Business Survivability in Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Cobbs Creek is a Convenience Store with a 83.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

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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 Cobbs Creek (83.1% Typical, 89.3% Best)
  • Neighborhood rank: #67 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
  • Neighborhood average: 66.6% 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

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Summary

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Cobbs Creek is a Convenience Store with a 83.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 89.3% Best; next is a Cafe with 87.9% Best, followed by a Chiropractor Office with 87.5% Best.


Is Cobbs Creek a good place to start a business?

StreetSpring ranks Cobbs Creek #67 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia, with an average Survivability Score of 66.6% across the business types ranked there.

  • For the top-ranked business type, 89.3% Best is 6.2 points above 83.1% Typical in Cobbs Creek.
  • Yet the same categories that score highest in Cobbs Creek can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
  • Housing vacancy in Cobbs Creek sits at 9.9%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.

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 Cobbs Creek?

The right address in Cobbs Creek can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. The location below represents the address in Cobbs Creek with the highest projected survivability for a Convenience Store:

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The highlighted area represents the address in Cobbs Creek that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Convenience Store survivability. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.

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What are the best businesses to open in Cobbs Creek?

RankBusiness typeBestTypicalWorst
1Convenience Store89.3%83.1%77.9%
2Cafe87.9%78.7%73.5%
3Chiropractor Office87.5%82.1%76.7%
4Dermatology Clinic83.7%78.2%72.6%
5Physical Therapy Clinic83.7%78.1%72.6%
8Veterinary Clinic83.6%78.1%72.5%
10Laundromat83.3%74.5%68.0%
11Hair Salon81.1%71.7%63.6%
12Bar80.5%71.8%64.2%
13Coffee Shop79.2%72.8%66.8%

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 Cobbs Creek

  • #1 Convenience Store (Ranked #1): 83.1% Typical in Cobbs Creek. Best: 89.3%. Worst: 77.9%.
  • #2 Cafe is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Cobbs Creek: 78.7% Typical, 87.9% Best, 73.5% Worst.
  • #3 Chiropractor Office: 82.1% Typical across Cobbs Creek; Best 87.5%, Worst 76.7%.
  • #4 Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Cobbs Creek shows 78.2% Typical survivability, 83.7% Best and 72.6% Worst.
  • #5 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #5): 78.1% Typical in Cobbs Creek. Best: 83.7%. Worst: 72.6%.

Strong Performers in Cobbs Creek

  • #8 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Cobbs Creek: 78.1% Typical, 83.6% Best, 72.5% Worst.
  • #10 Laundromat: 74.5% Typical across Cobbs Creek; Best 83.3%, Worst 68.0%.
  • #11 Opening a Hair Salon in Cobbs Creek shows 71.7% Typical survivability, 81.1% Best and 63.6% Worst.
  • #12 Bar (Ranked #12): 71.8% Typical in Cobbs Creek. Best: 80.5%. Worst: 64.2%.
  • #13 Coffee Shop is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Cobbs Creek: 72.8% Typical, 79.2% Best, 66.8% Worst.

Top 3 Compared Nationally


How much money could a business in Cobbs Creek make?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Cobbs Creek 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

  • No two business types have identical location needs; survivability scores reflect these differences at the address level.
  • Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
  • 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.
  • Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.

What businesses should open next in Cobbs Creek?

The top businesses to open next in Cobbs Creek:

  • Convenience Stores: 83.1% Typical, 89.3% Best
  • Cafes: 78.7% Typical, 87.9% Best
  • Chiropractor Offices: 82.1% Typical, 87.5% Best

These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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. Cobbs Creek's 90.7% employment rate and 9.9% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Cobbs Creek right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Cobbs Creek.


What type of business should you rent your Cobbs Creek storefront to?

Our 2026 survivability data for Cobbs Creek shows that Convenience Stores, Cafes, and Chiropractor Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.

  • Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
  • Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.

Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity


Should you rent your Cobbs Creek storefront to a Convenience Store?

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis supports renting to a Convenience Store in Cobbs Creek: it posts 89.3% Best, and 77.9% Worst.

  • Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.

What should I consider when opening a business in Cobbs Creek?

When evaluating potential locations in Cobbs Creek, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.

  • Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
  • StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
  • You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Cobbs Creek with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.


StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. Aggregated survivability rankings for Philadelphia are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Full dataset for Philadelphia: /resources/data/philadelphia-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.