Business Survivability in Edgewood, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Edgewood is a Smoke Shop with a 86.5% 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 Smoke Shop in Edgewood (86.5% Typical, 90.3% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #7 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 84.0% 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 Edgewood 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 Edgewood is a Smoke Shop with a 86.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.3% Best; next is a Dance Club with 90.1% Best, followed by a Salad Shop with 90.0% Best.
Is Edgewood a good place to start a business?
In Washington DC's survivability rankings, Edgewood comes in at #7 of 129 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 84.0% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.3% Best is 3.8 points above 86.5% Typical in Edgewood.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Edgewood can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- StreetSpring's model reads Edgewood's 6.9% housing vacancy rate, a Census measure of vacant homes and apartments, as one input among many.
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 Edgewood?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Edgewood that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Edgewood, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Smoke Shop in 2026:
StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Smoke Shop in Edgewood. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. The model evaluates hundreds of factors, from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, site accessibility, and local market share potential.
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What are the best businesses to open in Edgewood?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Shop | 90.3% | 86.5% | 82.4% |
| 2 | Dance Club | 90.1% | 86.4% | 82.7% |
| 3 | Salad Shop | 90.0% | 85.6% | 81.1% |
| 4 | Chicken Shop | 90.0% | 85.6% | 81.1% |
| 5 | International Grocery Store | 89.4% | 85.0% | 80.7% |
| 6 | Chinese Restaurant | 89.2% | 85.3% | 81.2% |
| 57 | Brewery | 89.1% | 85.0% | 81.0% |
| 59 | Chiropractor Office | 89.1% | 87.3% | 85.6% |
| 61 | Eye Care Center | 89.0% | 86.1% | 83.1% |
| 64 | Dentist Office | 89.0% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
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 Edgewood
- #1 Smoke Shop (Ranked #1): 86.5% Typical in Edgewood. Best: 90.3%. Worst: 82.4%.
- #2 Dance Club is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Edgewood: 86.4% Typical, 90.1% Best, 82.7% Worst.
- #3 Salad Shop: 85.6% Typical across Edgewood; Best 90.0%, Worst 81.1%.
- #4 Opening a Chicken Shop in Edgewood shows 85.6% Typical survivability, 90.0% Best and 81.1% Worst.
- #5 International Grocery Store (Ranked #5): 85.0% Typical in Edgewood. Best: 89.4%. Worst: 80.7%.
Strong Performers in Edgewood
- #6 Chinese Restaurant is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Edgewood: 85.3% Typical, 89.2% Best, 81.2% Worst.
- #57 Brewery: 85.0% Typical across Edgewood; Best 89.1%, Worst 81.0%.
- #59 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Edgewood shows 87.3% Typical survivability, 89.1% Best and 85.6% Worst.
- #61 Eye Care Center (Ranked #61): 86.1% Typical in Edgewood. Best: 89.0%. Worst: 83.1%.
- #64 Dentist Office is ranked #64 for top businesses to open in Edgewood: 86.5% Typical, 89.0% Best, 84.0% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Smoke Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dance Club: See how this compares to other cities →
- Salad Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Edgewood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Edgewood 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.
- 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.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What businesses should open next in Edgewood?
The top businesses to open next in Edgewood:
- Smoke Shops: 86.5% Typical, 90.3% Best
- Dance Clubs: 86.4% Typical, 90.1% Best
- Salad Shops: 85.6% Typical, 90.0% Best
StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. A housing vacancy rate of 6.9% means the Census estimates that share of Edgewood's homes and apartments to be vacant; the model reads it as one input among many. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Edgewood are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Edgewood.
What type of business should you rent your Edgewood storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Edgewood, Smoke Shops, Dance Clubs, and Salad Shops consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Every site-selection decision starts with location, the one factor you can check before you sign a lease.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Edgewood: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Edgewood storefront to a Smoke Shop?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Smoke Shop would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to in Edgewood, with 90.3% Best and 82.4% Worst for the chance of lasting two or more years.
- Two storefronts on the same street can have different survivability scores: StreetSpring calculates each one individually.
What should I consider when opening a business in Edgewood?
In Edgewood, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- 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 forecasts are generated using StreetSpring's unique analytical framework.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Edgewood.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.