Business Survivability in The Palisades, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in The Palisades is a Bar with a 77.3% 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 Bar in The Palisades (77.3% Typical, 84.0% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #71 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 69.0% 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 The Palisades 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 The Palisades is a Bar with a 77.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 84.0% Best; next is a Physical Therapy Clinic with 83.6% Best, followed by a Veterinary Clinic with 83.6% Best.
Is The Palisades a good place to start a business?
Among the 129 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Washington DC, The Palisades ranks #71 for business survivability, with an average 69.0% chance of lasting two or more years.
- For the top-ranked business type, 84.0% Best is 6.7 points above 77.3% Typical in The Palisades.
- But at poorly chosen addresses within The Palisades, even the top-ranked business types can fall well below the neighborhood average. Location selection remains critical: a promising concept at the wrong spot still carries significant risk.
- At 99.0% employed, The Palisades'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 The Palisades?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in The Palisades that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Bar in The Palisades:
The highlighted area represents the address in The Palisades that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Bar survivability. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in The Palisades?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bar | 84.0% | 77.3% | 73.3% |
| 2 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 83.6% | 78.9% | 74.2% |
| 3 | Veterinary Clinic | 83.6% | 77.5% | 71.5% |
| 4 | Chiropractor Office | 83.5% | 79.1% | 74.6% |
| 5 | Acupuncture Clinic | 83.4% | 78.7% | 74.0% |
| 9 | Cafe | 81.5% | 72.8% | 65.7% |
| 10 | Eye Care Center | 80.7% | 75.2% | 69.6% |
| 11 | Smoke Shop | 80.4% | 74.6% | 69.3% |
| 12 | Day Care Center | 80.0% | 74.7% | 69.5% |
| 13 | Dance Club | 79.1% | 73.8% | 68.5% |
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 The Palisades
- #1 Bar: 77.3% Typical across The Palisades; Best 84.0%, Worst 73.3%.
- #2 Opening a Physical Therapy Clinic in The Palisades shows 78.9% Typical survivability, 83.6% Best and 74.2% Worst.
- #3 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #3): 77.5% Typical in The Palisades. Best: 83.6%. Worst: 71.5%.
- #4 Chiropractor Office is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in The Palisades: 79.1% Typical, 83.5% Best, 74.6% Worst.
- #5 Acupuncture Clinic: 78.7% Typical across The Palisades; Best 83.4%, Worst 74.0%.
Strong Performers in The Palisades
- #9 Opening a Cafe in The Palisades shows 72.8% Typical survivability, 81.5% Best and 65.7% Worst.
- #10 Eye Care Center (Ranked #10): 75.2% Typical in The Palisades. Best: 80.7%. Worst: 69.6%.
- #11 Smoke Shop is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in The Palisades: 74.6% Typical, 80.4% Best, 69.3% Worst.
- #12 Day Care Center: 74.7% Typical across The Palisades; Best 80.0%, Worst 69.5%.
- #13 Opening a Dance Club in The Palisades shows 73.8% Typical survivability, 79.1% Best and 68.5% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Bar: See how this compares to other cities →
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in The Palisades make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in The Palisades 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
- Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What businesses should open next in The Palisades?
The top businesses to open next in The Palisades:
- Bars: 77.3% Typical, 84.0% Best
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 78.9% Typical, 83.6% Best
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.5% Typical, 83.6% Best
For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. 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 Palisades's employment rate (99.0%) and housing vacancy rate (0.9%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in The Palisades today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in The Palisades.
What type of business should you rent your The Palisades storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in The Palisades, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Bars, Physical Therapy Clinics, and Veterinary Clinics.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in The Palisades: 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 The Palisades storefront to a Bar?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Bar would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to in The Palisades, with 84.0% Best and 73.3% Worst for the chance of lasting two or more years.
- StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.
What should I consider when opening a business in The Palisades?
Don't commit to a storefront in The Palisades without first checking its Survivability Score: two addresses on the same block can carry different projected chances.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring offers a free 10-minute trial of its survivability scores: see how your shortlisted The Palisades addresses rank right now.
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Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. 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.