Business Survivability in Ravenna, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Ravenna is a Coffee Shop with a 81.5% 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 Coffee Shop in Ravenna (81.5% Typical, 88.2% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #68 of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle
- Neighborhood average: 68.0% 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 Ravenna 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 Ravenna is a Coffee Shop with a 81.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 88.2% Best; next is a Veterinary Clinic with 84.2% Best, followed by a Convenience Store with 84.1% Best.
Is Ravenna a good place to start a business?
Ravenna holds the #68 position of 94 neighborhoods in and around Seattle for new business survivability, with an average score of 68.0% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 88.2% Best is 6.7 points above 81.5% Typical in Ravenna.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Ravenna for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- Ravenna 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 Ravenna?
StreetSpring's Ravenna data goes block by block (not just neighborhood averages) so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Coffee Shop in Ravenna:
This map shows the optimal location for a Coffee Shop in Ravenna based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Ravenna?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coffee Shop | 88.2% | 81.5% | 76.3% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 84.2% | 77.9% | 71.6% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 84.1% | 75.4% | 69.0% |
| 4 | Chiropractor Office | 83.8% | 76.6% | 69.4% |
| 5 | Laundromat | 83.7% | 74.8% | 68.5% |
| 6 | Cafe | 83.5% | 74.7% | 68.3% |
| 7 | Gym | 82.5% | 73.6% | 66.6% |
| 8 | Bar | 82.1% | 74.2% | 68.2% |
| 9 | Spa | 81.5% | 73.0% | 66.1% |
| 10 | Eye Care Center | 81.3% | 74.5% | 67.6% |
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.
Highest Survivability in Ravenna
- #1 Opening a Coffee Shop in Ravenna shows 81.5% Typical survivability, 88.2% Best and 76.3% Worst.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 77.9% Typical in Ravenna. Best: 84.2%. Worst: 71.6%.
- #3 Convenience Store is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Ravenna: 75.4% Typical, 84.1% Best, 69.0% Worst.
- #4 Chiropractor Office: 76.6% Typical across Ravenna; Best 83.8%, Worst 69.4%.
- #5 Opening a Laundromat in Ravenna shows 74.8% Typical survivability, 83.7% Best and 68.5% Worst.
Strong Performers in Ravenna
- #6 Cafe (Ranked #6): 74.7% Typical in Ravenna. Best: 83.5%. Worst: 68.3%.
- #7 Gym is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Ravenna: 73.6% Typical, 82.5% Best, 66.6% Worst.
- #8 Bar: 74.2% Typical across Ravenna; Best 82.1%, Worst 68.2%.
- #9 Opening a Spa in Ravenna shows 73.0% Typical survivability, 81.5% Best and 66.1% Worst.
- #10 Eye Care Center (Ranked #10): 74.5% Typical in Ravenna. Best: 81.3%. Worst: 67.6%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Coffee Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Ravenna 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 Ravenna 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
- However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
- 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.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Ravenna?
The top businesses to open next in Ravenna:
- Coffee Shops: 81.5% Typical, 88.2% Best
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.9% Typical, 84.2% Best
- Convenience Stores: 75.4% Typical, 84.1% Best
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. 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. The survivability rankings for Ravenna draw on real Census conditions, including 96.1% employment and 7.6% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. New competitors open and close every week, changing the survivability landscape for every address in Ravenna. StreetSpring's regular updates mean you can always see the current score for any available storefront.
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- See the Seattle Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Seattle Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Coffee Shop survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Ravenna.
What type of business should you rent your Ravenna storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Ravenna, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Coffee Shops, Veterinary Clinics, and Convenience Stores.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Ravenna storefront to a Coffee Shop?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Coffee Shop leads all business categories for Ravenna landlords: 88.2% Best and 76.3% Worst.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Ravenna?
Location decisions in Ravenna should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- 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 predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Ravenna addresses rank right now.
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StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. 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.