Business Survivability in Beacon Hill, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Beacon Hill is a Pizza Restaurant with a 83.2% 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 Pizza Restaurant in Beacon Hill (83.2% Typical, 88.6% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #54 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 71.6% 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 Beacon Hill 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 Beacon Hill is a Pizza Restaurant with a 83.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 88.6% Best; next is a Seafood Restaurant with 88.5% Best, followed by a Physical Therapy Clinic with 87.5% Best.
Is Beacon Hill a good place to start a business?
Beacon Hill is ranked number 54 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle to start a business, with an average 71.6% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 88.6% Best is 5.4 points above 83.2% Typical in Beacon Hill.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Beacon Hill see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- StreetSpring's model reads Beacon Hill's 6.1% 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 Beacon Hill?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Beacon Hill offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. The location below represents the address in Beacon Hill with the highest projected survivability for a Pizza Restaurant:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Pizza Restaurant in Beacon Hill. 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 Beacon Hill?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pizza Restaurant | 88.6% | 83.2% | 78.0% |
| 2 | Seafood Restaurant | 88.5% | 82.9% | 77.7% |
| 3 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 87.5% | 83.3% | 79.1% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 87.4% | 83.2% | 79.0% |
| 5 | Mental Health Clinic | 87.4% | 83.1% | 78.8% |
| 6 | Coffee Shop | 87.2% | 81.7% | 77.1% |
| 7 | Ethiopian Restaurant | 86.7% | 79.8% | 75.4% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 86.6% | 83.0% | 79.4% |
| 9 | Hair Salon | 85.5% | 79.7% | 75.9% |
| 10 | Chicken Shop | 85.4% | 78.4% | 74.3% |
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 Beacon Hill
- #1 Pizza Restaurant is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Beacon Hill: 83.2% Typical, 88.6% Best, 78.0% Worst.
- #2 Seafood Restaurant: 82.9% Typical across Beacon Hill; Best 88.5%, Worst 77.7%.
- #3 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in Beacon Hill shows 83.3% Typical survivability, 87.5% Best and 79.1% Worst.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #4): 83.2% Typical in Beacon Hill. Best: 87.4%. Worst: 79.0%.
- #5 Mental Health Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Beacon Hill: 83.1% Typical, 87.4% Best, 78.8% Worst.
Strong Performers in Beacon Hill
- #6 Coffee Shop: 81.7% Typical across Beacon Hill; Best 87.2%, Worst 77.1%.
- #7 Opening an Ethiopian Restaurant in Beacon Hill shows 79.8% Typical survivability, 86.7% Best and 75.4% Worst.
- #8 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #8): 83.0% Typical in Beacon Hill. Best: 86.6%. Worst: 79.4%.
- #9 Hair Salon is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Beacon Hill: 79.7% Typical, 85.5% Best, 75.9% Worst.
- #10 Chicken Shop: 78.4% Typical across Beacon Hill; Best 85.4%, Worst 74.3%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Pizza Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
- Seafood Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Beacon Hill make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Beacon Hill 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.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Beacon Hill?
The top businesses to open next in Beacon Hill:
- Pizza Restaurants: 83.2% Typical, 88.6% Best
- Seafood Restaurants: 82.9% Typical, 88.5% Best
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 83.3% Typical, 87.5% Best
The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. Our analysis covers every major metro in the country: 24 cities and 180 million++ consumers. 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 Beacon Hill's 97.3% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Beacon Hill right now.
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- See the Seattle Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Seattle Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Pizza Restaurant survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Beacon Hill.
What type of business should you rent your Beacon Hill storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Beacon Hill are Pizza Restaurants, Seafood Restaurants, and Physical Therapy Clinics.
- 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 can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Beacon Hill storefront to a Pizza Restaurant?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Pizza Restaurant leads all business categories for Beacon Hill landlords: 88.6% Best and 78.0% Worst.
- 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 Beacon Hill?
Check the Survivability Score for your specific address in Beacon Hill before signing a lease, alongside your own read of foot traffic and the local customer base.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Beacon Hill.
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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 Seattle are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Seattle: /resources/data/seattle-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.