Business Survivability in Sharswood, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Sharswood is a Convenience Store with a 80.6% 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 Convenience Store in Sharswood (80.6% Typical, 88.8% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #105 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 62.0% 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 Sharswood 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 Sharswood is a Convenience Store with a 80.6% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 88.8% Best; next is a Gym with 85.3% Best, followed by a Chiropractor Office with 85.0% Best.
Is Sharswood a good place to start a business?
In Philadelphia's survivability rankings, Sharswood comes in at #105 of 127 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 62.0% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 88.8% Best is 8.2 points above 80.6% Typical in Sharswood.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Sharswood can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Sharswood could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- With a 94.4% employment rate, Sharswood has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Sharswood?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Sharswood offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Convenience Store in Sharswood:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Convenience Store in Sharswood. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. 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 Sharswood?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 88.8% | 80.6% | 75.5% |
| 2 | Gym | 85.3% | 75.7% | 69.3% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 85.0% | 80.3% | 75.7% |
| 4 | Veterinary Clinic | 84.8% | 79.6% | 74.5% |
| 5 | Cafe | 83.6% | 74.7% | 68.3% |
| 6 | Laundromat | 83.5% | 76.3% | 71.5% |
| 7 | Clothing Store | 78.0% | 71.4% | 64.8% |
| 8 | Dentist Office | 76.4% | 71.9% | 67.3% |
| 9 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 76.2% | 71.5% | 66.9% |
| 13 | Coffee Shop | 75.7% | 70.6% | 65.6% |
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 Sharswood
- #1 Convenience Store: 80.6% Typical across Sharswood; Best 88.8%, Worst 75.5%.
- #2 Opening a Gym in Sharswood shows 75.7% Typical survivability, 85.3% Best and 69.3% Worst.
- #3 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #3): 80.3% Typical in Sharswood. Best: 85.0%. Worst: 75.7%.
- #4 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Sharswood: 79.6% Typical, 84.8% Best, 74.5% Worst.
- #5 Cafe: 74.7% Typical across Sharswood; Best 83.6%, Worst 68.3%.
Strong Performers in Sharswood
- #6 Opening a Laundromat in Sharswood shows 76.3% Typical survivability, 83.5% Best and 71.5% Worst.
- #7 Clothing Store (Ranked #7): 71.4% Typical in Sharswood. Best: 78.0%. Worst: 64.8%.
- #8 Dentist Office is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Sharswood: 71.9% Typical, 76.4% Best, 67.3% Worst.
- #9 Physical Therapy Clinic: 71.5% Typical across Sharswood; Best 76.2%, Worst 66.9%.
- #13 Opening a Coffee Shop in Sharswood shows 70.6% Typical survivability, 75.7% Best and 65.6% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Gym: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Sharswood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Sharswood 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 one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- 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.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Sharswood?
The top businesses to open next in Sharswood:
- Convenience Stores: 80.6% Typical, 88.8% Best
- Gyms: 75.7% Typical, 85.3% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 80.3% Typical, 85.0% Best
The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. 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 survivability rankings for Sharswood draw on real Census conditions, including 94.4% employment and 12.3% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Sharswood are currently available and how they score.
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- See the Philadelphia Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Convenience Store survivability across Philadelphia neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Sharswood.
What type of business should you rent your Sharswood storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Sharswood shows that Convenience Stores, Gyms, and Chiropractor Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 Sharswood storefront to a Convenience Store?
The data shows a Convenience Store in Sharswood is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there, at 88.8% Best and 75.5% Worst.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Sharswood?
Start any location decision in Sharswood with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Sharswood addresses rank right now.
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StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. 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.