Business Survivability in Vose, Portland
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Vose is a Cafe with a 77.7% 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 Cafe in Vose (77.7% Typical, 84.8% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #8 of 47 neighborhoods in and around Portland
- Neighborhood average: 68.8% 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 Vose 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 Vose is a Cafe with a 77.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 84.8% Best; next is a Chiropractor Office with 84.1% Best, followed by a Physical Therapy Clinic with 83.9% Best.
Is Vose a good place to start a business?
In Portland's survivability rankings, Vose comes in at #8 of 47 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 68.8% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 84.8% Best is 7.1 points above 77.7% Typical in Vose.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Vose can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- StreetSpring's model reads Vose's 4.3% housing vacancy rate, a Census measure of vacant homes and apartments, as one input among many.
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 Vose?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Vose that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Vose, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Cafe in 2026:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Cafe in Vose. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Vose?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cafe | 84.8% | 77.7% | 73.6% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 84.1% | 77.3% | 70.5% |
| 3 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 83.9% | 78.5% | 73.2% |
| 4 | Coffee Shop | 82.3% | 75.7% | 71.0% |
| 5 | Dentist Office | 81.2% | 74.7% | 68.2% |
| 9 | Eye Care Center | 79.8% | 73.5% | 67.1% |
| 10 | Gym | 79.4% | 71.6% | 64.5% |
| 11 | Hair Salon | 77.4% | 71.0% | 64.6% |
| 12 | Salad Shop | 77.1% | 70.6% | 64.2% |
| 13 | Chicken Shop | 76.9% | 70.5% | 64.0% |
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 Vose
- #1 Cafe (Ranked #1): 77.7% Typical in Vose. Best: 84.8%. Worst: 73.6%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Vose: 77.3% Typical, 84.1% Best, 70.5% Worst.
- #3 Physical Therapy Clinic: 78.5% Typical across Vose; Best 83.9%, Worst 73.2%.
- #4 Opening a Coffee Shop in Vose shows 75.7% Typical survivability, 82.3% Best and 71.0% Worst.
- #5 Dentist Office (Ranked #5): 74.7% Typical in Vose. Best: 81.2%. Worst: 68.2%.
Strong Performers in Vose
- #9 Eye Care Center is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Vose: 73.5% Typical, 79.8% Best, 67.1% Worst.
- #10 Gym: 71.6% Typical across Vose; Best 79.4%, Worst 64.5%.
- #11 Opening a Hair Salon in Vose shows 71.0% Typical survivability, 77.4% Best and 64.6% Worst.
- #12 Salad Shop (Ranked #12): 70.6% Typical in Vose. Best: 77.1%. Worst: 64.2%.
- #13 Chicken Shop is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Vose: 70.5% Typical, 76.9% Best, 64.0% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Vose make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Vose 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
- Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- 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.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Vose?
The top businesses to open next in Vose:
- Cafes: 77.7% Typical, 84.8% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 77.3% Typical, 84.1% Best
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 78.5% Typical, 83.9% Best
StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 4.3% means the Census estimates that share of Vose's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Vose 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 Cafe survivability across Portland neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Vose.
What type of business should you rent your Vose storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Vose, Cafes, Chiropractor Offices, and Physical Therapy Clinics consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Vose: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Portland Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Vose storefront to a Cafe?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Cafe would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to in Vose, with 84.8% Best and 73.6% Worst for the chance of lasting two or more years.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What should I consider when opening a business in Vose?
In Vose, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- 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.
- These forecasts are generated using StreetSpring's unique analytical framework.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Vose.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.