Business Survivability in Century City, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Century City is a Chiropractor Office with a 84.2% 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 Century City (84.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #162 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 61.1% 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 Century City 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 Century City is a Chiropractor Office with a 84.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 73.4% chance, followed by a Clothing Store with a 77.7% chance.
Is Century City a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Century City #162 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, with an average Survivability Score of 61.1% across the business types ranked there.
- In Century City, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 5.8 points above that type's average.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Century City can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- With 92.6% of the local population employed, Century City presents a stable consumer base: particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.
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 Century City?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Century City for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Chiropractor Office in Century City:
The highlighted area represents the address in Century City that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Chiropractor Office survivability. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. 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 Century City?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 84.9% |
| 3 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 4 | Bar | 84.0% |
| 5 | Veterinary Clinic | 84.0% |
| 6 | Convenience Store | 83.6% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 8 | Cafe | 82.9% |
| 10 | Dermatology Clinic | 82.4% |
| 11 | Acupuncture Clinic | 82.4% |
Ties at a good address: Bar and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Coffee Shop are tied; Dermatology Clinic and Acupuncture 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 Century City
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 84.2% on average across Century City; best at 90.0%, challenging at 69.6%.
- #2 Opening an Eye Care Center in Century City shows 73.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- #3 Clothing Store (Ranked #3): 77.7% average in Century City. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #4 Bar is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Century City: 75.9% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 57.0%.
- #5 Veterinary Clinic: 74.6% on average across Century City; best at 87.4%, challenging at 62.0%.
Strong Performers in Century City
- #6 Opening a Convenience Store in Century City shows 78.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 51.2%.
- #7 Coffee Shop (Ranked #7): 70.7% average in Century City. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 49.8%.
- #8 Cafe is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Century City: 70.2% chance on average, best at 83.6%, challenging at 50.7%.
- #10 Dermatology Clinic: 71.9% on average across Century City; best at 87.9%, challenging at 61.5%.
- #11 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Century City shows 71.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 87.9%; lower-end sites show 61.5%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Century City make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Century City 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.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- 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 scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Century City?
The top businesses to open next in Century City:
- Chiropractor Offices: 84.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 73.4% average survival rate
- Clothing Stores: 77.7% average survival rate
These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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 survivability rankings for Century City draw on real Census conditions, including 92.6% employment and 12.6% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Century City are currently available and how they score.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Century City.
What type of business should you rent your Century City storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Century City, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Clothing Stores.
- Site selection is the highest-leverage decision most entrepreneurs make: it sets every other variable in motion.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Century City storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Chiropractor Office in Century City: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 69.6%.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Century City?
Location decisions in Century City should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- These forecasts are generated using StreetSpring's unique analytical framework.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Century City to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. 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.