Business Survivability in Gravesend, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Gravesend is a Convenience Store with a 75.8% 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 Gravesend (75.8% Typical, 86.5% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #150 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 56.4% 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 Gravesend 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 Gravesend is a Convenience Store with a 75.8% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 86.5% Best; next is a Clothing Store with 85.0% Best, followed by a Cafe with 83.7% Best.
Is Gravesend a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Gravesend #150 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 56.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 86.5% Best is 10.7 points above 75.8% Typical in Gravesend.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Gravesend can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Gravesend will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- The 7.5% housing vacancy rate in Gravesend 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 Gravesend?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Gravesend produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. Here is the top survivability address for a Convenience Store in Gravesend, 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 Gravesend. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. 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 Gravesend?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 86.5% | 75.8% | 68.5% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 85.0% | 74.4% | 66.4% |
| 3 | Cafe | 83.7% | 72.4% | 63.6% |
| 4 | Laundromat | 83.3% | 73.3% | 65.6% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 80.4% | 69.8% | 60.2% |
| 6 | Veterinary Clinic | 77.9% | 69.9% | 61.9% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 77.4% | 67.2% | 57.0% |
| 8 | Bar | 77.3% | 67.2% | 57.2% |
| 9 | Spa | 76.9% | 67.0% | 57.0% |
| 10 | Chiropractor Office | 76.5% | 68.1% | 59.8% |
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.
Highest Survivability in Gravesend
- #1 Convenience Store (Ranked #1): 75.8% Typical in Gravesend. Best: 86.5%. Worst: 68.5%.
- #2 Clothing Store is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Gravesend: 74.4% Typical, 85.0% Best, 66.4% Worst.
- #3 Cafe: 72.4% Typical across Gravesend; Best 83.7%, Worst 63.6%.
- #4 Opening a Laundromat in Gravesend shows 73.3% Typical survivability, 83.3% Best and 65.6% Worst.
- #5 Hair Salon (Ranked #5): 69.8% Typical in Gravesend. Best: 80.4%. Worst: 60.2%.
Strong Performers in Gravesend
- #6 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Gravesend: 69.9% Typical, 77.9% Best, 61.9% Worst.
- #7 Coffee Shop: 67.2% Typical across Gravesend; Best 77.4%, Worst 57.0%.
- #8 Opening a Bar in Gravesend shows 67.2% Typical survivability, 77.3% Best and 57.2% Worst.
- #9 Spa (Ranked #9): 67.0% Typical in Gravesend. Best: 76.9%. Worst: 57.0%.
- #10 Chiropractor Office is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Gravesend: 68.1% Typical, 76.5% Best, 59.8% Worst.
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 Gravesend make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Gravesend 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.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What businesses should open next in Gravesend?
The top businesses to open next in Gravesend:
- Convenience Stores: 75.8% Typical, 86.5% Best
- Clothing Stores: 74.4% Typical, 85.0% Best
- Cafes: 72.4% Typical, 83.7% Best
However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. 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. Gravesend's 89.7% employment rate and 7.5% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Gravesend 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 Gravesend.
What type of business should you rent your Gravesend storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Gravesend, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Convenience Stores, Clothing Stores, and Cafes as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- 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 Gravesend storefront to a Convenience Store?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Convenience Store as the highest-ranked tenant type for Gravesend, at 86.5% Best and 68.5% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in Gravesend?
In Gravesend, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- 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.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Gravesend with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. 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.