What businesses are most in demand in Del Rey?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Del Rey are Indonesian Restaurants, Pet Grooming Shops, and Salad Shops.

How much money could a business in Del Rey make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Del Rey 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 Del Rey?

The top businesses to open in Del Rey include Indonesian Restaurant with a ~83% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~85%, followed by Pet Grooming Shop and Salad Shop.

Is Del Rey a good place to start a business?

Del Rey is ranked number 91 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~76%. StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Del Rey addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.

How can you find the best location to open a business in Del Rey?

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 Del Rey maximize success.

Business Survivability in Del Rey, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Del Rey is an Indonesian Restaurant with a ~83% 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 Del Rey (~83% average survival rate, ~85% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #91 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~76% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed: May 13, 2026 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring

In this article:

Summary
Is Del Rey 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 Del Rey is an Indonesian Restaurant with a ~83% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~85% chance; next is a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~81% chance, followed by a Salad Shop with a ~81% chance.

Should you open a business in Del Rey?

**Where else does Del Rey look like?** The strongest demographic and amenity-density matches are **Mar Vista (Los Angeles)** and **South Miami (Miami)**, sharing more college-educated, white-collar job mix, and high high-earner share. If you've worked in either of those neighborhoods, expect Del Rey to behave similarly on the dimensions that drive survival.

**What goes wrong in Del Rey.** Across 93 subtypes we track, **Pet Grooming Shop averages 81%** — the highest in the neighborhood. Yet a site-level look shows Pet Grooming Shops range from **76% to 88%** across Del Rey — a 12-point window where the address, not the concept, decides the outcome. For competitive density: Tattoo & Piercing Shops are the most-concentrated tracked subtype (17 within 0.5 miles).

Among all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, Del Rey ranks #91 for business survivability, with an average score of ~76%.

StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Del Rey addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.
However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Del Rey can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Del Rey will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
With a 94.7% employment rate, Del Rey has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.

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

Where in Del Rey should you open a business?

StreetSpring's Del Rey data goes block by block — not just neighborhood averages — so you know which specific storefront gives your concept the strongest foundation. Here is the top survivability address for an Indonesian Restaurant in Del Rey, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:

The locations that show up in our top-10 lists

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This map shows the optimal location for an Indonesian Restaurant in Del Rey based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. 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 Del Rey

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Del Rey

Opening an Indonesian Restaurant in Del Rey shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
Pet Grooming Shop (Ranked #2): ~81% average in Del Rey. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
Salad Shop is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Del Rey: ~81% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~79%.
Kosher Restaurant — ~79%–~83% survivability range, with an average of ~81% across Del Rey.
Opening an Armenian Restaurant in Del Rey shows ~81% average survivability. Top locations reach ~82%; lower-end sites show ~78%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Del Rey

Pet Store (Ranked #6): ~81% average in Del Rey. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~78%.
Vietnamese Restaurant is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Del Rey: ~81% chance on average, best at ~82%, challenging at ~78%.
Pet Boarding Facility — ~79%–~83% survivability range, with an average of ~81% across Del Rey.
Opening a Singaporean Restaurant in Del Rey shows ~81% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~79%.
Brunch Restaurant (Ranked #10): ~81% average in Del Rey. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~78%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

What revenue can a Del Rey business expect?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Del Rey 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.
Nothing influences a business's future more than its location.
Across every business type we've analyzed, location quality as measured by Survivability Score is the strongest predictor of financial performance.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Del Rey

The top businesses to open next in Del Rey:

Indonesian Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate, up to ~85% at best locations
Pet Grooming Shops — ~81% average survival rate
Salad Shops — ~81% average survival rate

These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. The 8.6% commercial vacancy rate in Del Rey 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. 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 Del Rey right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Del Rey.

What type of business should you rent your Del Rey storefront to?

According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Del Rey are Indonesian Restaurants, Pet Grooming Shops, and Salad Shops.

Nothing influences a business's future more than its location.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront. 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 Del Rey storefront to an Indonesian Restaurant?

According to our 2026 survivability model, an Indonesian Restaurant leads all business categories for Del Rey landlords — ~85% at the best addresses and ~81% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.

Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.

What should I consider when opening a business in Del Rey?

The Survivability Score for your specific address in Del Rey is the most reliable signal you have before signing a lease — prioritize it above foot traffic estimates and demographic summaries.

The Revenue Capture Score at a specific address explains more about likely business success than any other available metric.
These forecasts are generated using StreetSpring's unique analytical framework.
Access StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Del Rey for free at any time.

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.

Permits, licensing, and zoning specifics worth flagging

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
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.
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.
Foot traffic seasonality	Looking at a peak-summer Tuesday and assuming year-round volume.	Walk the block at 3 different times across 2 different weeks. Ask neighboring tenants for their slow-season % drop.

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

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Los Angeles by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Los Angeles plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth.

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.

How we measure this: Most retail competition operates within a 500-meter radius — outside that, behavioral economics show customers don't routinely switch.

**About this neighborhood.** Del Rey is a neighborhood in the Westside of Los Angeles, surrounded on three sides by Culver City, California. Within it lie a police station, the largest public housing complex on the Westside, a public middle school and six public elementary schools. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rey%2C_Los_Angeles).

**Del Rey economic snapshot:** ACS reports neighborhood unemployment at **5.3%** (in line with the 24-metro neighborhood median we track). The Los Angeles metro's BLS QCEW average weekly wage is **$1,127** (below our metro median), and the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey logged **22,446** new residential permits in Los Angeles County in 2025 — useful triangulation for population-growth and labor-cost assumptions in this neighborhood.

**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 Data Questions

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

How does Del Rey's vacancy rate affect commercial demand?

Del Rey's housing vacancy rate is roughly 9%, compared to 5% across the Los Angeles metro. Elevated vacancy can mean softening demand or short-term opportunity to negotiate rent — verify against commercial-corridor activity before committing.

How does Los Angeles's survivability compare to national sector averages?

Per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025), 5-year survival rates by sector range from 47.8% (Active Life — gyms, studios) to 61.8% (Health & Medical), with Restaurants at 50% and Retail at 47.9%. Los Angeles-specific factors layer on top of these national baselines.

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

ACS data shows 10% of Del Rey residents below the federal poverty line, versus 11% metro-wide. The poverty rate tracks the metro median; business-type fit depends more on competition and demographic specifics.

What's the home ownership rate in Del Rey, and why does it matter?

Home ownership in Del Rey is approximately 44%, versus the Los Angeles metro median of 43%. The ownership profile is typical for the metro.