Is Alamitos Heights a good place to start a business?

Alamitos Heights is ranked number 106 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~75%. Top-performing business types at the best addresses in Alamitos Heights show a ~2% survival rate advantage over the neighborhood average.

What businesses are most in demand in Alamitos Heights?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Alamitos Heights are Pet Grooming Shops, Polish Restaurants, and French Restaurants.

How much money could a business in Alamitos Heights make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Alamitos Heights could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~5% more than one of the worst locations.

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

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 Alamitos Heights maximize success.

Business Survivability in Alamitos Heights, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Alamitos Heights is a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~84% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•18 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Pet Grooming Shop in Alamitos Heights (~84% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #106 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~75% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Reviewed: May 11, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder

In this article:

Summary
Is Alamitos Heights 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 Alamitos Heights is a Pet Grooming Shop 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 Polish Restaurant with a ~83% chance, followed by a French Restaurant with a ~83% chance.

Is Alamitos Heights the right neighborhood for a new business?

**Where else does Alamitos Heights look like?** The strongest demographic and amenity-density matches are **Nauck (Washington DC)** and **Meadowbrook (Seattle)**, sharing higher-income, high high-earner share, and more college-educated. If you've worked in either of those neighborhoods, expect Alamitos Heights to behave similarly on the dimensions that drive survival.

**What goes wrong in Alamitos Heights.** Across 93 subtypes we track, **Pet Grooming Shop averages 84%** — the highest in the neighborhood. Yet a site-level look shows Pet Grooming Shops range from **78% to 87%** across Alamitos Heights — a 9-point window where the address, not the concept, decides the outcome. For competitive density: Kosher Restaurants are the most-concentrated tracked subtype (22 within 0.5 miles).

Alamitos Heights holds the #106 position in and around Los Angeles for new business survivability, averaging ~75% across all analyzed business types.

Top-performing business types at the best addresses in Alamitos Heights show a ~2% survival rate advantage over the neighborhood average.
That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Alamitos Heights can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
Alamitos Heights's employment rate of 97.5% and commercial vacancy of 4.8% are two of the inputs StreetSpring's model uses to differentiate survivability within this neighborhood.

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

Pinpointing the best locations within Alamitos Heights

StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address — showing which blocks in Alamitos Heights produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Alamitos Heights, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Pet Grooming Shop in 2026:

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This map shows the optimal location for a Pet Grooming Shop in Alamitos Heights based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point — the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. The prediction model incorporates 100 location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.

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What are the best businesses to open in Alamitos Heights?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Alamitos Heights

Pet Grooming Shop (Ranked #1): ~84% average in Alamitos Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~82%.
Polish Restaurant is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Alamitos Heights: ~83% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~81%.
French Restaurant — ~81%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Alamitos Heights.
Opening a Pet Boarding Facility in Alamitos Heights shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
Ukrainian Restaurant (Ranked #5): ~82% average in Alamitos Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~80%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Alamitos Heights

Russian Restaurant is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Alamitos Heights: ~82% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~81%.
Brunch Restaurant — ~80%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Alamitos Heights.
Opening a Filipino Restaurant in Alamitos Heights shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
Kosher Restaurant (Ranked #9): ~81% average in Alamitos Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
Scandinavian Restaurant is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Alamitos Heights: ~81% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~80%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

What revenue can a Alamitos Heights business expect?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Alamitos Heights could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~5% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

The right address for one business type may be the wrong one for another — always evaluate fit for your specific concept.
Location is the biggest factor in a business's future success.
Businesses in high-scoring locations consistently outperform those in average or low-scoring sites.
StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.

What Alamitos Heights needs more of (per our model)

The top businesses to open next in Alamitos Heights:

Pet Grooming Shops — ~84% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
Polish Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate
French Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate

Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point — the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. The 97.5% employment rate in Alamitos Heights is a key signal of consumer health; when combined with the 4.8% vacancy rate, it produces a competitive landscape that favors the business types ranked above. Survivability scores are recalculated weekly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift — visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Alamitos Heights right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Alamitos Heights.

What type of business should you rent your Alamitos Heights storefront to?

According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Alamitos Heights are Pet Grooming Shops, Polish Restaurants, and French Restaurants.

Location is the biggest factor in a business's future success.
StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site. StreetSpring's free tool lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Alamitos Heights — a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.

Should you rent your Alamitos Heights storefront to a Pet Grooming Shop?

Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Alamitos Heights in 2026, a Pet Grooming Shop posts the highest survivability ceiling at ~86% and maintains a reasonable floor of ~82% — making it the most reliable tenant choice here.

StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.

What should I consider when opening a business in Alamitos Heights?

StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Alamitos Heights address is the clearest forward-looking indicator of whether your business will be operating two years from now — make it the first number you check.

Revenue Capture Score is the single best indicator of whether a business will thrive at a location.
These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
The most current survivability data for Alamitos Heights is free to access on StreetSpring — no account required to check your specific address.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

How seasonality plays out here

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Lease term	Locking into 7-10 years without break clauses, then needing to relocate after year 2.	Negotiate a relocation or termination clause. Confirm assignment + sublease rights are in writing.
Outdoor seating / sidewalk use	Signing assuming you can add patio seating, then learning the city requires a separate sidewalk-cafe permit with long lead times.	Check the city's sidewalk-cafe permit process up front. Confirm landlord allows outdoor build-out in the lease language.
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.

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

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 (Alamitos Heights):** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median 1-mile workplace-jobs population within Alamitos Heights is **7,998** — about **2.6× the resident population**, which qualifies as a worker-heavy mixed-use signal. Retail-sector jobs in that radius: **544**. This shapes which business models have a natural demand floor here.

Landmark anchor: Alamitos Heights centers on Recreation Park — a public-space anchor that influences walking and dwell-time patterns nearby.

**Local economic context (Alamitos Heights, Los Angeles):** Alamitos Heights's ACS unemployment rate is **2.5%** (below the 24-metro neighborhood median). County-level data adds two more anchors: BLS QCEW reports Los Angeles-area average weekly wage of **$1,127** (below our 24-metro median), and the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey logged **22,446** new residential units in Los Angeles County in 2025 — a rough proxy for the local growth environment a new business is opening into.

**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.