Business Survivability in Lincoln Park, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Lincoln Park is a Chiropractor Office with a 72.2% 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 Lincoln Park (72.2% Typical, 78.1% Best)
- Town rank: #5 of 9 towns around New York City
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 62.4% 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 Lincoln Park 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 Lincoln Park is a Chiropractor Office with a 72.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 78.1% Best; next is an Eye Care Center with 76.8% Best, followed by a Veterinary Clinic with 74.6% Best.
Is Lincoln Park a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Lincoln Park #5 of 9 towns around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 62.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 78.1% Best is 5.9 points above 72.2% Typical in Lincoln Park.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Lincoln Park can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- With a 97.4% employment rate, Lincoln Park has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Lincoln Park?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Lincoln Park that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Chiropractor Office in Lincoln Park:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Chiropractor Office in Lincoln Park. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. 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 Lincoln Park?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 78.1% | 72.2% | 66.3% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 76.8% | 70.6% | 64.3% |
| 3 | Veterinary Clinic | 74.6% | 68.5% | 62.4% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 73.9% | 67.9% | 61.8% |
| 5 | Mental Health Clinic | 73.6% | 67.5% | 61.5% |
| 9 | Bar | 73.2% | 66.5% | 59.9% |
| 10 | Dance Club | 72.5% | 65.4% | 58.2% |
| 11 | Boutique | 72.1% | 65.3% | 58.6% |
| 12 | Clothing Store | 72.0% | 65.2% | 58.4% |
| 18 | Music Store | 71.0% | 63.9% | 56.7% |
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 Lincoln Park
- #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 72.2% Typical in Lincoln Park. Best: 78.1%. Worst: 66.3%.
- #2 Eye Care Center is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Park: 70.6% Typical, 76.8% Best, 64.3% Worst.
- #3 Veterinary Clinic: 68.5% Typical across Lincoln Park; Best 74.6%, Worst 62.4%.
- #4 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Lincoln Park shows 67.9% Typical survivability, 73.9% Best and 61.8% Worst.
- #5 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #5): 67.5% Typical in Lincoln Park. Best: 73.6%. Worst: 61.5%.
Strong Performers in Lincoln Park
- #9 Bar is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Park: 66.5% Typical, 73.2% Best, 59.9% Worst.
- #10 Dance Club: 65.4% Typical across Lincoln Park; Best 72.5%, Worst 58.2%.
- #11 Opening a Boutique in Lincoln Park shows 65.3% Typical survivability, 72.1% Best and 58.6% Worst.
- #12 Clothing Store (Ranked #12): 65.2% Typical in Lincoln Park. Best: 72.0%. Worst: 58.4%.
- #18 Music Store is ranked #18 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Park: 63.9% Typical, 71.0% Best, 56.7% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Lincoln Park make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Lincoln Park 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
- However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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 Lincoln Park?
The top businesses to open next in Lincoln Park:
- Chiropractor Offices: 72.2% Typical, 78.1% Best
- Eye Care Centers: 70.6% Typical, 76.8% Best
- Veterinary Clinics: 68.5% Typical, 74.6% Best
Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. We apply advanced machine learning to one of the largest commercial real estate outcome datasets in the country. 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 survivability rankings for Lincoln Park draw on real Census conditions, including 97.4% employment and 3.0% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Lincoln Park are currently available and how they score.
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Related Articles:
- 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 Lincoln Park.
What type of business should you rent your Lincoln Park storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Lincoln Park, Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Veterinary Clinics consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Lincoln Park storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
The data shows a Chiropractor Office in Lincoln Park is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there, at 78.1% Best and 66.3% 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 Lincoln Park?
Don't commit to a storefront in Lincoln Park without first checking its Survivability Score: two addresses on the same block can carry different projected chances.
- 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.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Lincoln Park to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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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.