Business Survivability in Redmond, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Redmond is a Veterinary Clinic with a 80.2% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Redmond (80.2% Typical, 85.2% Best)
- Town rank: #15 of 23 towns around Seattle
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 69.4% 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 Redmond 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 Redmond is a Veterinary Clinic with a 80.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 85.2% Best; next is a Chiropractor Office with 84.3% Best, followed by a Spa with 82.9% Best.
Is Redmond a good place to start a business?
In Seattle's survivability rankings, Redmond comes in at #15 of 23 towns, with an average Survivability Score of 69.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 85.2% Best is 5.0 points above 80.2% Typical in Redmond.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Redmond can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- At 95.3% employed, Redmond's consumer base has the spending capacity that makes the neighborhood viable for a wide range of business types, though location selection within the neighborhood still determines actual survivability.
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 Redmond?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Redmond for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Veterinary Clinic in Redmond:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Redmond based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. 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 Redmond?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 85.2% | 80.2% | 75.2% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 84.3% | 78.7% | 73.0% |
| 3 | Spa | 82.9% | 76.3% | 72.0% |
| 4 | Eye Care Center | 82.3% | 76.3% | 70.4% |
| 5 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 81.7% | 75.7% | 69.6% |
| 6 | Dentist Office | 81.7% | 75.6% | 69.6% |
| 8 | Coffee Shop | 81.5% | 75.1% | 70.3% |
| 11 | Hair Salon | 80.5% | 74.6% | 69.7% |
| 12 | Cosmetics Shop | 79.5% | 73.5% | 67.6% |
| 17 | Pet Store | 78.4% | 72.1% | 65.9% |
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.
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 Redmond
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Redmond: 80.2% Typical, 85.2% Best, 75.2% Worst.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 78.7% Typical across Redmond; Best 84.3%, Worst 73.0%.
- #3 Opening a Spa in Redmond shows 76.3% Typical survivability, 82.9% Best and 72.0% Worst.
- #4 Eye Care Center (Ranked #4): 76.3% Typical in Redmond. Best: 82.3%. Worst: 70.4%.
- #5 Physical Therapy Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Redmond: 75.7% Typical, 81.7% Best, 69.6% Worst.
Strong Performers in Redmond
- #6 Dentist Office: 75.6% Typical across Redmond; Best 81.7%, Worst 69.6%.
- #8 Opening a Coffee Shop in Redmond shows 75.1% Typical survivability, 81.5% Best and 70.3% Worst.
- #11 Hair Salon (Ranked #11): 74.6% Typical in Redmond. Best: 80.5%. Worst: 69.7%.
- #12 Cosmetics Shop is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Redmond: 73.5% Typical, 79.5% Best, 67.6% Worst.
- #17 Pet Store: 72.1% Typical across Redmond; Best 78.4%, Worst 65.9%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Spa: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Redmond make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Redmond 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.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- 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 analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What businesses should open next in Redmond?
The top businesses to open next in Redmond:
- Veterinary Clinics: 80.2% Typical, 85.2% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 78.7% Typical, 84.3% Best
- Spas: 76.3% Typical, 82.9% Best
However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. Our platform incorporates data from thousands of neighborhoods nationwide. 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. Redmond sits at 95.3% employment and 5.0% 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 Redmond are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Seattle Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Seattle Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Seattle neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Redmond.
What type of business should you rent your Redmond storefront to?
For landlords in Redmond, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Spas as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for two or more years.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Seattle Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Redmond storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Veterinary Clinic as the highest-ranked tenant type for Redmond, at 85.2% Best and 75.2% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What should I consider when opening a business in Redmond?
Location decisions in Redmond should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- Start with a free 10-minute trial: check the current survivability score for any Redmond address on StreetSpring.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.