Business Survivability in Harvard Heights, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Harvard Heights is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.7% 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 Veterinary Clinic in Harvard Heights (85.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #20 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 76.4% 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 Harvard Heights 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 Harvard Heights is a Veterinary Clinic with a 85.7% 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 86.4% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 83.8% chance.
Is Harvard Heights a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Harvard Heights #20 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, with an average Survivability Score of 76.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Harvard Heights score 4.3 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Harvard Heights can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- StreetSpring's model reads Harvard Heights's 11.8% 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 Harvard Heights?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Harvard Heights produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Harvard Heights for a Veterinary Clinic:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Harvard Heights based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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 Harvard Heights?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.6% |
| 5 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.6% |
| 9 | Cosmetics Shop | 85.0% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Convenience Store | 84.7% |
| 22 | Dance Club | 84.2% |
| 23 | Tea Shop | 84.1% |
Ties at a good address: Eye Care Center, Chiropractor Office, Acupuncture Clinic and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Cosmetics Shop and Clothing Store 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 Harvard Heights
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 85.7% average in Harvard Heights. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 76.4%.
- #2 Eye Care Center is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Harvard Heights: 86.4% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 76.0%.
- #3 Chiropractor Office: 83.8% on average across Harvard Heights; best at 90.0%, challenging at 67.9%.
- #4 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Harvard Heights shows 83.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 64.5%.
- #5 Dermatology Clinic (Ranked #5): 83.8% average in Harvard Heights. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 64.9%.
Strong Performers in Harvard Heights
- #9 Cosmetics Shop is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Harvard Heights: 81.5% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 75.6%.
- #10 Clothing Store: 80.4% on average across Harvard Heights; best at 85.0%, challenging at 65.6%.
- #11 Opening a Convenience Store in Harvard Heights shows 82.7% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 70.6%.
- #22 Dance Club (Ranked #22): 73.4% average in Harvard Heights. Best-case storefronts: 84.6%. Challenging locations: 54.5%.
- #23 Tea Shop is ranked #23 for top businesses to open in Harvard Heights: 77.4% chance on average, best at 84.6%, challenging at 59.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Harvard Heights make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, following the survivability data rather than relying on intuition or foot traffic estimates in Harvard Heights 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-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- 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.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Harvard Heights?
The top businesses to open next in Harvard Heights:
- Veterinary Clinics: 85.7% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 86.4% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 83.8% average survival rate
For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. 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. The 93.8% employment rate in Harvard Heights is a key signal of consumer health, and the 11.8% housing vacancy rate is another Census characteristic the model reads for the rankings above. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Harvard Heights and how each address is scoring right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Harvard Heights.
What type of business should you rent your Harvard Heights storefront to?
StreetSpring's 2026 model places Veterinary Clinics, Eye Care Centers, and Chiropractor Offices at the top of the survivability rankings for Harvard Heights, making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Harvard Heights: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Harvard Heights storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
The data shows a Veterinary Clinic in Harvard Heights is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 90.0% survivability; lower-end sites show 76.4%.
- 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 Harvard Heights?
Start any location decision in Harvard Heights with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- 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 third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in Harvard Heights.
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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.