How can you find the best location to open a business in Belmont 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 Belmont Heights maximize success.

What businesses are most in demand in Belmont Heights?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Belmont Heights are Indonesian Restaurants, Hot Pot Restaurants, and Brunch Restaurants.

How much money could a business in Belmont Heights make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Belmont Heights could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~4% more than one of the worst locations.

What are the best businesses to open in Belmont Heights?

The top businesses to open in Belmont Heights include Indonesian Restaurant with a ~84% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~86%, followed by Hot Pot Restaurant and Brunch Restaurant.

Is Belmont Heights a good place to start a business?

Belmont Heights is ranked number 58 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~77%. The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Belmont Heights reaches ~2% for the strongest-performing business categories.

Business Survivability in Belmont Heights, Los Angeles

Q: What is the median household income in Belmont Heights?

Belmont Heights's median household income (~$123K) is above the Los Angeles metro median (~$113K) by approximately $10K. Income is close to the metro median, so business-type fit depends more on local demographics and competition.

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Belmont Heights is an Indonesian 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: an Indonesian Restaurant in Belmont Heights (~84% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #58 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: May 3, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder — updated weekly

In this article:

Summary
Is Belmont 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 Belmont Heights is an Indonesian 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 Hot Pot Restaurant with a ~84% chance, followed by a Brunch Restaurant with a ~83% chance.

What does the data say about opening in Belmont Heights?

**Pattern match:** Belmont Heights's neighborhood signature — captured across demographic, employment, and amenity features — most closely matches **Claremont (Washington DC)** and **Salem (Boston)**. The three share more renters, older housing stock, and low destination density, which helps explain why business types that succeed in those areas tend to translate to Belmont Heights.

**The pattern in Belmont Heights.** Of 93 tracked subtypes, Indonesian Restaurant leads at **84% average survivability** — yet within the neighborhood, sites for this subtype range **80-87%** (7-point spread). That spread is the real failure surface: pick the wrong block in Belmont Heights and a top-subtype play still scores in the bottom quartile. Meanwhile Ukrainian Restaurants are already saturated here — 17 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, StreetSpring's data places Belmont Heights at #58 with a ~77% average Survivability Score.

The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Belmont Heights reaches ~2% for the strongest-performing business categories.
Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Belmont Heights can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
The 3.8% commercial vacancy rate in Belmont Heights is a leading indicator of the neighborhood's business health; StreetSpring factors this directly into each business type's survivability score.

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

How to choose a specific location in Belmont Heights

With StreetSpring, location selection in Belmont Heights moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for an Indonesian Restaurant in Belmont Heights:

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StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for an Indonesian Restaurant in Belmont Heights. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. The model evaluates 100 factors — from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, mobility flows, and local market share potential.

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Which business types have the highest survivability in Belmont Heights?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Belmont Heights

Indonesian Restaurant (Ranked #1): ~84% average in Belmont Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~83%.
Hot Pot Restaurant is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Belmont Heights: ~84% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~82%.
Brunch Restaurant — ~81%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Belmont Heights.
Opening an Italian Restaurant in Belmont Heights shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #5): ~82% average in Belmont Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~79%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Belmont Heights

Pet Store is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Belmont Heights: ~82% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~80%.
Bar — ~80%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Belmont Heights.
Opening a Portuguese Restaurant in Belmont Heights shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
Caribbean / Latin Restaurant (Ranked #9): ~82% average in Belmont Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~80%.
South African Restaurant is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Belmont Heights: ~82% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~80%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Brunch Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

What you could earn opening a business in Belmont Heights

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in Belmont Heights could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~4% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
Where you open matters more than anything else.
StreetSpring has found that selecting the location with the highest survivability score for a business is the best way to maximize the amount of money you will make.
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 Belmont Heights?

The top businesses to open next in Belmont Heights:

Indonesian Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
Hot Pot Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate
Brunch Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate

The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. We apply advanced machine learning to one of the largest commercial real estate outcome datasets in the country. A 3.8% vacancy rate in Belmont Heights reflects the current commercial environment; StreetSpring weights this directly in every survivability score for addresses in this neighborhood. Survivability scores are live, not static — StreetSpring updates them weekly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Belmont Heights 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 Belmont Heights.

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

StreetSpring's 2026 model places Indonesian Restaurants, Hot Pot Restaurants, and Brunch Restaurants at the top of the survivability rankings for Belmont Heights — making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.

Where you open matters more than anything else.
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.

Should you rent your Belmont Heights storefront to an Indonesian Restaurant?

Yes — our 2026 model places an Indonesian Restaurant at the top of the survivability rankings for Belmont Heights storefronts, with a best-case score of ~86% and a floor of ~83% at the most challenging addresses.

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 Belmont Heights?

In Belmont Heights, the single most important factor in your site-selection decision is the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.

Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending — and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
You can access the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring for free.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring uses AI to predict business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods — trusted by real estate professionals and entrepreneurs nationwide. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Lease structure questions to ask first

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
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.
Insurance + compliance	General liability quoted at a starter rate, then jumping 2-3x once you add property + workers' comp + business interruption.	Get binding quotes from 2 insurers before signing the lease. Most landlords require minimum coverage levels — read those terms first.
Build-out budget	Underestimating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing — the "hidden" 30-50% of build-out cost.	Get 3 quotes from licensed contractors and pad budget by +20% for surprises. Confirm landlord TI allowance in writing.

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 Belmont Heights, Los Angeles — Top business types scored in Belmont Heights, Los Angeles — each axis is a subtype, taller = stronger survival rate.

How we measure this: Our gradient-boosted survivability model has 100+ input features. The waterfall shows the top 6-8 contributors to a final score.

**LEHD demand-pattern signal (Belmont Heights):** Median 1-mile workplace jobs across Belmont Heights: **6,795** (LEHD LODES 2022). That works out to a **0.5:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** — a primarily-residential signal with some daytime worker pull. Of those workplace jobs, **573** are retail-sector. Use this to gauge whether your concept is weekday-commuter-driven or evening-and-weekend-driven.

Landmark anchor: Houstories is Belmont Heights's history-museum landmark and a meaningful pull factor for visitor foot-traffic.

**Local economic context (Belmont Heights, Los Angeles):** Belmont Heights's ACS unemployment rate is **6.2%** (above 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.

**National benchmark:** Per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025), 5-year survival rates for StreetSpring's tracked industries span **47.8-61.8%**. Restaurants — the most-studied of these — survive at **50.0%** nationally, not the often-cited "80% fail" myth. The real risk premium is at the location level, which is what StreetSpring's model isolates.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

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

Is Belmont Heights's population younger or older than the Los Angeles average?

ACS data puts Belmont Heights's median age at 39, compared to the Los Angeles metro median of 39. That's younger by 0 year — The demographic profile is close to the metro average, so business-type fit is driven by other factors like income and competition.

What does household composition look like in Belmont Heights?

Belmont Heights's average household has 1.9 people — below the Los Angeles metro average (2.7). Smaller households suggest more singles or couples — favorable for casual dining, fitness, and convenience retail.

What is the median household income in Belmont Heights?

Belmont Heights's median household income (~~$123K) is above the Los Angeles metro median (~~$113K) by approximately $10K. Income is close to the metro median, so business-type fit depends more on local demographics and competition.