veterinary Clinics, Clothing Stores, and Chiropractor Offices at the top of the survivability rankings for Dumbo, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. 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 Dumbo storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Dumbo landlords: 90.7% Best and 81.2% Worst.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in Dumbo?
In Dumbo, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Dumbo.
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StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. 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.