Business Survivability in West Parkside, Philadelphia
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in West Parkside is a Convenience Store with a 85.4% 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 Convenience Store in West Parkside (85.4% Typical, 90.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #88 of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia
- Neighborhood average: 66.2% 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 West Parkside 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 West Parkside is a Convenience Store with a 85.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.2% Best; next is a Laundromat with 89.1% Best, followed by a Chiropractor Office with 88.5% Best.
Is West Parkside a good place to start a business?
West Parkside holds the #88 position of 127 neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia for new business survivability, with an average score of 66.2% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.2% Best is 4.8 points above 85.4% Typical in West Parkside.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in West Parkside can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- Housing vacancy in West Parkside sits at 17.9%, 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 West Parkside?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in West Parkside give your concept the best odds of survival. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Convenience Store in West Parkside:
The highlighted area represents the address in West Parkside that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Convenience Store survivability. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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 West Parkside?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 90.2% | 85.4% | 80.5% |
| 2 | Laundromat | 89.1% | 82.9% | 77.4% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 88.5% | 85.1% | 81.6% |
| 4 | Cafe | 88.1% | 78.1% | 72.7% |
| 5 | Clothing Store | 86.5% | 78.3% | 73.5% |
| 6 | Dermatology Clinic | 84.0% | 80.0% | 76.0% |
| 7 | Acupuncture Clinic | 83.9% | 79.9% | 75.8% |
| 10 | Veterinary Clinic | 83.5% | 79.4% | 75.2% |
| 12 | Gym | 80.7% | 74.5% | 69.4% |
| 13 | Pet Boarding Facility | 77.9% | 73.4% | 69.0% |
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.
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 West Parkside
- #1 Convenience Store (Ranked #1): 85.4% Typical in West Parkside. Best: 90.2%. Worst: 80.5%.
- #2 Laundromat is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in West Parkside: 82.9% Typical, 89.1% Best, 77.4% Worst.
- #3 Chiropractor Office: 85.1% Typical across West Parkside; Best 88.5%, Worst 81.6%.
- #4 Opening a Cafe in West Parkside shows 78.1% Typical survivability, 88.1% Best and 72.7% Worst.
- #5 Clothing Store (Ranked #5): 78.3% Typical in West Parkside. Best: 86.5%. Worst: 73.5%.
Strong Performers in West Parkside
- #6 Dermatology Clinic is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in West Parkside: 80.0% Typical, 84.0% Best, 76.0% Worst.
- #7 Acupuncture Clinic: 79.9% Typical across West Parkside; Best 83.9%, Worst 75.8%.
- #10 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in West Parkside shows 79.4% Typical survivability, 83.5% Best and 75.2% Worst.
- #12 Gym (Ranked #12): 74.5% Typical in West Parkside. Best: 80.7%. Worst: 69.4%.
- #13 Pet Boarding Facility is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in West Parkside: 73.4% Typical, 77.9% Best, 69.0% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Laundromat: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in West Parkside make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in West Parkside 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
- The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another: always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in West Parkside?
The top businesses to open next in West Parkside:
- Convenience Stores: 85.4% Typical, 90.2% Best
- Laundromats: 82.9% Typical, 89.1% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 85.1% Typical, 88.5% Best
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. West Parkside's employment rate (89.6%) and housing vacancy rate (17.9%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in West Parkside are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in West Parkside.
What type of business should you rent your West Parkside storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Convenience Stores, Laundromats, and Chiropractor Offices at the top of the survivability rankings for West Parkside, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 West Parkside storefront to a Convenience Store?
Yes, our 2026 model ranks a Convenience Store first among business types for West Parkside storefronts, with 90.2% Best and 80.5% 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 West Parkside?
In West Parkside, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in West Parkside with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. 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.