Business Survivability in Belmont Shore, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Belmont Shore is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.7% 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 Chiropractor Office in Belmont Shore (81.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #89 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- 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: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Belmont Shore 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 Belmont Shore is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.7% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.7% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 74.3% chance.
Is Belmont Shore a good place to start a business?
Belmont Shore holds the #89 position of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles for new business survivability, with an average score of 64.5% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Belmont Shore is 8.3 points on the two-year chance.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Belmont Shore can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Belmont Shore could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- Belmont Shore has a housing vacancy rate of 4.7% in Census data: the share of its homes and apartments standing empty, one of the neighborhood characteristics StreetSpring's model reads.
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 Belmont Shore?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Belmont Shore, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Chiropractor Office in Belmont Shore:
This map shows the optimal location for a Chiropractor Office in Belmont Shore based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. 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 Belmont Shore?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 86.6% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 85.8% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 84.0% |
| 6 | Spa | 84.0% |
| 7 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 8 | Acupuncture Clinic | 84.0% |
| 9 | Mental Health Clinic | 84.0% |
| 11 | Convenience Store | 83.8% |
Ties at a good address: Hair Salon, Spa, Bar, Acupuncture Clinic and Mental Health Clinic are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at the average and the best address next.
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 Belmont Shore
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 81.7% on average across Belmont Shore; best at 90.0%, challenging at 67.5%.
- #2 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Belmont Shore shows 77.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 88.3%; lower-end sites show 64.5%.
- #3 Eye Care Center (Ranked #3): 74.3% average in Belmont Shore. Best-case storefronts: 87.9%. Challenging locations: 59.4%.
- #4 Clothing Store is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Belmont Shore: 73.7% chance on average, best at 84.6%, challenging at 57.1%.
- #5 Hair Salon: 80.3% on average across Belmont Shore; best at 84.0%, challenging at 68.2%.
Strong Performers in Belmont Shore
- #6 Opening a Spa in Belmont Shore shows 80.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 71.4%.
- #7 Bar (Ranked #7): 75.7% average in Belmont Shore. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 57.4%.
- #8 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Belmont Shore: 73.3% chance on average, best at 86.2%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #9 Mental Health Clinic: 73.3% on average across Belmont Shore; best at 85.8%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #11 Opening a Convenience Store in Belmont Shore shows 75.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.6%; lower-end sites show 52.6%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Belmont Shore make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Belmont Shore 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 selection requires evaluating the specific combination of your business type and the exact address: neighborhood-level data is only the starting point.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Belmont Shore?
The top businesses to open next in Belmont Shore:
- Chiropractor Offices: 81.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.7% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 74.3% average survival rate
StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. Our platform incorporates data from thousands of neighborhoods nationwide. 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. Belmont Shore's employment rate (97.0%) and housing vacancy rate (4.7%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Belmont Shore, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Belmont Shore.
What type of business should you rent your Belmont Shore storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Belmont Shore, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Eye Care Centers.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Belmont Shore storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Chiropractor Office ranks as the top tenant type for your Belmont Shore storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 67.5%.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Belmont Shore?
Don't commit to a storefront in Belmont Shore without first checking its Survivability Score: two addresses on the same block can carry different projected chances.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- StreetSpring's custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Belmont Shore with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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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 Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for Los Angeles: /resources/data/los-angeles-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.