Business Survivability in Flatbush, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Flatbush is a Convenience Store with a 80.1% 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 Convenience Store in Flatbush (80.1% Typical, 89.6% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #90 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 61.2% 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 Flatbush 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 Flatbush is a Convenience Store with a 80.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 89.6% Best; next is a Cafe with 89.1% Best, followed by a Laundromat with 88.4% Best.
Is Flatbush a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Flatbush #90 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 61.2% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 89.6% Best is 9.5 points above 80.1% Typical in Flatbush.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within Flatbush, even the top-ranked business types can fall well below the neighborhood average. Location selection remains critical: a promising concept at the wrong spot still carries significant risk.
- Flatbush's employment rate of 92.8% and housing vacancy rate of 11.7% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Flatbush?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Flatbush that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Here is the top survivability address for a Convenience Store in Flatbush, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Convenience Store in Flatbush. 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 Flatbush?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 89.6% | 80.1% | 74.6% |
| 2 | Cafe | 89.1% | 77.9% | 71.8% |
| 3 | Laundromat | 88.4% | 78.3% | 72.8% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 88.2% | 78.1% | 72.2% |
| 5 | Chiropractor Office | 85.8% | 77.5% | 69.2% |
| 6 | Bar | 84.2% | 72.6% | 63.7% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 82.2% | 71.1% | 61.8% |
| 9 | Hair Salon | 78.2% | 68.5% | 58.8% |
| 10 | Dentist Office | 75.0% | 67.7% | 60.5% |
| 11 | Gym | 74.5% | 64.5% | 54.5% |
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 Flatbush
- #1 Convenience Store (Ranked #1): 80.1% Typical in Flatbush. Best: 89.6%. Worst: 74.6%.
- #2 Cafe is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Flatbush: 77.9% Typical, 89.1% Best, 71.8% Worst.
- #3 Laundromat: 78.3% Typical across Flatbush; Best 88.4%, Worst 72.8%.
- #4 Opening a Clothing Store in Flatbush shows 78.1% Typical survivability, 88.2% Best and 72.2% Worst.
- #5 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #5): 77.5% Typical in Flatbush. Best: 85.8%. Worst: 69.2%.
Strong Performers in Flatbush
- #6 Bar is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Flatbush: 72.6% Typical, 84.2% Best, 63.7% Worst.
- #7 Coffee Shop: 71.1% Typical across Flatbush; Best 82.2%, Worst 61.8%.
- #9 Opening a Hair Salon in Flatbush shows 68.5% Typical survivability, 78.2% Best and 58.8% Worst.
- #10 Dentist Office (Ranked #10): 67.7% Typical in Flatbush. Best: 75.0%. Worst: 60.5%.
- #11 Gym is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Flatbush: 64.5% Typical, 74.5% Best, 54.5% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
- Laundromat: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Flatbush make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in Flatbush 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.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- 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's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What businesses should open next in Flatbush?
The top businesses to open next in Flatbush:
- Convenience Stores: 80.1% Typical, 89.6% Best
- Cafes: 77.9% Typical, 89.1% Best
- Laundromats: 78.3% 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. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 11.7% means the Census estimates that share of Flatbush's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Flatbush and how each address is scoring right now.
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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 Flatbush.
What type of business should you rent your Flatbush storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Flatbush, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Convenience Stores, Cafes, and Laundromats as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. 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 Flatbush storefront to a Convenience Store?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Convenience Store leads all business categories for Flatbush landlords: 89.6% Best and 74.6% Worst.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What should I consider when opening a business in Flatbush?
Check the Survivability Score for your specific address in Flatbush before signing a lease, alongside your own read of foot traffic and the local customer base.
- 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.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. 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.