Business Survivability in Eltingville, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Eltingville is a Chiropractor Office with a 84.1% 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 Chiropractor Office in Eltingville (84.1% Typical, 89.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #95 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 61.3% 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 Eltingville 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 Eltingville is a Chiropractor Office with a 84.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 89.2% Best; next is a Veterinary Clinic with 88.7% Best, followed by a Spa with 85.4% Best.
Is Eltingville a good place to start a business?
Eltingville is ranked number 95 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City to start a business, with an average 61.3% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 89.2% Best is 5.1 points above 84.1% Typical in Eltingville.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Eltingville can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- The 5.6% housing vacancy rate in Eltingville comes from the Census American Community Survey and describes homes and apartments, not shops or offices.
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 Eltingville?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Eltingville offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Chiropractor Office in Eltingville:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Chiropractor Office in Eltingville. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Eltingville?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% | 84.1% | 79.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% | 84.3% | 80.0% |
| 3 | Spa | 85.4% | 76.3% | 70.4% |
| 4 | Coffee Shop | 82.9% | 75.0% | 69.4% |
| 5 | Gym | 81.9% | 74.1% | 68.0% |
| 6 | Bar | 81.0% | 73.2% | 66.7% |
| 7 | Hair Salon | 79.3% | 71.7% | 64.7% |
| 8 | Home Improvement Store | 79.2% | 72.9% | 66.7% |
| 9 | Cafe | 77.9% | 70.3% | 62.7% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 77.7% | 69.4% | 61.0% |
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 Eltingville
- #1 Chiropractor Office is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Eltingville: 84.1% Typical, 89.2% Best, 79.0% Worst.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic: 84.3% Typical across Eltingville; Best 88.7%, Worst 80.0%.
- #3 Opening a Spa in Eltingville shows 76.3% Typical survivability, 85.4% Best and 70.4% Worst.
- #4 Coffee Shop (Ranked #4): 75.0% Typical in Eltingville. Best: 82.9%. Worst: 69.4%.
- #5 Gym is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Eltingville: 74.1% Typical, 81.9% Best, 68.0% Worst.
Strong Performers in Eltingville
- #6 Bar: 73.2% Typical across Eltingville; Best 81.0%, Worst 66.7%.
- #7 Opening a Hair Salon in Eltingville shows 71.7% Typical survivability, 79.3% Best and 64.7% Worst.
- #8 Home Improvement Store (Ranked #8): 72.9% Typical in Eltingville. Best: 79.2%. Worst: 66.7%.
- #9 Cafe is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Eltingville: 70.3% Typical, 77.9% Best, 62.7% Worst.
- #10 Convenience Store: 69.4% Typical across Eltingville; Best 77.7%, Worst 61.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Spa: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Eltingville make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Eltingville 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.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What businesses should open next in Eltingville?
The top businesses to open next in Eltingville:
- Chiropractor Offices: 84.1% Typical, 89.2% Best
- Veterinary Clinics: 84.3% Typical, 88.7% Best
- Spas: 76.3% Typical, 85.4% Best
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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 95.8% employment rate in Eltingville is a key signal of consumer health, and the 5.6% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Eltingville. 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 Chiropractor Office survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Eltingville.
What type of business should you rent your Eltingville storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Eltingville, Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Spas consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Eltingville storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Chiropractor Office as the highest-ranked tenant type for Eltingville, at 89.2% Best and 79.0% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What should I consider when opening a business in Eltingville?
Start any location decision in Eltingville with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- 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.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Eltingville.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. 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.