Business Survivability in East Village, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in East Village is a Veterinary Clinic with a 74.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Best business: a Veterinary Clinic in East Village (74.1% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #170 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 56.4% two-year survival across the business types ranked here
- Coverage: This ranking carries one row per business type and neighborhood. Its score is the projected chance of lasting two or more years, averaged across the price points StreetSpring scores separately in the tool (most types have 5). The 10 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points.
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is East Village 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 East Village is a Veterinary Clinic with a 74.1% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Chiropractor Office with a 69.4% chance, followed by a Convenience Store with a 57.2% chance.
Is East Village a good place to start a business?
In Los Angeles's survivability rankings, East Village comes in at #170 of 173 neighborhoods, with an average Survivability Score of 56.4% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in East Village score 15.9 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- Yet even the strongest business types in East Village see survivability scores drop significantly at the worst addresses. No business type is immune to the consequences of poor location selection within this neighborhood.
- The 92.7% employment rate in East Village supports consumer spending, while its 13.3% housing vacancy rate measures the share of homes and apartments standing empty: the model reads both as neighborhood characteristics.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in East Village?
StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in East Village offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Veterinary Clinic in East Village:
The highlighted area represents the address in East Village that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Veterinary Clinic survivability. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in East Village?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 2 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 3 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 4 | Gym | 83.6% |
| 5 | Cafe | 82.6% |
| 6 | American Restaurant | 78.4% |
| 7 | Spa | 77.2% |
| 8 | Cosmetics Shop | 74.2% |
| 9 | Acupuncture Clinic | 73.4% |
| 10 | Mental Health Clinic | 73.4% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Mental Health Clinic are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at the average and the best address next.
Highest Survivability in East Village
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in East Village: 74.1% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 62.8%.
- #2 Chiropractor Office: 69.4% on average across East Village; best at 89.6%, challenging at 58.1%.
- #3 Opening a Convenience Store in East Village shows 57.2% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.4%.
- #4 Gym (Ranked #4): 56.3% average in East Village. Best-case storefronts: 83.6%. Challenging locations: 48.0%.
- #5 Cafe is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in East Village: 65.3% chance on average, best at 82.6%, challenging at 50.2%.
Strong Performers in East Village
- #6 American Restaurant: 63.8% on average across East Village; best at 79.5%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #7 Opening a Spa in East Village shows 63.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 78.2%; lower-end sites show 51.6%.
- #8 Cosmetics Shop (Ranked #8): 62.5% average in East Village. Best-case storefronts: 80.0%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
- #9 Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in East Village: 64.6% chance on average, best at 85.8%, challenging at 58.1%.
- #10 Mental Health Clinic: 64.6% on average across East Village; best at 85.8%, challenging at 58.1%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in East Village make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, prioritizing survivability score in your site-selection process in East Village starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- Site-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What businesses should open next in East Village?
The top businesses to open next in East Village:
- Veterinary Clinics: 74.1% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Chiropractor Offices: 69.4% average survival rate
- Convenience Stores: 57.2% average survival rate
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. StreetSpring's training dataset includes millions of transactions and business lifecycle events. StreetSpring scores 500+ business types: 153 base business types, most of them at 5 price points, which is 569 type-and-price combinations you can choose in the tool. East Village's employment rate (92.7%) and housing vacancy rate (13.3%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in East Village today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in East Village.
What type of business should you rent your East Village storefront to?
Based on 2026 survivability scores across all business types in East Village, the top three tenant categories for landlords are Veterinary Clinics, Chiropractor Offices, and Convenience Stores.
- The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. StreetSpring allows property owners to evaluate any address against 500+ business types, so you can prioritize the categories that score highest at your specific location.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your East Village storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Veterinary Clinic would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to, with a potential 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; however depending on your location, the chances could drop to a 62.8% chance.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category.
What should I consider when opening a business in East Village?
Location decisions in East Village should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring's forecasting tools are purpose-built for commercial location decisions and are not available through any publicly accessible data source.
- Start a free 10-minute trial on StreetSpring to see the current survivability score for any address in East Village.
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Powered by machine learning models trained on real business outcomes, StreetSpring delivers actionable insights. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
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.