Business Survivability in Jersey City Heights, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Jersey City Heights is a Convenience Store with a 84.2% 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 Jersey City Heights (84.2% Typical, 90.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #6 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 77.3% 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 Jersey City Heights 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 Jersey City Heights is a Convenience Store with a 84.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.2% Best; next is a Veterinary Clinic with 90.0% Best, followed by a Cafe with 89.3% Best.
Is Jersey City Heights a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Jersey City Heights #6 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 77.3% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.2% Best is 6.0 points above 84.2% Typical in Jersey City Heights.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Jersey City Heights can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- Jersey City Heights's employment rate of 93.8% and housing vacancy rate of 8.5% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Jersey City Heights?
The right address in Jersey City Heights can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Convenience Store in Jersey City Heights:
This map shows the optimal location for a Convenience Store in Jersey City Heights based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Jersey City Heights?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 90.2% | 84.2% | 78.5% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% | 87.5% | 84.9% |
| 3 | Cafe | 89.3% | 84.0% | 78.6% |
| 4 | Laundromat | 89.3% | 83.2% | 77.5% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 89.2% | 83.0% | 77.4% |
| 6 | Clothing Store | 89.0% | 81.4% | 76.2% |
| 7 | Spa | 88.9% | 83.5% | 78.2% |
| 8 | Bar | 88.5% | 81.2% | 75.9% |
| 10 | Chiropractor Office | 87.4% | 81.8% | 76.3% |
| 11 | Coffee Shop | 86.5% | 77.9% | 73.1% |
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 Jersey City Heights
- #1 Convenience Store (Ranked #1): 84.2% Typical in Jersey City Heights. Best: 90.2%. Worst: 78.5%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Jersey City Heights: 87.5% Typical, 90.0% Best, 84.9% Worst.
- #3 Cafe: 84.0% Typical across Jersey City Heights; Best 89.3%, Worst 78.6%.
- #4 Opening a Laundromat in Jersey City Heights shows 83.2% Typical survivability, 89.3% Best and 77.5% Worst.
- #5 Hair Salon (Ranked #5): 83.0% Typical in Jersey City Heights. Best: 89.2%. Worst: 77.4%.
Strong Performers in Jersey City Heights
- #6 Clothing Store is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Jersey City Heights: 81.4% Typical, 89.0% Best, 76.2% Worst.
- #7 Spa: 83.5% Typical across Jersey City Heights; Best 88.9%, Worst 78.2%.
- #8 Opening a Bar in Jersey City Heights shows 81.2% Typical survivability, 88.5% Best and 75.9% Worst.
- #10 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #10): 81.8% Typical in Jersey City Heights. Best: 87.4%. Worst: 76.3%.
- #11 Coffee Shop is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Jersey City Heights: 77.9% Typical, 86.5% Best, 73.1% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Jersey City Heights make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Jersey City Heights 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
- StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address, so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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 Jersey City Heights?
The top businesses to open next in Jersey City Heights:
- Convenience Stores: 84.2% Typical, 90.2% Best
- Veterinary Clinics: 87.5% Typical, 90.0% Best
- Cafes: 84.0% Typical, 89.3% Best
These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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 93.8% employment rate in Jersey City Heights is a key signal of consumer health, and the 8.5% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Jersey City Heights and how each address is scoring right 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 Jersey City Heights.
What type of business should you rent your Jersey City Heights storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Jersey City Heights shows that Convenience Stores, Veterinary Clinics, and Cafes rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Jersey City Heights: 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 Jersey City Heights storefront to a Convenience Store?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Convenience Store as the highest-ranked tenant type for Jersey City Heights, at 90.2% Best and 78.5% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- 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 Jersey City Heights?
When opening a business in Jersey City Heights, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Jersey City Heights with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. 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.