Business Survivability in Union Park, Orlando
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Union Park is a Home Improvement Store with a 81.9% 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 Home Improvement Store in Union Park (81.9% Typical, 87.8% Best)
- Town rank: #5 of 14 towns around Orlando
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 76.4% 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 Union 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 Union Park is a Home Improvement Store with a 81.9% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 87.8% Best; next is a Home Goods Store with 87.7% Best, followed by a Day Care Center with 87.5% Best.
Is Union Park a good place to start a business?
Union Park is ranked number 5 of 14 towns around Orlando to start a business, with an average 76.4% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 87.8% Best is 5.9 points above 81.9% Typical in Union Park.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Union Park can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Union Park will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- The 7.9% housing vacancy rate in Union Park comes from the Census American Community Survey and describes homes and apartments, not shops or offices.
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 Union Park?
StreetSpring's Union Park data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Home Improvement Store in Union Park:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Home Improvement Store in Union Park. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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 Union Park?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Improvement Store | 87.8% | 81.9% | 77.4% |
| 2 | Home Goods Store | 87.7% | 81.8% | 77.4% |
| 3 | Day Care Center | 87.5% | 82.1% | 78.1% |
| 4 | Mixed Martial Arts Studio | 87.5% | 82.4% | 77.7% |
| 5 | Watch Store or Repair Shop | 87.2% | 80.9% | 76.8% |
| 6 | Music Store | 87.0% | 80.8% | 76.7% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 86.2% | 81.4% | 77.3% |
| 8 | Dentist Office | 85.5% | 80.9% | 76.2% |
| 9 | Dermatology Clinic | 85.5% | 80.8% | 76.1% |
| 10 | Acupuncture Clinic | 85.4% | 80.7% | 76.0% |
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 Union Park
- #1 Home Improvement Store is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Union Park: 81.9% Typical, 87.8% Best, 77.4% Worst.
- #2 Home Goods Store: 81.8% Typical across Union Park; Best 87.7%, Worst 77.4%.
- #3 Opening a Day Care Center in Union Park shows 82.1% Typical survivability, 87.5% Best and 78.1% Worst.
- #4 Mixed Martial Arts Studio (Ranked #4): 82.4% Typical in Union Park. Best: 87.5%. Worst: 77.7%.
- #5 Watch Store or Repair Shop is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Union Park: 80.9% Typical, 87.2% Best, 76.8% Worst.
Strong Performers in Union Park
- #6 Music Store: 80.8% Typical across Union Park; Best 87.0%, Worst 76.7%.
- #7 Opening a Coffee Shop in Union Park shows 81.4% Typical survivability, 86.2% Best and 77.3% Worst.
- #8 Dentist Office (Ranked #8): 80.9% Typical in Union Park. Best: 85.5%. Worst: 76.2%.
- #9 Dermatology Clinic is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Union Park: 80.8% Typical, 85.5% Best, 76.1% Worst.
- #10 Acupuncture Clinic: 80.7% Typical across Union Park; Best 85.4%, Worst 76.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Home Improvement Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Home Goods Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Day Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Union Park make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, prioritizing survivability score in your site-selection process in Union 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 a decision you can check before you open.
- 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 scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Union Park?
The top businesses to open next in Union Park:
- Home Improvement Stores: 81.9% Typical, 87.8% Best
- Home Goods Stores: 81.8% Typical, 87.7% Best
- Day Care Centers: 82.1% Typical, 87.5% Best
For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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 94.1% employment rate in Union Park is a key signal of consumer health, and the 7.9% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Union Park are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Orlando Business Survivability Rankings
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Union Park.
What type of business should you rent your Union Park storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Union Park, Home Improvement Stores, Home Goods Stores, and Day Care Centers consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Orlando Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Union Park storefront to a Home Improvement Store?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Home Improvement Store as the highest-ranked tenant type for Union Park, at 87.8% Best and 77.4% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Union Park?
Check the Survivability Score for your specific address in Union Park before signing a lease, alongside your own read of foot traffic and the local customer base.
- 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.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Union Park.
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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 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.