Business Survivability in Waverly Hills, Washington DC
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Waverly Hills is a Veterinary Clinic 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 Veterinary Clinic in Waverly Hills (77.3% Typical, 83.5% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #97 of 129 neighborhoods in and around Washington DC
- Neighborhood average: 64.5% 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 Waverly Hills 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 Waverly Hills is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 83.5% Best; next is a Clothing Store with 81.5% Best, followed by a Coffee Shop with 79.9% Best.
Is Waverly Hills a good place to start a business?
In Washington DC's survivability rankings, Waverly Hills comes in at #97 of 129 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 64.5% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 83.5% Best is 6.2 points above 77.3% Typical in Waverly Hills.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Waverly Hills can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- A 99.0% employment rate in Waverly Hills means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Waverly Hills?
StreetSpring scores each block in Waverly Hills so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Veterinary Clinic in Waverly Hills:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Waverly Hills based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. 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 Waverly Hills?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 83.5% | 77.3% | 71.1% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 81.5% | 71.4% | 62.3% |
| 3 | Coffee Shop | 79.9% | 72.9% | 66.7% |
| 4 | Cafe | 79.8% | 72.3% | 65.5% |
| 5 | Chiropractor Office | 77.8% | 71.1% | 64.3% |
| 6 | Gym | 77.1% | 71.9% | 66.7% |
| 7 | Convenience Store | 76.2% | 67.8% | 59.5% |
| 8 | Hair Salon | 74.7% | 68.0% | 61.2% |
| 9 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 74.2% | 67.6% | 61.1% |
| 10 | Acupuncture Clinic | 74.2% | 67.6% | 61.0% |
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.
Highest Survivability in Waverly Hills
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 77.3% Typical across Waverly Hills; Best 83.5%, Worst 71.1%.
- #2 Opening a Clothing Store in Waverly Hills shows 71.4% Typical survivability, 81.5% Best and 62.3% Worst.
- #3 Coffee Shop (Ranked #3): 72.9% Typical in Waverly Hills. Best: 79.9%. Worst: 66.7%.
- #4 Cafe is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Waverly Hills: 72.3% Typical, 79.8% Best, 65.5% Worst.
- #5 Chiropractor Office: 71.1% Typical across Waverly Hills; Best 77.8%, Worst 64.3%.
Strong Performers in Waverly Hills
- #6 Opening a Gym in Waverly Hills shows 71.9% Typical survivability, 77.1% Best and 66.7% Worst.
- #7 Convenience Store (Ranked #7): 67.8% Typical in Waverly Hills. Best: 76.2%. Worst: 59.5%.
- #8 Hair Salon is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Waverly Hills: 68.0% Typical, 74.7% Best, 61.2% Worst.
- #9 Physical Therapy Clinic: 67.6% Typical across Waverly Hills; Best 74.2%, Worst 61.1%.
- #10 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Waverly Hills shows 67.6% Typical survivability, 74.2% Best and 61.0% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Coffee Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Waverly Hills 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 Waverly Hills 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.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- 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 generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What businesses should open next in Waverly Hills?
The top businesses to open next in Waverly Hills:
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.3% Typical, 83.5% Best
- Clothing Stores: 71.4% Typical, 81.5% Best
- Coffee Shops: 72.9% Typical, 79.9% Best
These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. 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. Waverly Hills's 99.0% employment rate and 6.4% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Waverly Hills are available right now and how they rank.
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- See the Washington DC Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Washington DC Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across Washington DC neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Waverly Hills.
What type of business should you rent your Waverly Hills storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Veterinary Clinics, Clothing Stores, and Coffee Shops at the top of the survivability rankings for Waverly Hills, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Washington DC Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Waverly Hills storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Waverly Hills landlords: 83.5% Best and 71.1% Worst.
- StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.
What should I consider when opening a business in Waverly Hills?
In Waverly Hills, the first step in your site-selection decision is checking the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Waverly Hills.
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StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. 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.