Business Survivability in Claremont, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Claremont is a Brunch Restaurant with a ~79% 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 Brunch Restaurant in Claremont (~79% average survival rate, ~83% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #24 across all neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: ~79% two-year survival across all business types
- 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: September 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Claremont 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 Claremont is a Brunch Restaurant with a ~79% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~83% chance; next is an Asian Fusion Restaurant with a 79.11% chance, followed by a Thai Restaurant with a 79.01% chance.
Is Claremont a good place to start a business?
Claremont is ranked number 24 across neighborhoods in and around Washington DC to start a business, with an average ~79% chance of lasting two or more years.
- Across Claremont, the best addresses for its highest-ranked business types score ~9% above the neighborhood mean.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Claremont can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Claremont will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- A 95.5% employment rate in Claremont means a large share of local consumers have steady income — a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
Employment and vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Claremont?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Claremont for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Brunch Restaurant in Claremont:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Brunch Restaurant in Claremont. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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 Claremont?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunch Restaurant | 79.53% |
| 2 | Asian Fusion Restaurant | 79.11% |
| 3 | Thai Restaurant | 79.01% |
| 4 | Seafood Restaurant | 77.96% |
| 5 | Dance Club | 77.88% |
| 6 | Liquor Store | 77.62% |
| 7 | Smoke Shop | 77.39% |
| 8 | Coffee Shop | 76.50% |
| 9 | Pet Boarding Facility | 76.06% |
| 10 | Gym | 75.85% |
#1-5: Highest Survivability in Claremont
- Opening a Brunch Restaurant in Claremont shows 79.53% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~76%.
- Asian Fusion Restaurant (Ranked #2): 79.11% average in Claremont. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~77%.
- Thai Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Claremont: 79.01% chance on average, best at ~82%, challenging at ~76%.
- Seafood Restaurant — ~75%–~80% survivability range, with an average of 77.96% across Claremont.
- Opening a Dance Club in Claremont shows 77.88% average survivability. Top locations reach ~81%; lower-end sites show ~75%.
#6-10: Strong Performers in Claremont
- Liquor Store (Ranked #6): 77.62% average in Claremont. Best-case storefronts: ~79%. Challenging locations: ~75%.
- Smoke Shop is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Claremont: 77.39% chance on average, best at ~79%, challenging at ~76%.
- Coffee Shop — ~73%–~79% survivability range, with an average of 76.50% across Claremont.
- Opening a Pet Boarding Facility in Claremont shows 76.06% average survivability. Top locations reach ~78%; lower-end sites show ~73%.
- Gym (Ranked #10): 75.85% average in Claremont. Best-case storefronts: ~78%. Challenging locations: ~74%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Brunch Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
- Asian Fusion Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
- Thai Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Claremont 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 Claremont could lead to you making ~9% more than if you selected an average location, and ~20% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- Site-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring's analysis shows that businesses in top-scoring locations generate meaningfully more revenue and stay open longer than those in average locations.
- StreetSpring can pinpoint which blocks in each neighborhood or city maximize a business's chances of success.
What businesses should open next in Claremont?
The top businesses to open next in Claremont:
- Brunch Restaurants — 79.53% average survival rate, ~83% at the best address
- Asian Fusion Restaurants — 79.11% average survival rate
- Thai Restaurants — 79.01% average survival rate
For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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 Claremont's 95.5% employment rate when projecting survivability — businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. StreetSpring updates survivability scores for available locations weekly — check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Claremont are currently available and how they score.
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- See the Washington DC Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Washington DC Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Brunch Restaurant survivability across Washington DC neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Claremont.
What type of business should you rent your Claremont storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the business categories with the strongest long-term lease retention in Claremont are Brunch Restaurants, Asian Fusion Restaurants, and Thai Restaurants.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- StreetSpring can pinpoint which blocks in each neighborhood or city maximize a business's chances of 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 Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Claremont storefront to a Brunch Restaurant?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Brunch Restaurant in Claremont: best-in-class addresses achieve ~83% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at ~76% — above average for most business types.
- StreetSpring can pinpoint which blocks in each neighborhood or city maximize a business's chances of success.
What should I consider when opening a business in Claremont?
Survivability Score is the North Star metric for any location decision in Claremont: it aggregates 100+ factors so you don't have to evaluate each one individually.
- Where survivability is highest, Revenue Capture Score is invariably strong — the two are tightly correlated across every business type we've analyzed.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own — built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- No subscription required: access the current survivability score for any Claremont address through StreetSpring's free tool.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. Aggregated survivability rankings for Washington DC are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Washington DC: /resources/data/washington-dc-survivability-scores-2026.csv — includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.