Business Survivability in San Rafael Hills, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in San Rafael Hills is an Eye Care Center with a 73.9% 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 San Rafael Hills (73.9% average survival rate, 87.4% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #169 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 58.4% 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 San Rafael Hills 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 San Rafael Hills is an Eye Care Center with a 73.9% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 87.4% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 71.0% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 67.7% chance.
Is San Rafael Hills a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks San Rafael Hills #169 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, with an average Survivability Score of 58.4% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in San Rafael Hills, the top-ranked business type scores 13.5 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in San Rafael Hills can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in San Rafael Hills will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- With 95.3% of the local population employed, San Rafael Hills 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 San Rafael Hills?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in San Rafael Hills offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for an Eye Care Center in San Rafael Hills:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for an Eye Care Center in San Rafael Hills. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.
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What are the best businesses to open in San Rafael Hills?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Care Center | 82.8% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 79.8% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 78.4% |
| 4 | Women's Clothing Store | 78.2% |
| 16 | Cosmetics Shop | 76.4% |
| 17 | Beauty Salon | 76.4% |
| 18 | Dentist Office | 75.1% |
| 19 | Acupuncture Clinic | 75.1% |
| 23 | Nail Salon | 75.0% |
| 28 | Pet Store | 73.3% |
Ties at a good address: Cosmetics Shop and Beauty Salon are tied; Dentist Office 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 San Rafael Hills
- #1 Opening an Eye Care Center in San Rafael Hills shows 73.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 87.4%; lower-end sites show 63.2%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #2): 71.0% average in San Rafael Hills. Best-case storefronts: 88.7%. Challenging locations: 60.7%.
- #3 Convenience Store is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in San Rafael Hills: 67.7% chance on average, best at 80.5%, challenging at 53.5%.
- #4 Women's Clothing Store: 68.7% on average across San Rafael Hills; best at 82.3%, challenging at 56.2%.
- #16 Opening a Cosmetics Shop in San Rafael Hills shows 66.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 79.2%; lower-end sites show 56.6%.
Strong Performers in San Rafael Hills
- #17 Beauty Salon (Ranked #17): 65.9% average in San Rafael Hills. Best-case storefronts: 79.5%. Challenging locations: 56.1%.
- #18 Dentist Office is ranked #18 for top businesses to open in San Rafael Hills: 67.3% chance on average, best at 80.6%, challenging at 60.7%.
- #19 Acupuncture Clinic: 67.0% on average across San Rafael Hills; best at 80.2%, challenging at 59.8%.
- #23 Opening a Nail Salon in San Rafael Hills shows 64.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 79.0%; lower-end sites show 54.8%.
- #28 Pet Store (Ranked #28): 61.1% average in San Rafael Hills. Best-case storefronts: 77.8%. Challenging locations: 52.2%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in San Rafael Hills make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in San Rafael Hills 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
- Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
- 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.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What businesses should open next in San Rafael Hills?
The top businesses to open next in San Rafael Hills:
- Eye Care Centers: 73.9% average survival rate, 87.4% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 71.0% average survival rate
- Convenience Stores: 67.7% average survival rate
These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. Our training data spans 500+ business types across 24 major metros, giving our models the breadth to predict outcomes across nearly any commercial concept. 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 San Rafael Hills draw on real Census conditions, including 95.3% employment and 9.3% 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 San Rafael Hills 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 San Rafael Hills.
What type of business should you rent your San Rafael Hills storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in San Rafael Hills, Eye Care Centers, Chiropractor Offices, and Convenience Stores consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- Location is a decision you can check before you open.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood. 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 San Rafael Hills storefront to an Eye Care Center?
StreetSpring's data confirms an Eye Care Center as the highest-survivability tenant type for San Rafael Hills. The best addresses show a 87.4% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 63.2%.
- Every survivability score StreetSpring produces is specific to the exact address and business type, not averaged across a zip code or neighborhood.
What should I consider when opening a business in San Rafael Hills?
When opening a business in San Rafael Hills, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- The underlying models are StreetSpring's own: built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
- The most current survivability data for San Rafael Hills is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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StreetSpring's models are built from millions of real business outcomes, making predictions grounded in what actually happened. 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.