Business Survivability in Rego Park, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Rego Park is a Convenience Store with a 81.3% 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 Rego Park (81.3% Typical, 90.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #49 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 65.4% 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 Rego 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 Rego Park is a Convenience Store with a 81.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.2% Best; next is a Cafe with 88.7% Best, followed by a Clothing Store with 88.2% Best.
Is Rego Park a good place to start a business?
Rego Park is ranked number 49 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City to start a business, with an average 65.4% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.2% Best is 8.9 points above 81.3% Typical in Rego Park.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Rego Park can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- A 94.8% employment rate in Rego Park 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 Rego Park?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Rego Park for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. Here is the top survivability address for a Convenience Store in Rego Park, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Convenience Store in Rego Park. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. 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 Rego Park?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 90.2% | 81.3% | 75.4% |
| 2 | Cafe | 88.7% | 77.8% | 71.8% |
| 3 | Clothing Store | 88.2% | 78.3% | 72.5% |
| 4 | Chiropractor Office | 82.1% | 75.3% | 68.5% |
| 5 | Eye Care Center | 81.4% | 74.4% | 67.5% |
| 6 | Coffee Shop | 80.5% | 70.9% | 62.4% |
| 7 | Veterinary Clinic | 79.0% | 71.2% | 63.4% |
| 8 | Spa | 78.5% | 69.3% | 60.2% |
| 10 | Beauty Salon | 77.4% | 70.4% | 63.4% |
| 11 | Dentist Office | 77.2% | 70.7% | 64.1% |
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 Rego Park
- #1 Opening a Convenience Store in Rego Park shows 81.3% Typical survivability, 90.2% Best and 75.4% Worst.
- #2 Cafe (Ranked #2): 77.8% Typical in Rego Park. Best: 88.7%. Worst: 71.8%.
- #3 Clothing Store is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Rego Park: 78.3% Typical, 88.2% Best, 72.5% Worst.
- #4 Chiropractor Office: 75.3% Typical across Rego Park; Best 82.1%, Worst 68.5%.
- #5 Opening an Eye Care Center in Rego Park shows 74.4% Typical survivability, 81.4% Best and 67.5% Worst.
Strong Performers in Rego Park
- #6 Coffee Shop (Ranked #6): 70.9% Typical in Rego Park. Best: 80.5%. Worst: 62.4%.
- #7 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Rego Park: 71.2% Typical, 79.0% Best, 63.4% Worst.
- #8 Spa: 69.3% Typical across Rego Park; Best 78.5%, Worst 60.2%.
- #10 Opening a Beauty Salon in Rego Park shows 70.4% Typical survivability, 77.4% Best and 63.4% Worst.
- #11 Dentist Office (Ranked #11): 70.7% Typical in Rego Park. Best: 77.2%. Worst: 64.1%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Rego Park make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Rego 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
- 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.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- 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 scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What businesses should open next in Rego Park?
The top businesses to open next in Rego Park:
- Convenience Stores: 81.3% Typical, 90.2% Best
- Cafes: 77.8% Typical, 88.7% Best
- Clothing Stores: 78.3% Typical, 88.2% Best
The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Rego Park's 94.8% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Rego Park, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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- Explore Convenience Store survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Rego Park.
What type of business should you rent your Rego Park storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the business types most likely to succeed long-term in Rego Park are Convenience Stores, Cafes, and Clothing Stores.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for two or more years.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Rego Park storefront to a Convenience Store?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Rego Park in 2026, a Convenience Store ranks first, at 90.2% Best and 75.4% Worst, making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What should I consider when opening a business in Rego Park?
Location decisions in Rego Park 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.
- Every survivability score is produced by StreetSpring's private prediction engine, not available through any other platform.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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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.