Business Survivability in Lower Moyamensing, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Lower Moyamensing is a Clothing Store with a 86.4% 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 Lower Moyamensing (86.4% Typical, 90.3% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #119 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 58.8% 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 Lower Moyamensing 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 Lower Moyamensing is a Clothing Store with a 86.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.3% Best; next is a Convenience Store with 90.1% Best, followed by a Cafe with 89.9% Best.
Is Lower Moyamensing a good place to start a business?
Lower Moyamensing holds the #119 position of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia for new business survivability, with an average score of 58.8% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.3% Best is 3.9 points above 86.4% Typical in Lower Moyamensing.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within Lower Moyamensing, even the top-ranked business types can fall well below the neighborhood average. Location selection remains critical: a promising concept at the wrong spot still carries significant risk.
- Housing vacancy in Lower Moyamensing sits at 6.5%, 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 Lower Moyamensing?
The right address in Lower Moyamensing can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Clothing Store in Lower Moyamensing per 2026 data:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Clothing Store in Lower Moyamensing. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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 Lower Moyamensing?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clothing Store | 90.3% | 86.4% | 82.3% |
| 2 | Convenience Store | 90.1% | 83.9% | 78.3% |
| 3 | Cafe | 89.9% | 88.3% | 86.0% |
| 4 | Bar | 88.7% | 80.2% | 74.7% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 88.6% | 79.0% | 73.4% |
| 6 | Laundromat | 87.7% | 81.3% | 76.4% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 87.1% | 76.9% | 70.9% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 82.1% | 76.2% | 70.3% |
| 9 | Spa | 81.8% | 74.2% | 68.2% |
| 10 | Chiropractor Office | 81.6% | 74.5% | 67.5% |
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 Lower Moyamensing
- #1 Clothing Store (Ranked #1): 86.4% Typical in Lower Moyamensing. Best: 90.3%. Worst: 82.3%.
- #2 Convenience Store is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Lower Moyamensing: 83.9% Typical, 90.1% Best, 78.3% Worst.
- #3 Cafe: 88.3% Typical across Lower Moyamensing; Best 89.9%, Worst 86.0%.
- #4 Opening a Bar in Lower Moyamensing shows 80.2% Typical survivability, 88.7% Best and 74.7% Worst.
- #5 Hair Salon (Ranked #5): 79.0% Typical in Lower Moyamensing. Best: 88.6%. Worst: 73.4%.
Strong Performers in Lower Moyamensing
- #6 Laundromat is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Lower Moyamensing: 81.3% Typical, 87.7% Best, 76.4% Worst.
- #7 Coffee Shop: 76.9% Typical across Lower Moyamensing; Best 87.1%, Worst 70.9%.
- #8 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Lower Moyamensing shows 76.2% Typical survivability, 82.1% Best and 70.3% Worst.
- #9 Spa (Ranked #9): 74.2% Typical in Lower Moyamensing. Best: 81.8%. Worst: 68.2%.
- #10 Chiropractor Office is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Lower Moyamensing: 74.5% Typical, 81.6% Best, 67.5% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Lower Moyamensing make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Lower Moyamensing 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
- Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Lower Moyamensing?
The top businesses to open next in Lower Moyamensing:
- Clothing Stores: 86.4% Typical, 90.3% Best
- Convenience Stores: 83.9% Typical, 90.1% Best
- Cafes: 88.3% Typical, 89.9% Best
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Lower Moyamensing's 93.5% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Lower Moyamensing today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Lower Moyamensing.
What type of business should you rent your Lower Moyamensing storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the tenant types with the best odds of staying open and paying rent for two or more years in Lower Moyamensing are Clothing Stores, Convenience Stores, and Cafes.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. 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 Philadelphia Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Lower Moyamensing storefront to a Clothing Store?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Clothing Store ranks as the top tenant type for your Lower Moyamensing storefront: 90.3% Best and 82.3% Worst.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Lower Moyamensing?
Location decisions in Lower Moyamensing should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- 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 custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
- The most current survivability data for Lower Moyamensing is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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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.