Business Survivability in Interbay, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Interbay is an Italian Restaurant with a 83.9% 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: an Italian Restaurant in Interbay (83.9% Typical, 89.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #11 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 77.8% 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 Interbay 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 Interbay is an Italian Restaurant with a 83.9% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 89.2% Best; next is a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice with 89.2% Best, followed by a Seafood Restaurant with 89.2% Best.
Is Interbay a good place to start a business?
Interbay holds the #11 position of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle for new business survivability, with an average score of 77.8% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 89.2% Best is 5.3 points above 83.9% Typical in Interbay.
- Yet even the strongest business types in Interbay see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- Interbay has a housing vacancy rate of 7.6% 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 Interbay?
StreetSpring's Interbay 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 Interbay with the highest projected survivability for an Italian Restaurant:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for an Italian Restaurant in Interbay. 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 Interbay?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian Restaurant | 89.2% | 83.9% | 78.4% |
| 2 | Mental Health Clinic | 89.2% | 85.3% | 81.4% |
| 3 | Seafood Restaurant | 89.2% | 84.6% | 79.8% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 88.7% | 84.6% | 80.5% |
| 5 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.7% | 84.7% | 80.7% |
| 6 | Acupuncture Clinic | 88.7% | 84.8% | 81.0% |
| 7 | Cafe | 87.3% | 78.7% | 73.9% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 87.3% | 82.4% | 77.5% |
| 9 | Salad Shop | 87.2% | 78.5% | 73.4% |
| 11 | Tea Shop | 87.0% | 79.1% | 74.9% |
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.
Ties on Best: Mental Health Clinic and Seafood Restaurant are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at Typical next.
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 Interbay
- #1 Opening an Italian Restaurant in Interbay shows 83.9% Typical survivability, 89.2% Best and 78.4% Worst.
- #2 Mental Health Clinic (Ranked #2): 85.3% Typical in Interbay. Best: 89.2%. Worst: 81.4%.
- #3 Seafood Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Interbay: 84.6% Typical, 89.2% Best, 79.8% Worst.
- #4 Physical Therapy Clinic: 84.6% Typical across Interbay; Best 88.7%, Worst 80.5%.
- #5 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Interbay shows 84.7% Typical survivability, 88.7% Best and 80.7% Worst.
Strong Performers in Interbay
- #6 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #6): 84.8% Typical in Interbay. Best: 88.7%. Worst: 81.0%.
- #7 Cafe is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Interbay: 78.7% Typical, 87.3% Best, 73.9% Worst.
- #8 Eye Care Center: 82.4% Typical across Interbay; Best 87.3%, Worst 77.5%.
- #9 Opening a Salad Shop in Interbay shows 78.5% Typical survivability, 87.2% Best and 73.4% Worst.
- #11 Tea Shop (Ranked #11): 79.1% Typical in Interbay. Best: 87.0%. Worst: 74.9%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Italian Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
- Mental Health Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Seafood Restaurant: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Interbay 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 Interbay 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 Interbay?
The top businesses to open next in Interbay:
- Italian Restaurants: 83.9% Typical, 89.2% Best
- Mental Health Clinics: 85.3% Typical, 89.2% Best
- Seafood Restaurants: 84.6% Typical, 89.2% 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. Interbay sits at 96.1% employment and 7.6% 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 Interbay are available right now and how they rank.
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- Explore Italian Restaurant survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Interbay.
What type of business should you rent your Interbay storefront to?
For landlords in Interbay, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Italian Restaurants, Mental Health Clinics, and Seafood Restaurants 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 Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Interbay storefront to an Italian Restaurant?
According to our 2026 survivability model, an Italian Restaurant leads all business categories for Interbay landlords: 89.2% Best and 78.4% 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 Interbay?
In Interbay, 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.
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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.