How much money could a business in Mariposa make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Mariposa could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~4% more than one of the worst locations.

Is Mariposa a good place to start a business?

Mariposa is ranked number 15 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~78%. The highest-scoring business types in Mariposa — at their optimal addresses — outperform the neighborhood average by ~2%.

What are the best businesses to open in Mariposa?

The top businesses to open in Mariposa include Taiwanese Restaurant with a ~85% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~87%, followed by Bangladeshi Restaurant and Ukrainian Restaurant.

How can you find the best location to open a business in Mariposa?

StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility patterns to pinpoint which blocks in Mariposa maximize success.

What businesses are most in demand in Mariposa?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Mariposa are Taiwanese Restaurants, Bangladeshi Restaurants, and Ukrainian Restaurants.

Business Survivability in Mariposa, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Mariposa is a Taiwanese Restaurant with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Taiwanese Restaurant in Mariposa (~85% average survival rate, ~87% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #15 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~78% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Reviewed and updated: May 4, 2026 — Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring

In this article:

Summary
Is Mariposa 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 Mariposa is a Taiwanese Restaurant with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~87% chance; next is a Bangladeshi Restaurant with a ~84% chance, followed by an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~84% chance.

Should you open a business in Mariposa?

**How Mariposa compares:** Mariposa's profile most resembles **Westlake (Los Angeles)** and **San Pablo Gateway (San Francisco)** based on the demographic and density signatures we use to model location quality — all three share more renters, higher poverty, and low high-earner share. Patterns from those neighborhoods are directly relevant for businesses evaluating Mariposa.

**Failure pattern in Mariposa.** Across the 93 business subtypes we track here, the strongest is **Ukrainian Restaurant** at 84% average survivability — but the best and worst sites for this subtype within Mariposa span **79% to 87%**, a 8-point gap. **The dominant failure mode in Mariposa isn't subtype choice — it's site selection within the neighborhood.** Saturation context: Middle Eastern Restaurants are the most-concentrated tracked subtype in the area, with 18 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, StreetSpring's data places Mariposa at #15 with a ~78% average Survivability Score.

The highest-scoring business types in Mariposa — at their optimal addresses — outperform the neighborhood average by ~2%.
But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within Mariposa can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
The 88.6% employment rate in Mariposa supports consumer spending, while a 4.5% vacancy rate reflects available storefronts — both of which shape the survivability landscape for any new business here.

Employment and vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.

Which blocks in Mariposa offer the strongest survivability?

StreetSpring's Mariposa data goes block by block — not just neighborhood averages — so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. Below is the best location for a Taiwanese Restaurant in Mariposa:

The locations that show up in our top-10 lists

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Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of 100 location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Taiwanese Restaurant in Mariposa. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.

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Top-ranked business types for Mariposa

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Mariposa

Taiwanese Restaurant is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Mariposa: ~85% chance on average, best at ~87%, challenging at ~84%.
Bangladeshi Restaurant — ~82%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~84% across Mariposa.
Opening an Ukrainian Restaurant in Mariposa shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
Sri Lankan Restaurant (Ranked #4): ~84% average in Mariposa. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~82%.
Pet Boarding Facility is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Mariposa: ~84% chance on average, best at ~86%, challenging at ~82%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Mariposa

Polish Restaurant — ~81%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Mariposa.
Opening a Salad Shop in Mariposa shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
Pet Grooming Shop (Ranked #8): ~83% average in Mariposa. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~80%.
Indonesian Restaurant is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Mariposa: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~81%.
Portuguese Restaurant — ~80%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Mariposa.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Bangladeshi Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

What revenue can a Mariposa business expect?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Mariposa could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~4% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

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.
Where you open matters more than anything else.
Across every business type we've analyzed, location quality as measured by Survivability Score is the strongest predictor of financial performance.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

What businesses should open next in Mariposa?

The top businesses to open next in Mariposa:

Taiwanese Restaurants — ~85% average survival rate, up to ~87% at best locations
Bangladeshi Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate
Ukrainian Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate

These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. The 4.5% commercial vacancy rate in Mariposa means there is available space for new entrants — but it also signals that survivability depends heavily on choosing the right address within the neighborhood, not just the neighborhood itself. Survivability scores are live, not static — StreetSpring updates them weekly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Mariposa 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 Mariposa.

What type of business should you rent your Mariposa storefront to?

StreetSpring's analysis shows that the tenant types with the best odds of staying open and paying rent for 2+ years in Mariposa are Taiwanese Restaurants, Bangladeshi Restaurants, and Ukrainian Restaurants.

Where you open matters more than anything else.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.

Should you rent your Mariposa storefront to a Taiwanese Restaurant?

StreetSpring's data confirms a Taiwanese Restaurant as the highest-survivability tenant type for Mariposa. The best addresses show a ~87% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around ~84%.

No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

What should I consider when opening a business in Mariposa?

Location decisions in Mariposa should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.

The Revenue Capture Score at a specific address explains more about likely business success than any other available metric.
StreetSpring's custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
StreetSpring's live survivability scores are available for free — check your specific address now.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

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.

Permits, licensing, and zoning specifics worth flagging

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Anchor co-tenancy	Signing next to a high-traffic anchor that closes 6 months later, leaving you orphaned.	Ask for a co-tenancy clause — rent abatement or termination right if the anchor leaves. Standard for strong markets.
Permitted hours	Late-night or early-morning ops blocked by zoning, neighborhood association, or shared-wall restrictions.	Confirm the permitted hours-of-operation are in your lease AND in the local code. Pull recent variances or complaints from the zoning portal.
Insurance + compliance	General liability quoted at a starter rate, then jumping 2-3x once you add property + workers' comp + business interruption.	Get binding quotes from 2 insurers before signing the lease. Most landlords require minimum coverage levels — read those terms first.

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.

Visual Data

Treemap of Los Angeles business mix by survivability score — Treemap of business mix in Los Angeles — cell size = number of locations, color = average survivability score.

Radar chart of business-subtype survivability in Mariposa, Los Angeles — Top business types scored in Mariposa, Los Angeles — each axis is a subtype, taller = stronger survival rate.

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Los Angeles by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Los Angeles plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth.

How we measure this: Annual rent / estimated annual revenue = rent burden ratio. Industry rule of thumb: above 12% is uncomfortable, above 18% is fatal.

**Daytime population context (Mariposa):** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median 1-mile workplace-jobs population within Mariposa is **38,501** — about **2.9× the resident population**, which qualifies as a worker-heavy mixed-use signal. Retail-sector jobs in that radius: **7,926**. This shapes which business models have a natural demand floor here.

Landmark anchor: Sister's Place is the art-museum anchor for Mariposa, shaping the cultural-destination side of neighborhood foot-traffic.

**Mariposa economic snapshot:** ACS reports neighborhood unemployment at **11.4%** (above the 24-metro neighborhood median we track). The Los Angeles metro's BLS QCEW average weekly wage is **$1,127** (below our metro median), and the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey logged **22,446** new residential permits in Los Angeles County in 2025 — useful triangulation for population-growth and labor-cost assumptions in this neighborhood.

**BLS sector context:** Across the 11 industries StreetSpring tracks, 5-year survival rates from BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release range from **47.8%** (Active Life — gyms, studios) to **61.8%** (Health & Medical). Restaurants — the largest single category in our corpus — average **50.0%** nationally, and retail averages **47.9%**.

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