What businesses are most in demand in Bixby Area?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Bixby Area are Ukrainian Restaurants, Kosher Restaurants, and French Restaurants.

What are the best businesses to open in Bixby Area?

The top businesses to open in Bixby Area include Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~80% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~83%, followed by Kosher Restaurant and French Restaurant.

How much money could a business in Bixby Area make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Bixby Area could lead to making ~3% more than selecting an average location, and ~6% more than one of the worst locations.

Business Survivability in Bixby Area, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Bixby Area is an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~80% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: an Ukrainian Restaurant in Bixby Area (~80% average survival rate, ~83% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #143 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~74% 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 11, 2026

In this article:

Summary
Is Bixby Area 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 Bixby Area is an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~80% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~83% chance; next is a Kosher Restaurant with a ~80% chance, followed by a French Restaurant with a ~80% chance.

Is Bixby Area a good place to start a business?

**Peer neighborhoods:** Looking at demographic mix and amenity density across the 24 metros StreetSpring covers, Bixby Area clusters most tightly with **Biscayne Park (Miami)** and **Pilsen (Chicago)**. Common thread: less college-educated and older housing stock. Survival outcomes for those neighborhoods provide a useful comparison set for Bixby Area.

**Where Bixby Area businesses actually fail.** Among the 93 tracked subtypes, **Kosher Restaurants** post the highest average survivability (80%). But across Bixby Area's sites, the spread for this subtype runs **75% to 86%** — a 11-point gap that says *the address matters more than the subtype*. For saturation context, Ukrainian Restaurants are the most densely-clustered tracked subtype in the neighborhood (14 competitors within 0.5 miles).

Bixby Area earns the #143 spot in Los Angeles for new business survivability, with an average score of ~74% across all business types analyzed.

The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Bixby Area reaches ~3% for the strongest-performing business categories.
However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Bixby Area can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Bixby Area will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
The 2.8% commercial vacancy rate in Bixby Area 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 can you find the best location to open a business in Bixby Area?

StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address — showing which blocks in Bixby Area produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for an Ukrainian Restaurant in Bixby Area:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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This map shows the optimal location for an Ukrainian Restaurant in Bixby Area based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. The prediction model incorporates 100 location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.

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Top-ranked business types for Bixby Area

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Bixby Area

Ukrainian Restaurant is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Bixby Area: ~80% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~78%.
Kosher Restaurant — ~78%–~82% survivability range, with an average of ~80% across Bixby Area.
Opening a French Restaurant in Bixby Area shows ~80% average survivability. Top locations reach ~82%; lower-end sites show ~79%.
Pet Grooming Shop (Ranked #4): ~80% average in Bixby Area. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~78%.
Indonesian Restaurant is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Bixby Area: ~80% chance on average, best at ~82%, challenging at ~78%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Bixby Area

Asian Fusion Restaurant — ~78%–~81% survivability range, with an average of ~79% across Bixby Area.
Opening a South American Restaurant in Bixby Area shows ~79% average survivability. Top locations reach ~81%; lower-end sites show ~77%.
Deli (Ranked #8): ~79% average in Bixby Area. Best-case storefronts: ~81%. Challenging locations: ~78%.
Chinese Restaurant is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Bixby Area: ~79% chance on average, best at ~81%, challenging at ~78%.
Chicken Shop — ~78%–~81% survivability range, with an average of ~79% across Bixby Area.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

What revenue can a Bixby Area business expect?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Bixby Area could lead to you making ~3% more than if you selected an average location, and ~6% 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.
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.
StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Bixby Area

The top businesses to open next in Bixby Area:

Ukrainian Restaurants — ~80% average survival rate, up to ~83% at best locations
Kosher Restaurants — ~80% average survival rate
French Restaurants — ~80% average survival rate

Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. The 2.8% commercial vacancy rate in Bixby Area means there is available space for new entrants — but it also signals that survivability depends heavily on choosing the right address within the neighborhood, not just the neighborhood itself. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring recalculates survivability for every location in Bixby Area weekly, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data — check current locations now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Bixby Area.

What type of business should you rent your Bixby Area storefront to?

The analysis is clear: in Bixby Area, Ukrainian Restaurants, Kosher Restaurants, and French Restaurants consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for 2+ years.

Where you open matters more than anything else.
StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.

Should you rent your Bixby Area storefront to an Ukrainian Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, an Ukrainian Restaurant ranks as the top tenant type for your Bixby Area storefront — best-case locations show a ~83% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to ~78%.

StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types.

What should I consider when opening a business in Bixby Area?

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

A strong Revenue Capture Score reflects the ideal balance of manageable competition and robust consumer spending at that specific address.
StreetSpring's in-house models are continuously updated with new business outcome data to keep predictions accurate.
StreetSpring's address-level survivability data is available free of charge — start with your top candidate locations in Bixby Area.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Build-out budget rules-of-thumb for this neighborhood

Area to check	What can go wrong	How to de-risk it
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.
Anchor co-tenancy	Signing next to a high-traffic anchor that closes 6 months later, leaving you orphaned.	Ask for a co-tenancy clause — rent abatement or termination right if the anchor leaves. Standard for strong markets.
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.

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.

**Daytime population context (Bixby Area):** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median 1-mile workplace-jobs population within Bixby Area is **6,630** — about **0.1× the resident population**, which qualifies as a primarily-residential neighborhood with minimal daytime worker traffic. Retail-sector jobs in that radius: **1,100**. This shapes which business models have a natural demand floor here.

Landmark anchor: Cherry Avenue Park is the public-space landmark in Bixby Area that shapes a meaningful share of neighborhood foot-traffic.

**Local economic context (Bixby Area, Los Angeles):** Bixby Area's ACS unemployment rate is **7.0%** (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.

**Authoritative baseline:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release publishes 5-year survival rates by industry. For sectors StreetSpring covers, the range runs from **47.8%** (Active Life) to **61.8%** (Health & Medical), with restaurants at **50.0%** and retail at **47.9%**. Location-specific factors drive the actual variance around these baselines.

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Local Context FAQ

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

How big is the Bixby Area market in terms of resident population?

Approximately 74.5K people live in Bixby Area, which puts it in the upper-middle range among Los Angeles neighborhoods. The resident base is healthy — most retail and service business types have viable demand.

How does Bixby Area's employment rate affect business survivability?

Bixby Area's employment rate is approximately 93%, compared to a Los Angeles metro median of 93%. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.

What's the vacancy picture in Bixby Area?

Bixby Area's housing vacancy rate is roughly 3%, compared to 5% across the Los Angeles metro. Vacancy is close to the metro median — lease economics are typical for the area.

What's the poverty rate in Bixby Area, and what does it imply for businesses?

15% of Bixby Area households fall below the federal poverty line — above the Los Angeles metro median (11%). The poverty rate tracks the metro median; business-type fit depends more on competition and demographic specifics.