Business Survivability in Kew Gardens, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Kew Gardens is a Cafe with a 78.4% 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 Cafe in Kew Gardens (78.4% Typical, 89.1% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #121 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 59.1% 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 Kew Gardens 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 Kew Gardens is a Cafe with a 78.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 89.1% Best; next is a Convenience Store with 88.8% Best, followed by a Coffee Shop with 88.6% Best.
Is Kew Gardens a good place to start a business?
Among the 180 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around New York City, Kew Gardens ranks #121 for business survivability, with an average 59.1% chance of lasting two or more years.
- For the top-ranked business type, 89.1% Best is 10.7 points above 78.4% Typical in Kew Gardens.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Kew Gardens see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- A 93.2% employment rate in Kew Gardens 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 Kew Gardens?
StreetSpring scores each block in Kew Gardens so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Kew Gardens, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Cafe in 2026:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Cafe in Kew Gardens. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Kew Gardens?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cafe | 89.1% | 78.4% | 72.6% |
| 2 | Convenience Store | 88.8% | 78.3% | 72.2% |
| 3 | Coffee Shop | 88.6% | 76.8% | 69.9% |
| 4 | Laundromat | 88.4% | 77.5% | 71.3% |
| 5 | Chiropractor Office | 87.4% | 79.5% | 71.6% |
| 6 | Clothing Store | 86.6% | 76.0% | 68.8% |
| 7 | Hair Salon | 77.9% | 68.3% | 58.7% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 75.8% | 67.7% | 59.6% |
| 9 | Spa | 74.7% | 65.7% | 56.7% |
| 11 | Bar | 74.2% | 64.2% | 54.2% |
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.
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 Kew Gardens
- #1 Opening a Cafe in Kew Gardens shows 78.4% Typical survivability, 89.1% Best and 72.6% Worst.
- #2 Convenience Store (Ranked #2): 78.3% Typical in Kew Gardens. Best: 88.8%. Worst: 72.2%.
- #3 Coffee Shop is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Kew Gardens: 76.8% Typical, 88.6% Best, 69.9% Worst.
- #4 Laundromat: 77.5% Typical across Kew Gardens; Best 88.4%, Worst 71.3%.
- #5 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Kew Gardens shows 79.5% Typical survivability, 87.4% Best and 71.6% Worst.
Strong Performers in Kew Gardens
- #6 Clothing Store (Ranked #6): 76.0% Typical in Kew Gardens. Best: 86.6%. Worst: 68.8%.
- #7 Hair Salon is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Kew Gardens: 68.3% Typical, 77.9% Best, 58.7% Worst.
- #8 Veterinary Clinic: 67.7% Typical across Kew Gardens; Best 75.8%, Worst 59.6%.
- #9 Opening a Spa in Kew Gardens shows 65.7% Typical survivability, 74.7% Best and 56.7% Worst.
- #11 Bar (Ranked #11): 64.2% Typical in Kew Gardens. Best: 74.2%. Worst: 54.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Coffee Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Kew Gardens make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Kew Gardens 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
- The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront.
What businesses should open next in Kew Gardens?
The top businesses to open next in Kew Gardens:
- Cafes: 78.4% Typical, 89.1% Best
- Convenience Stores: 78.3% Typical, 88.8% Best
- Coffee Shops: 76.8% Typical, 88.6% Best
These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. StreetSpring's accuracy is built on studying businesses that serve more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 cities. 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 6.2% means the Census estimates that share of Kew Gardens's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Kew Gardens right now.
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- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Cafe survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Kew Gardens.
What type of business should you rent your Kew Gardens storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Cafes, Convenience Stores, and Coffee Shops at the top of the survivability rankings for Kew Gardens, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for 500+ business types at any given storefront. 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 Kew Gardens storefront to a Cafe?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Cafe as the highest-ranked tenant type for Kew Gardens, at 89.1% Best and 72.6% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- 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 Kew Gardens?
Location decisions in Kew Gardens should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- 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 custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Kew Gardens with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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StreetSpring's models are built from millions of real business outcomes, making predictions grounded in what actually happened. 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.