Business Survivability in Los Feliz, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Los Feliz 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 Los Feliz (77.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #72 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 68.4% 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 Los Feliz 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 Los Feliz is a Veterinary Clinic with a 77.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 78.5% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 77.5% chance.
Is Los Feliz a good place to start a business?
Among the 173 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Los Angeles, Los Feliz ranks #72 for business survivability, with an average 68.4% chance of lasting two or more years.
- At its best addresses in Los Feliz, the top-ranked business type scores 12.7 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Los Feliz can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Los Feliz could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- With 90.3% of the local population employed, Los Feliz 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 Los Feliz?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Los Feliz for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. Here is the top survivability address for a Veterinary Clinic in Los Feliz, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
This map shows the optimal location for a Veterinary Clinic in Los Feliz based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. 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 Los Feliz?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.6% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 87.4% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 87.4% |
| 5 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 87.4% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.1% |
| 10 | Spa | 83.6% |
| 11 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 12 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 13 | Laundromat | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Eye Care Center, Dentist Office and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; Spa, Cafe, Coffee Shop and Laundromat 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 Los Feliz
- #1 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 77.3% average in Los Feliz. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 59.0%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Los Feliz: 78.5% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 60.7%.
- #3 Eye Care Center: 77.5% on average across Los Feliz; best at 89.6%, challenging at 59.8%.
- #4 Opening a Dentist Office in Los Feliz shows 75.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.2%; lower-end sites show 59.4%.
- #5 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #5): 74.8% average in Los Feliz. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 59.0%.
Strong Performers in Los Feliz
- #9 Convenience Store is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Los Feliz: 72.1% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.9%.
- #10 Spa: 75.6% on average across Los Feliz; best at 84.0%, challenging at 53.8%.
- #11 Opening a Cafe in Los Feliz shows 73.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 49.4%.
- #12 Coffee Shop (Ranked #12): 73.1% average in Los Feliz. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #13 Laundromat is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Los Feliz: 71.6% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Los Feliz make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Los Feliz 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
- No two business types have identical location needs; survivability scores reflect these differences at the address level.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Los Feliz?
The top businesses to open next in Los Feliz:
- Veterinary Clinics: 77.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 78.5% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 77.5% average survival rate
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. We apply advanced machine learning to one of the largest commercial real estate outcome datasets in the country. 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Los Feliz's 90.3% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring regularly updates every location's survivability score: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Los Feliz right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Los Feliz.
What type of business should you rent your Los Feliz storefront to?
For landlords in Los Feliz, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 500+ business types, so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Los Feliz storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Veterinary Clinic in Los Feliz: best-in-class addresses achieve 90.0% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at 59.0%.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Los Feliz?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Los Feliz address is the projected chance a business of your type is still operating two years from now: check it early.
- 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 proprietary algorithms power these predictions.
- The most current survivability data for Los Feliz is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. 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.