Business Survivability in College Park, Orlando
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in College Park is a Juice & Smoothie Bar with a 80.2% 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 Juice & Smoothie Bar in College Park (80.2% Typical, 87.8% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #11 of 13 neighborhoods in and around Orlando
- Neighborhood average: 72.4% 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 College 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 College Park is a Juice & Smoothie Bar with a 80.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 87.8% Best; next is a Mexican Restaurant with 86.1% Best, followed by a Pizza Restaurant with 86.0% Best.
Is College Park a good place to start a business?
College Park holds the #11 position of 13 neighborhoods in and around Orlando for new business survivability, with an average score of 72.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 87.8% Best is 7.6 points above 80.2% Typical in College Park.
- Yet even the strongest business types in College Park see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- College Park has a housing vacancy rate of 3.6% 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 College Park?
StreetSpring's College Park 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 College Park with the highest projected survivability for a Juice & Smoothie Bar:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Juice & Smoothie Bar in College Park. 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 College Park?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juice & Smoothie Bar | 87.8% | 80.2% | 75.1% |
| 2 | Mexican Restaurant | 86.1% | 77.5% | 72.5% |
| 3 | Pizza Restaurant | 86.0% | 77.6% | 72.8% |
| 4 | Eye Care Center | 85.7% | 80.3% | 74.9% |
| 5 | Lebanese Restaurant | 85.6% | 77.3% | 72.4% |
| 9 | Chiropractor Office | 83.8% | 78.4% | 72.9% |
| 11 | Dance Club | 82.5% | 75.4% | 69.3% |
| 12 | Dentist Office | 82.2% | 76.8% | 71.4% |
| 13 | Bar | 82.2% | 74.1% | 68.0% |
| 14 | Dermatology Clinic | 82.1% | 76.6% | 71.1% |
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 College Park
- #1 Opening a Juice & Smoothie Bar in College Park shows 80.2% Typical survivability, 87.8% Best and 75.1% Worst.
- #2 Mexican Restaurant (Ranked #2): 77.5% Typical in College Park. Best: 86.1%. Worst: 72.5%.
- #3 Pizza Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in College Park: 77.6% Typical, 86.0% Best, 72.8% Worst.
- #4 Eye Care Center: 80.3% Typical across College Park; Best 85.7%, Worst 74.9%.
- #5 Opening a Lebanese Restaurant in College Park shows 77.3% Typical survivability, 85.6% Best and 72.4% Worst.
Strong Performers in College Park
- #9 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #9): 78.4% Typical in College Park. Best: 83.8%. Worst: 72.9%.
- #11 Dance Club is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in College Park: 75.4% Typical, 82.5% Best, 69.3% Worst.
- #12 Dentist Office: 76.8% Typical across College Park; Best 82.2%, Worst 71.4%.
- #13 Opening a Bar in College Park shows 74.1% Typical survivability, 82.2% Best and 68.0% Worst.
- #14 Dermatology Clinic (Ranked #14): 76.6% Typical in College Park. Best: 82.1%. Worst: 71.1%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Juice & Smoothie Bar: See how this compares to other cities →
- Mexican Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
- Pizza Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in College Park 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 College 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
- 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 College Park?
The top businesses to open next in College Park:
- Juice & Smoothie Bars: 80.2% Typical, 87.8% Best
- Mexican Restaurants: 77.5% Typical, 86.1% Best
- Pizza Restaurants: 77.6% Typical, 86.0% 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. College Park sits at 95.7% employment and 3.6% 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 College Park are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in College Park.
What type of business should you rent your College Park storefront to?
For landlords in College Park, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Juice & Smoothie Bars, Mexican Restaurants, and Pizza Restaurants 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 Orlando Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your College Park storefront to a Juice & Smoothie Bar?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Juice & Smoothie Bar leads all business categories for College Park landlords: 87.8% Best and 75.1% 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 College Park?
In College Park, 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 Orlando are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Orlando: /resources/data/orlando-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.