Business Survivability in Hollywood, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Hollywood is an Eye Care Center with a 86.9% 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: an Eye Care Center in Hollywood (86.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #8 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 78.2% 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 Hollywood 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 Hollywood is an Eye Care Center with a 86.9% 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 86.0% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 85.4% chance.
Is Hollywood a good place to start a business?
Among the 173 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Los Angeles, Hollywood ranks #8 for business survivability, with an average 78.2% chance of lasting two or more years.
- At its best addresses in Hollywood, the top-ranked business type scores 3.1 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Hollywood can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- With a 90.3% employment rate, Hollywood has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Hollywood?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Hollywood that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Hollywood, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for an Eye Care Center in 2026:
The highlighted area represents the address in Hollywood that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for an Eye Care Center survivability. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. 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 Hollywood?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 90.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.2% |
| 5 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.2% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 85.0% |
| 10 | Men's Clothing Store | 85.0% |
| 21 | Cosmetics Shop | 84.6% |
| 22 | Salad Shop | 84.6% |
| 23 | Chicken Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Veterinary Clinic and Chiropractor Office are tied; Acupuncture Clinic and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Men's Clothing Store are tied; Cosmetics Shop, Salad Shop and Chicken Shop 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 Hollywood
- #1 Opening an Eye Care Center in Hollywood shows 86.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 62.0%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 86.0% average in Hollywood. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 67.0%.
- #3 Chiropractor Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Hollywood: 85.4% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 65.8%.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic: 83.2% on average across Hollywood; best at 90.0%, challenging at 58.6%.
- #5 Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Hollywood shows 83.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 58.6%.
Strong Performers in Hollywood
- #9 Convenience Store (Ranked #9): 82.8% average in Hollywood. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 68.8%.
- #10 Men's Clothing Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Hollywood: 82.0% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 55.8%.
- #21 Cosmetics Shop: 79.5% on average across Hollywood; best at 85.0%, challenging at 52.2%.
- #22 Opening a Salad Shop in Hollywood shows 79.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 53.5%.
- #23 Chicken Shop (Ranked #23): 79.2% average in Hollywood. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 53.5%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Hollywood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Hollywood 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.
- Location is a decision you can check 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's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What businesses should open next in Hollywood?
The top businesses to open next in Hollywood:
- Eye Care Centers: 86.9% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 86.0% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 85.4% 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. Hollywood's employment rate (90.3%) and housing vacancy rate (13.3%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Hollywood right now.
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- See the Los Angeles Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Los Angeles Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Eye Care Center survivability across Los Angeles neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Hollywood.
What type of business should you rent your Hollywood storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in Hollywood, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Eye Care Centers, Veterinary Clinics, and Chiropractor Offices.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. 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 Hollywood storefront to an Eye Care Center?
Yes, our 2026 model places an Eye Care Center at the top of the survivability rankings for Hollywood storefronts, with a best-case score of 90.0% and a floor of 62.0% at the most challenging addresses.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What should I consider when opening a business in Hollywood?
Start any location decision in Hollywood with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- The single most important number in a location decision is the Revenue Capture Score, StreetSpring's proprietary estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Hollywood to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. 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.