Business Survivability in St. Albans, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in St. Albans is a Convenience Store with a 78.2% 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 Convenience Store in St. Albans (78.2% Typical, 88.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #162 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 55.6% 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 St. Albans 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 St. Albans is a Convenience Store with a 78.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 88.2% Best; next is a Cafe with 82.4% Best, followed by a Chiropractor Office with 78.9% Best.
Is St. Albans a good place to start a business?
St. Albans holds the #162 position of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City for new business survivability, with an average score of 55.6% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 88.2% Best is 10.0 points above 78.2% Typical in St. Albans.
- But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within St. Albans can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
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 St. Albans?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in St. Albans that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Here is the top survivability address for a Convenience Store in St. Albans, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Convenience Store in St. Albans. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in St. Albans?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 88.2% | 78.2% | 72.3% |
| 2 | Cafe | 82.4% | 72.7% | 64.9% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 78.9% | 71.7% | 64.5% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 77.2% | 68.8% | 60.3% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 76.3% | 67.6% | 59.0% |
| 6 | Laundromat | 73.8% | 65.8% | 57.9% |
| 7 | Spa | 72.3% | 65.5% | 58.7% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 71.7% | 65.7% | 59.7% |
| 9 | Beauty Salon | 71.0% | 63.9% | 56.7% |
| 10 | Bar | 68.4% | 60.7% | 53.0% |
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 St. Albans
- #1 Convenience Store (Ranked #1): 78.2% Typical in St. Albans. Best: 88.2%. Worst: 72.3%.
- #2 Cafe is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in St. Albans: 72.7% Typical, 82.4% Best, 64.9% Worst.
- #3 Chiropractor Office: 71.7% Typical across St. Albans; Best 78.9%, Worst 64.5%.
- #4 Opening a Clothing Store in St. Albans shows 68.8% Typical survivability, 77.2% Best and 60.3% Worst.
- #5 Hair Salon (Ranked #5): 67.6% Typical in St. Albans. Best: 76.3%. Worst: 59.0%.
Strong Performers in St. Albans
- #6 Laundromat is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in St. Albans: 65.8% Typical, 73.8% Best, 57.9% Worst.
- #7 Spa: 65.5% Typical across St. Albans; Best 72.3%, Worst 58.7%.
- #8 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in St. Albans shows 65.7% Typical survivability, 71.7% Best and 59.7% Worst.
- #9 Beauty Salon (Ranked #9): 63.9% Typical in St. Albans. Best: 71.0%. Worst: 56.7%.
- #10 Bar is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in St. Albans: 60.7% Typical, 68.4% Best, 53.0% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in St. Albans make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in St. Albans 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
- Site selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- 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.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What businesses should open next in St. Albans?
The top businesses to open next in St. Albans:
- Convenience Stores: 78.2% Typical, 88.2% Best
- Cafes: 72.7% Typical, 82.4% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 71.7% Typical, 78.9% Best
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in St. Albans 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 St. Albans.
What type of business should you rent your St. Albans storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in St. Albans, Convenience Stores, Cafes, and Chiropractor Offices consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in St. Albans: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your St. Albans storefront to a Convenience Store?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Convenience Store would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to in St. Albans, with 88.2% Best and 72.3% Worst for the chance of lasting two or more years.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What should I consider when opening a business in St. Albans?
In St. Albans, 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 forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in St. Albans.
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Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. 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.