How much money could a business in Adams Hill make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Adams Hill could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~3% more than one of the worst locations.

What businesses are most in demand in Adams Hill?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Adams Hill are Hawaiian Restaurants, Hungarian Restaurants, and Kosher Restaurants.

Is Adams Hill a good place to start a business?

Adams Hill is ranked number 47 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~77%. Strong business types at their best-match addresses in Adams Hill consistently score ~2% higher than the overall neighborhood survivability average.

Business Survivability in Adams Hill, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Adams Hill is a Hawaiian Restaurant with a ~84% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Hawaiian Restaurant in Adams Hill (~84% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #47 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~77% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring — May 7, 2026

In this article:

Summary
Is Adams Hill 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 Adams Hill is a Hawaiian Restaurant with a ~84% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~86% chance; next is a Hungarian Restaurant with a ~83% chance, followed by a Kosher Restaurant with a ~83% chance.

Should you open a business in Adams Hill?

**Where else does Adams Hill look like?** The strongest demographic and amenity-density matches are **Richmond (Philadelphia)** and **Ojus (Miami)**, sharing older housing stock, less transit-reliant, and longer commutes. If you've worked in either of those neighborhoods, expect Adams Hill to behave similarly on the dimensions that drive survival.

**What goes wrong in Adams Hill.** Across 93 subtypes we track, **Hungarian Restaurant averages 83%** — the highest in the neighborhood. Yet a site-level look shows Hungarian Restaurants range from **78% to 87%** across Adams Hill — a 9-point window where the address, not the concept, decides the outcome. For competitive density: Gyms are the most-concentrated tracked subtype (31 within 0.5 miles).

In Los Angeles's neighborhood survivability rankings, Adams Hill comes in at #47, with an average Survivability Score of ~77% across all business types.

Strong business types at their best-match addresses in Adams Hill consistently score ~2% higher than the overall neighborhood survivability average.
However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Adams Hill often fall well below average. Picking the right block — not just the right neighborhood — is what actually determines survivability.
With 93.2% of the local population employed, Adams Hill presents a stable consumer base — particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.

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

Pinpointing the best locations within Adams Hill

StreetSpring can pinpoint which exact blocks in Adams Hill maximize a business's chances of success. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Adams Hill for a Hawaiian Restaurant:

Why the right block matters more than the right neighborhood

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The 2026 model from StreetSpring places the strongest storefronts inside this circle for a Hawaiian Restaurant in Adams Hill. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.

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What are the best businesses to open in Adams Hill?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Adams Hill

Hawaiian Restaurant (Ranked #1): ~84% average in Adams Hill. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~83%.
Hungarian Restaurant is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Adams Hill: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~82%.
Kosher Restaurant — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Adams Hill.
Opening an Italian Restaurant in Adams Hill shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
Deli (Ranked #5): ~83% average in Adams Hill. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~81%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Adams Hill

Indonesian Restaurant is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Adams Hill: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~81%.
Pet Boarding Facility — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Adams Hill.
Opening an American Restaurant in Adams Hill shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
French Restaurant (Ranked #9): ~83% average in Adams Hill. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Sri Lankan Restaurant is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Adams Hill: ~82% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~81%.

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How location selection in Adams Hill affects revenue

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Adams Hill could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~3% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
Location shapes survivability more than branding, pricing, or operational quality — the data is unambiguous on this point.
Businesses in high-scoring locations consistently outperform those in average or low-scoring sites.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

What Adams Hill needs more of (per our model)

The top businesses to open next in Adams Hill:

Hawaiian Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
Hungarian Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate
Kosher Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate

However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. Adams Hill sits at 93.2% employment and 7.4% commercial vacancy — conditions that set the ceiling and floor for Revenue Capture potential across all business types here. Survivability scores are live, not static — StreetSpring updates them weekly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Adams Hill 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 Adams Hill.

What type of business should you rent your Adams Hill storefront to?

According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Adams Hill are Hawaiian Restaurants, Hungarian Restaurants, and Kosher Restaurants.

Location shapes survivability more than branding, pricing, or operational quality — the data is unambiguous on this point.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.

Should you rent your Adams Hill storefront to a Hawaiian Restaurant?

Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Adams Hill in 2026, a Hawaiian Restaurant posts the highest survivability ceiling at ~86% and maintains a reasonable floor of ~83% — making it the most reliable tenant choice here.

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 Adams Hill?

When selecting a location in Adams Hill it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.

Of all the variables StreetSpring analyzes, Revenue Capture Score has the strongest predictive power.
StreetSpring's custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Adams Hill at no cost using StreetSpring's live tool.

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.

Lease structure questions to ask first

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Competitor density	Counting only direct competitors and missing adjacent-category overlap (e.g. coffee shop near a bakery).	Map all businesses serving overlapping customer needs within a 5-min walk. Use StreetSpring's competitor view as a starting point.
CAM + hidden costs	Stated rent looks great, then CAM fees, signage charges, and after-hours utilities add 15-30%.	Get the full operating expense breakdown for the past 2 years. Ask which costs are landlord-capped vs. uncapped.
Parking & visibility	Storefront looks great from the sidewalk but is invisible from the road.	Drive past at 30 mph from both directions. Count street parking + nearest paid lot capacity at peak hours.

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

Dumbbell chart comparing best vs worst locations for businesses in Los Angeles — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type in Los Angeles — the gap shows how much location choice matters for each subtype.

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.

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

**LEHD demand-pattern signal (Adams Hill):** Median 1-mile workplace jobs across Adams Hill: **16,807** (LEHD LODES 2022). That works out to a **0.9:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** — a balanced mixed-use pattern. Of those workplace jobs, **2,579** are retail-sector. Use this to gauge whether your concept is weekday-commuter-driven or evening-and-weekend-driven.

Landmark anchor: Forest Lawn Museum is the art-museum anchor for Adams Hill, shaping the cultural-destination side of neighborhood foot-traffic.

**Three local anchors for Adams Hill:** **6.8%** neighborhood unemployment (above the 24-metro median, ACS), **$1,127/week** average wage in the Los Angeles area (below our metro median, BLS QCEW), and **22,446** new residential units permitted in Los Angeles County in 2025 (Census BPS). These three together describe the demand-and-labor environment any new Adams Hill business operates within.

**Why these baselines matter:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025) reports 5-year survival rates of **47.8-61.8%** across the industries StreetSpring covers. Restaurants survive at **50.0%** nationally — not 20%. The location decision is what separates the 30% above the baseline from the 30% below.

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Local Context FAQ

Local-context questions, answered with neighborhood-specific numbers.

How does Adams Hill's commute profile affect retail demand?

ACS data puts the median commute at ~34 minutes in Adams Hill, compared to 31 minutes metro-wide. Commute patterns are typical for the metro, so foot traffic timing should not be a primary differentiator.

ACS data shows 42% of adults in Adams Hill with a bachelor's degree or higher, versus the metro median of 39%. Education attainment is close to the metro median, so business-type signals come more from income and density.

Does ownership stability in Adams Hill support steady local spending?

ACS housing data shows 43% home ownership in Adams Hill, compared to 43% metro-wide. The ownership profile is typical for the metro.

What does the employment picture in Adams Hill look like for new businesses?

Roughly 93% of Adams Hill's working-age population is employed, against a Los Angeles metro median of 93%. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.