Business Survivability in Fern Rock, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Fern Rock is a Clothing Store with a 83.7% 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 Clothing Store in Fern Rock (83.7% Typical, 90.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #16 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 73.3% 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 Fern Rock 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 Fern Rock is a Clothing Store with a 83.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.2% Best; next is a Veterinary Clinic with 87.4% Best, followed by a Chiropractor Office with 85.7% Best.
Is Fern Rock a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Fern Rock #16 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia, with an average Survivability Score of 73.3% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.2% Best is 6.5 points above 83.7% Typical in Fern Rock.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Fern Rock can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Fern Rock will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- Fern Rock's employment rate of 89.3% and housing vacancy rate of 5.6% 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 Fern Rock?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Fern Rock produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. The location below represents the address in Fern Rock with the highest projected survivability for a Clothing Store:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Clothing Store in Fern Rock. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Fern Rock?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clothing Store | 90.2% | 83.7% | 78.1% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.4% | 83.8% | 80.2% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 85.7% | 81.4% | 77.1% |
| 4 | Laundromat | 83.9% | 77.3% | 73.4% |
| 5 | Dermatology Clinic | 83.6% | 79.2% | 74.7% |
| 6 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 83.5% | 79.1% | 74.7% |
| 9 | Spa | 82.6% | 76.1% | 71.7% |
| 11 | Cafe | 82.3% | 75.0% | 69.5% |
| 12 | Tea Shop | 82.0% | 76.6% | 72.6% |
| 13 | International Grocery Store | 81.6% | 76.6% | 72.7% |
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 Fern Rock
- #1 Clothing Store (Ranked #1): 83.7% Typical in Fern Rock. Best: 90.2%. Worst: 78.1%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Fern Rock: 83.8% Typical, 87.4% Best, 80.2% Worst.
- #3 Chiropractor Office: 81.4% Typical across Fern Rock; Best 85.7%, Worst 77.1%.
- #4 Opening a Laundromat in Fern Rock shows 77.3% Typical survivability, 83.9% Best and 73.4% Worst.
- #5 Dermatology Clinic (Ranked #5): 79.2% Typical in Fern Rock. Best: 83.6%. Worst: 74.7%.
Strong Performers in Fern Rock
- #6 Physical Therapy Clinic is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Fern Rock: 79.1% Typical, 83.5% Best, 74.7% Worst.
- #9 Spa: 76.1% Typical across Fern Rock; Best 82.6%, Worst 71.7%.
- #11 Opening a Cafe in Fern Rock shows 75.0% Typical survivability, 82.3% Best and 69.5% Worst.
- #12 Tea Shop (Ranked #12): 76.6% Typical in Fern Rock. Best: 82.0%. Worst: 72.6%.
- #13 International Grocery Store is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Fern Rock: 76.6% Typical, 81.6% Best, 72.7% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Fern Rock 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 Fern Rock 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
- Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- 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 Fern Rock?
The top businesses to open next in Fern Rock:
- Clothing Stores: 83.7% Typical, 90.2% Best
- Veterinary Clinics: 83.8% Typical, 87.4% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 81.4% Typical, 85.7% Best
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Fern Rock's 89.3% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. 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 Fern Rock right now.
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- See the Philadelphia Business Survivability Rankings
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- Explore Clothing Store survivability across Philadelphia neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Fern Rock.
What type of business should you rent your Fern Rock storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Fern Rock shows that Clothing Stores, Veterinary Clinics, and Chiropractor Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Fern Rock storefront to a Clothing Store?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis supports renting to a Clothing Store in Fern Rock: it posts 90.2% Best, and 78.1% 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 Fern Rock?
Start any location decision in Fern Rock with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- 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.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Fern Rock with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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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.