Business Survivability in Windsor Terrace, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Windsor Terrace is a Veterinary Clinic with a 89.1% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Windsor Terrace (89.1% Typical, 91.0% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #2 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 80.4% 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 Windsor Terrace 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 Windsor Terrace is a Veterinary Clinic with a 89.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 91.0% Best; next is a Chiropractor Office with 90.6% Best, followed by a Clothing Store with 90.4% Best.
Is Windsor Terrace a good place to start a business?
Windsor Terrace holds the #2 position of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City for new business survivability, with an average score of 80.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 91.0% Best is 1.9 points above 89.1% Typical in Windsor Terrace.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Windsor Terrace see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- Windsor Terrace has a housing vacancy rate of 5.7% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Windsor Terrace?
StreetSpring's Windsor Terrace data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The location below represents the address in Windsor Terrace with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic in Windsor Terrace. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in Windsor Terrace?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 91.0% | 89.1% | 87.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 90.6% | 88.4% | 86.2% |
| 3 | Clothing Store | 90.4% | 86.3% | 81.8% |
| 4 | Convenience Store | 90.4% | 86.8% | 82.9% |
| 5 | Boutique | 90.4% | 85.6% | 80.6% |
| 15 | Dentist Office | 90.1% | 86.5% | 83.0% |
| 16 | Bar | 90.0% | 85.3% | 79.7% |
| 17 | Hair Salon | 89.8% | 84.8% | 79.0% |
| 18 | Coffee Shop | 89.7% | 82.5% | 76.3% |
| 19 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% | 85.7% | 81.8% |
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 Windsor Terrace
- #1 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Windsor Terrace shows 89.1% Typical survivability, 91.0% Best and 87.0% Worst.
- #2 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #2): 88.4% Typical in Windsor Terrace. Best: 90.6%. Worst: 86.2%.
- #3 Clothing Store is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Windsor Terrace: 86.3% Typical, 90.4% Best, 81.8% Worst.
- #4 Convenience Store: 86.8% Typical across Windsor Terrace; Best 90.4%, Worst 82.9%.
- #5 Opening a Boutique in Windsor Terrace shows 85.6% Typical survivability, 90.4% Best and 80.6% Worst.
Strong Performers in Windsor Terrace
- #15 Dentist Office (Ranked #15): 86.5% Typical in Windsor Terrace. Best: 90.1%. Worst: 83.0%.
- #16 Bar is ranked #16 for top businesses to open in Windsor Terrace: 85.3% Typical, 90.0% Best, 79.7% Worst.
- #17 Hair Salon: 84.8% Typical across Windsor Terrace; Best 89.8%, Worst 79.0%.
- #18 Opening a Coffee Shop in Windsor Terrace shows 82.5% Typical survivability, 89.7% Best and 76.3% Worst.
- #19 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #19): 85.7% Typical in Windsor Terrace. Best: 89.6%. Worst: 81.8%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Windsor Terrace make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in Windsor Terrace 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 the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- 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 Windsor Terrace?
The top businesses to open next in Windsor Terrace:
- Veterinary Clinics: 89.1% Typical, 91.0% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 88.4% Typical, 90.6% Best
- Clothing Stores: 86.3% Typical, 90.4% Best
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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. Windsor Terrace sits at 94.2% employment and 5.7% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Windsor Terrace are available right now and how they rank.
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- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Windsor Terrace.
What type of business should you rent your Windsor Terrace storefront to?
For landlords in Windsor Terrace, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Clothing Stores as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 500+ business types, so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Windsor Terrace storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Windsor Terrace landlords: 91.0% Best and 87.0% Worst.
- 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 Windsor Terrace?
In Windsor Terrace, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. 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.