Business Survivability in Woodinville, Seattle
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Woodinville is a Veterinary Clinic with a 79.5% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Woodinville (79.5% Typical, 85.0% Best)
- Town rank: #9 of 23 towns around Seattle
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 71.6% 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 Woodinville 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 Woodinville is a Veterinary Clinic with a 79.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 85.0% Best; next is a Coffee Shop with 83.7% Best, followed by a Chiropractor Office with 83.5% Best.
Is Woodinville a good place to start a business?
In Seattle's survivability rankings, Woodinville comes in at #9 of 23 towns, with an average Survivability Score of 71.6% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 85.0% Best is 5.5 points above 79.5% Typical in Woodinville.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Woodinville can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Woodinville will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- At 96.6% employed, Woodinville'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 Woodinville?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Woodinville produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. Here is the top survivability address for a Veterinary Clinic in Woodinville, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Woodinville based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. 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 Woodinville?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 85.0% | 79.5% | 74.1% |
| 2 | Coffee Shop | 83.7% | 76.8% | 72.5% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 83.5% | 77.7% | 71.9% |
| 4 | Spa | 83.4% | 76.5% | 72.0% |
| 5 | Bar | 82.5% | 75.2% | 69.9% |
| 6 | Hair Salon | 82.5% | 75.3% | 70.2% |
| 7 | Eye Care Center | 82.3% | 76.1% | 69.8% |
| 8 | Dentist Office | 82.1% | 75.8% | 69.4% |
| 9 | Dermatology Clinic | 81.9% | 75.6% | 69.3% |
| 13 | Cosmetics Shop | 81.4% | 74.4% | 68.4% |
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 Woodinville
- #1 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Woodinville shows 79.5% Typical survivability, 85.0% Best and 74.1% Worst.
- #2 Coffee Shop (Ranked #2): 76.8% Typical in Woodinville. Best: 83.7%. Worst: 72.5%.
- #3 Chiropractor Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Woodinville: 77.7% Typical, 83.5% Best, 71.9% Worst.
- #4 Spa: 76.5% Typical across Woodinville; Best 83.4%, Worst 72.0%.
- #5 Opening a Bar in Woodinville shows 75.2% Typical survivability, 82.5% Best and 69.9% Worst.
Strong Performers in Woodinville
- #6 Hair Salon (Ranked #6): 75.3% Typical in Woodinville. Best: 82.5%. Worst: 70.2%.
- #7 Eye Care Center is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Woodinville: 76.1% Typical, 82.3% Best, 69.8% Worst.
- #8 Dentist Office: 75.8% Typical across Woodinville; Best 82.1%, Worst 69.4%.
- #9 Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Woodinville shows 75.6% Typical survivability, 81.9% Best and 69.3% Worst.
- #13 Cosmetics Shop (Ranked #13): 74.4% Typical in Woodinville. Best: 81.4%. Worst: 68.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Coffee Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Woodinville 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 Woodinville 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
- Site-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- 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 Woodinville?
The top businesses to open next in Woodinville:
- Veterinary Clinics: 79.5% Typical, 85.0% Best
- Coffee Shops: 76.8% Typical, 83.7% Best
- Chiropractor Offices: 77.7% Typical, 83.5% Best
Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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 Woodinville draw on real Census conditions, including 96.6% employment and 4.3% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Woodinville right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Woodinville.
What type of business should you rent your Woodinville storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Woodinville shows that Veterinary Clinics, Coffee Shops, and Chiropractor Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- 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 Woodinville storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Veterinary Clinic as the highest-ranked tenant type for Woodinville, at 85.0% Best and 74.1% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Woodinville?
In Woodinville, 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.
- Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted Woodinville addresses rank right now.
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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.