Business Survivability in Venice, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Venice is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.6% 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 Chiropractor Office in Venice (81.6% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #9 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 72.2% 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 Venice 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 Venice is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.6% 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 81.9% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 79.3% chance.
Is Venice a good place to start a business?
Venice is ranked number 9 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average 72.2% chance of lasting two or more years across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Venice score 8.4 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- However, these same business types at the worst locations in Venice can sometimes provide a projected Survivability Score considerably below the average. Thus, even the businesses that are most in need in Venice could have trouble succeeding if the best location is not selected.
- A 91.3% employment rate in Venice means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Venice?
The right address in Venice can mean a 20-point survivability difference from an average one: StreetSpring identifies exactly which addresses are worth pursuing. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Chiropractor Office in Venice:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Chiropractor Office in Venice. 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 Venice?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.6% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 89.6% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 89.2% |
| 5 | Dermatology Clinic | 89.2% |
| 9 | Dance Club | 85.3% |
| 10 | Liquor Store | 85.0% |
| 11 | Convenience Store | 84.7% |
| 13 | Cosmetics Shop | 84.6% |
| 23 | Smoke Shop | 84.6% |
Ties at a good address: Veterinary Clinic and Eye Care Center are tied; Acupuncture Clinic and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Cosmetics Shop and Smoke 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 Venice
- #1 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Venice shows 81.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.8%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #2): 81.9% average in Venice. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
- #3 Eye Care Center is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Venice: 79.3% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #4 Acupuncture Clinic: 77.3% on average across Venice; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #5 Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Venice shows 77.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
Strong Performers in Venice
- #9 Dance Club (Ranked #9): 72.8% average in Venice. Best-case storefronts: 86.0%. Challenging locations: 50.0%.
- #10 Liquor Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Venice: 75.7% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #11 Convenience Store: 77.6% on average across Venice; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #13 Opening a Cosmetics Shop in Venice shows 74.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.9%.
- #23 Smoke Shop (Ranked #23): 72.6% average in Venice. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 49.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Venice make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Venice 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
- StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address, so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What businesses should open next in Venice?
The top businesses to open next in Venice:
- Chiropractor Offices: 81.6% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 81.9% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 79.3% 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. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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. Venice's 91.3% employment rate and 18.8% housing vacancy rate are two of the Census characteristics the model reads when it ranks business types here. Survivability scores are live, not static: StreetSpring updates them regularly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Venice and how each address is scoring right now.
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- See the Los Angeles Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Los Angeles Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Los Angeles neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Venice.
What type of business should you rent your Venice storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the tenant types with the best odds of staying open and paying rent for two or more years in Venice are Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Eye Care Centers.
- Where you open is a decision you can measure before you sign.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for two or more years.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Venice storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Chiropractor Office ranks as the top tenant type for your Venice storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 56.8%.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What should I consider when opening a business in Venice?
Start any location decision in Venice with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Venice.
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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.