Business Survivability in Loma Portal, San Diego
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Loma Portal is a Veterinary Clinic with a 84.5% 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 Loma Portal (84.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #33 of 83 neighborhoods in and around San Diego
- Neighborhood average: 72.3% 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 Loma Portal 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 Loma Portal is a Veterinary Clinic with a 84.5% 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 80.5% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 79.1% chance. At a good address, Veterinary Clinic is tied with Chiropractor Office; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Loma Portal a good place to start a business?
In San Diego's survivability rankings, Loma Portal comes in at #33 of 83 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 72.3% across the business types ranked there.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Loma Portal is 5.5 points on the two-year chance.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Loma Portal for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- The 95.6% employment rate in Loma Portal supports consumer spending, while its 8.3% housing vacancy rate measures the share of homes and apartments standing empty: the model reads both as neighborhood characteristics.
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 Loma Portal?
StreetSpring's Loma Portal 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 Veterinary Clinic in Loma Portal:
The highlighted area represents the address in Loma Portal that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Veterinary Clinic survivability. Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. 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 Loma Portal?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.2% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 87.4% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 86.6% |
| 5 | Dermatology Clinic | 86.6% |
| 9 | Clothing Store | 84.1% |
| 10 | Convenience Store | 84.1% |
| 11 | Spa | 84.0% |
| 12 | Hair Salon | 84.0% |
| 13 | Cosmetics Shop | 83.6% |
Ties at a good address: Veterinary Clinic and Chiropractor Office are tied; Dentist Office and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Clothing Store and Convenience Store are tied; Spa and Hair Salon 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 Loma Portal
- #1 Veterinary Clinic: 84.5% on average across Loma Portal; best at 90.0%, challenging at 64.1%.
- #2 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Loma Portal shows 80.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 65.4%.
- #3 Eye Care Center (Ranked #3): 79.1% average in Loma Portal. Best-case storefronts: 89.2%. Challenging locations: 64.1%.
- #4 Dentist Office is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Loma Portal: 77.3% chance on average, best at 87.9%, challenging at 61.1%.
- #5 Dermatology Clinic: 77.2% on average across Loma Portal; best at 87.4%, challenging at 61.1%.
Strong Performers in Loma Portal
- #9 Opening a Clothing Store in Loma Portal shows 78.1% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 59.4%.
- #10 Convenience Store (Ranked #10): 76.8% average in Loma Portal. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 60.2%.
- #11 Spa is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Loma Portal: 79.2% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 62.8%.
- #12 Hair Salon: 75.7% on average across Loma Portal; best at 84.0%, challenging at 57.0%.
- #13 Opening a Cosmetics Shop in Loma Portal shows 75.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.1%; lower-end sites show 57.1%.
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 Loma Portal make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Loma Portal 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 the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- 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 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 Loma Portal?
The top businesses to open next in Loma Portal:
- Veterinary Clinics: 84.5% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 80.5% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 79.1% average survival rate
Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. 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. Loma Portal sits at 95.6% employment and 8.3% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring regularly recalculates survivability for every location in Loma Portal, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data: check current locations now.
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- See the San Diego Business Survivability Rankings
- See the San Diego Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Veterinary Clinic survivability across San Diego neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Loma Portal.
What type of business should you rent your Loma Portal storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Loma Portal, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Eye Care Centers as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Location is the part of a new business you can compare address by address before committing.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in San Diego Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Loma Portal storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Loma Portal in 2026, a Veterinary Clinic posts the highest survivability ceiling at 90.0% and maintains a reasonable floor of 64.1%, making it the most reliable tenant choice here.
- 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 Loma Portal?
Start any location decision in Loma Portal 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.
- Start with a free 10-minute trial: check the current survivability score for any Loma Portal address on StreetSpring.
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StreetSpring uses AI to project business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods. Aggregated survivability rankings for San Diego are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for San Diego: /resources/data/san-diego-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.