Business Survivability in Greenway, Portland
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Greenway is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.9% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Greenway (81.9% Typical, 87.1% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #4 of 47 neighborhoods in and around Portland
- Neighborhood average: 70.5% 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 Greenway 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 Greenway is a Veterinary Clinic with a 81.9% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 87.1% Best; next is a Cafe with 85.8% Best, followed by a Coffee Shop with 85.4% Best.
Is Greenway a good place to start a business?
Greenway holds the #4 position of 47 neighborhoods in and around Portland for new business survivability, with an average score of 70.5% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 87.1% Best is 5.2 points above 81.9% Typical in Greenway.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Greenway see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- Greenway has a housing vacancy rate of 3.3% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Greenway?
StreetSpring's Greenway data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The location below represents the address in Greenway with the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic in Greenway. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in Greenway?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.1% | 81.9% | 76.6% |
| 2 | Cafe | 85.8% | 77.8% | 73.2% |
| 3 | Coffee Shop | 85.4% | 78.1% | 74.2% |
| 4 | Chiropractor Office | 84.8% | 77.8% | 70.9% |
| 5 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 82.9% | 76.2% | 69.6% |
| 6 | Mental Health Clinic | 82.5% | 75.7% | 69.0% |
| 10 | Spa | 81.8% | 74.4% | 68.7% |
| 11 | Eye Care Center | 81.7% | 74.5% | 67.4% |
| 12 | Hair Salon | 81.4% | 74.0% | 68.2% |
| 13 | Convenience Store | 80.8% | 72.3% | 64.6% |
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 Greenway
- #1 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Greenway shows 81.9% Typical survivability, 87.1% Best and 76.6% Worst.
- #2 Cafe (Ranked #2): 77.8% Typical in Greenway. Best: 85.8%. Worst: 73.2%.
- #3 Coffee Shop is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Greenway: 78.1% Typical, 85.4% Best, 74.2% Worst.
- #4 Chiropractor Office: 77.8% Typical across Greenway; Best 84.8%, Worst 70.9%.
- #5 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Greenway shows 76.2% Typical survivability, 82.9% Best and 69.6% Worst.
Strong Performers in Greenway
- #6 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #6): 75.7% Typical in Greenway. Best: 82.5%. Worst: 69.0%.
- #10 Spa is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Greenway: 74.4% Typical, 81.8% Best, 68.7% Worst.
- #11 Eye Care Center: 74.5% Typical across Greenway; Best 81.7%, Worst 67.4%.
- #12 Opening a Hair Salon in Greenway shows 74.0% Typical survivability, 81.4% Best and 68.2% Worst.
- #13 Convenience Store (Ranked #13): 72.3% Typical in Greenway. Best: 80.8%. Worst: 64.6%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
- Coffee Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Greenway 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 Greenway 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 the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- 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 Greenway?
The top businesses to open next in Greenway:
- Veterinary Clinics: 81.9% Typical, 87.1% Best
- Cafes: 77.8% Typical, 85.8% Best
- Coffee Shops: 78.1% Typical, 85.4% Best
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. 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. Greenway sits at 95.8% employment and 3.3% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Greenway are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Portland Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Portland Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Portland neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Greenway.
What type of business should you rent your Greenway storefront to?
For landlords in Greenway, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Veterinary Clinics, Cafes, and Coffee Shops as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 500+ business types, so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Portland Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Greenway storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Greenway landlords: 87.1% Best and 76.6% 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 Greenway?
In Greenway, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- 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.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.
StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. Aggregated survivability rankings for Portland are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Portland: /resources/data/portland-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.