Business Survivability in Flatlands, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Flatlands is a Convenience Store with a 84.6% 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 Flatlands (84.6% Typical, 90.5% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #85 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 61.8% 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 Flatlands 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 Flatlands is a Convenience Store with a 84.6% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.5% Best; next is a Cafe with 89.6% Best, followed by a Laundromat with 89.5% Best.
Is Flatlands a good place to start a business?
In New York City's survivability rankings, Flatlands comes in at #85 of 180 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 61.8% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.5% Best is 5.9 points above 84.6% Typical in Flatlands.
- However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Flatlands often fall well below average. Picking the right block (not just the right neighborhood) is what actually determines survivability.
- Housing vacancy in Flatlands sits at 14.5%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.
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 Flatlands?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Flatlands produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Convenience Store in Flatlands:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Convenience Store in Flatlands. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. 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 Flatlands?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 90.5% | 84.6% | 78.7% |
| 2 | Cafe | 89.6% | 80.9% | 74.7% |
| 3 | Laundromat | 89.5% | 81.8% | 75.7% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 88.2% | 77.8% | 71.7% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 80.3% | 70.1% | 61.0% |
| 6 | Chiropractor Office | 79.8% | 71.9% | 64.0% |
| 8 | Bar | 78.2% | 68.3% | 58.3% |
| 9 | Veterinary Clinic | 77.2% | 70.3% | 63.4% |
| 10 | Spa | 74.6% | 66.7% | 58.8% |
| 11 | Coffee Shop | 74.6% | 64.9% | 55.2% |
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.
Ties on Best: Spa and Coffee Shop are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at Typical next.
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 Flatlands
- #1 Opening a Convenience Store in Flatlands shows 84.6% Typical survivability, 90.5% Best and 78.7% Worst.
- #2 Cafe (Ranked #2): 80.9% Typical in Flatlands. Best: 89.6%. Worst: 74.7%.
- #3 Laundromat is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Flatlands: 81.8% Typical, 89.5% Best, 75.7% Worst.
- #4 Clothing Store: 77.8% Typical across Flatlands; Best 88.2%, Worst 71.7%.
- #5 Opening a Hair Salon in Flatlands shows 70.1% Typical survivability, 80.3% Best and 61.0% Worst.
Strong Performers in Flatlands
- #6 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #6): 71.9% Typical in Flatlands. Best: 79.8%. Worst: 64.0%.
- #8 Bar is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Flatlands: 68.3% Typical, 78.2% Best, 58.3% Worst.
- #9 Veterinary Clinic: 70.3% Typical across Flatlands; Best 77.2%, Worst 63.4%.
- #10 Opening a Spa in Flatlands shows 66.7% Typical survivability, 74.6% Best and 58.8% Worst.
- #11 Coffee Shop (Ranked #11): 64.9% Typical in Flatlands. Best: 74.6%. Worst: 55.2%.
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 Flatlands make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Flatlands 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
- Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Flatlands?
The top businesses to open next in Flatlands:
- Convenience Stores: 84.6% Typical, 90.5% Best
- Cafes: 80.9% Typical, 89.6% Best
- Laundromats: 81.8% Typical, 89.5% Best
These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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. With Flatlands's 90.9% employment rate factored in, the businesses best positioned to succeed here are those that benefit from a well-employed, spending-capable local consumer base. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Flatlands 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 Convenience Store survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Flatlands.
What type of business should you rent your Flatlands storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Flatlands, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Convenience Stores, Cafes, and Laundromats as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. 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 Flatlands storefront to a Convenience Store?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Convenience Store leads all business categories for Flatlands landlords: 90.5% Best and 78.7% Worst.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What should I consider when opening a business in Flatlands?
Location decisions in Flatlands should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- Check StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Flatlands, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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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.