Is Eastside a good place to start a business?

Eastside is ranked number 56 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~77%. Strong business types at their best-match addresses in Eastside consistently score ~3% higher than the overall neighborhood survivability average.

What businesses are most in demand in Eastside?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Eastside are Singaporean Restaurants, Asian Fusion Restaurants, and Pet Grooming Shops.

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

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 Eastside maximize success.

How much money could a business in Eastside make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Eastside could lead to making ~3% more than selecting an average location, and ~4% more than one of the worst locations.

What are the best businesses to open in Eastside?

The top businesses to open in Eastside include Singaporean Restaurant with a ~84% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~86%, followed by Asian Fusion Restaurant and Pet Grooming Shop.

Business Survivability in Eastside, Los Angeles

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

Neighborhood rank: #56 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 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring — April 30, 2026

In this article:

Summary
Is Eastside 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 Eastside is a Singaporean 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 an Asian Fusion Restaurant with a ~84% chance, followed by a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~84% chance.

How business-friendly is Eastside right now?

**Peer neighborhoods:** Looking at demographic mix and amenity density across the 24 metros StreetSpring covers, Eastside clusters most tightly with **Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta)** and **Westgate (Miami)**. Common thread: low destination density, low high-earner share, and less college-educated. Survival outcomes for those neighborhoods provide a useful comparison set for Eastside.

**Where Eastside businesses actually fail.** Among the 93 tracked subtypes, **Asian Fusion Restaurants** post the highest average survivability (84%). But across Eastside's sites, the spread for this subtype runs **77% to 87%** — a 10-point gap that says *the address matters more than the subtype*. For saturation context, Filipino Restaurants are the most densely-clustered tracked subtype in the neighborhood (33 competitors within 0.5 miles).

Among all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, Eastside ranks #56 for business survivability, with an average score of ~77%.

Strong business types at their best-match addresses in Eastside consistently score ~3% higher than the overall neighborhood survivability average.
However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Eastside often fall well below average. Picking the right block — not just the right neighborhood — is what actually determines survivability.
A 94.3% employment rate in Eastside means a large share of local consumers have steady income — a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.

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

How to choose a specific location in Eastside

Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Eastside that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Below is the best location for a Singaporean Restaurant in Eastside:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of 100 location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Singaporean Restaurant in Eastside. These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.

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What kinds of businesses thrive in Eastside?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Eastside

Singaporean Restaurant is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Eastside: ~84% chance on average, best at ~86%, challenging at ~83%.
Asian Fusion Restaurant — ~82%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~84% across Eastside.
Opening a Pet Grooming Shop in Eastside shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
South American Restaurant (Ranked #4): ~83% average in Eastside. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Brunch Restaurant is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Eastside: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~81%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Eastside

Chinese Restaurant — ~81%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Eastside.
Opening a Chicken Shop in Eastside shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
French Restaurant (Ranked #8): ~83% average in Eastside. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~82%.
Indonesian Restaurant is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Eastside: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~81%.
Sri Lankan Restaurant — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Eastside.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Asian Fusion Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

The revenue potential of a Eastside location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Eastside could lead to you making ~3% 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

Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
Among all variables that affect business outcomes, location has the highest predictive weight in our models.
Choosing locations with superior Survivability Scores directly correlates with higher revenue potential.
StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.

Which business types are most underserved in Eastside?

The top businesses to open next in Eastside:

Singaporean Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
Asian Fusion Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate
Pet Grooming Shops — ~84% average survival rate

These figures represent averages across a neighborhood; your specific address may score meaningfully higher or lower depending on block-level competitive conditions. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. The 94.3% employment rate in Eastside is a key signal of consumer health; when combined with the 0.7% vacancy rate, it produces a competitive landscape that favors the business types ranked above. Survivability scores are live, not static — StreetSpring updates them weekly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Eastside 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 Eastside.

What type of business should you rent your Eastside storefront to?

For landlords in Eastside, StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies Singaporean Restaurants, Asian Fusion Restaurants, and Pet Grooming Shops as the business types most likely to produce stable, long-term tenancy.

Among all variables that affect business outcomes, location has the highest predictive weight in our models.
StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.

Should you rent your Eastside storefront to a Singaporean Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Singaporean Restaurant ranks as the top tenant type for your Eastside storefront — best-case locations show a ~86% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to ~83%.

StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.

What should I consider when opening a business in Eastside?

Location decisions in Eastside should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.

High Revenue Capture Score is the clearest signal that a location can sustain a business over the long term.
Every survivability score is produced by StreetSpring's private prediction engine — not available through any other platform.
Access StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Eastside for free at any time.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

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.

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

Area to check	What can go wrong	How to de-risk it
Workforce availability	Hiring radius is smaller than you think — many neighborhoods can't staff a full team at standard wages.	Pull BLS wage data for your industry in this metro. Walk through your staffing plan with a local restaurant/retail operator before signing.
CAM + hidden costs	Stated rent looks great, then CAM fees, signage charges, and after-hours utilities add 15-30%.	Get the full operating expense breakdown for the past 2 years. Ask which costs are landlord-capped vs. uncapped.
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.

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

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

**Worker-to-resident ratio (Eastside):** LEHD daytime population data gives Eastside a **0.9-to-1 worker/resident ratio** (a balanced mixed-use pattern). Median 1-mile workplace jobs: **15,488**; retail share within that: **590**. Worker-heavy neighborhoods skew demand toward weekday-business-hours; resident-heavy neighborhoods skew toward evenings and weekends.

Landmark anchor: Eastside's park anchor is Pacific Electric Park, which sets weekend and warm-weather foot-traffic patterns for the surrounding blocks.

**Economic indicators for Eastside:** Three local signals — neighborhood unemployment **5.7%** (ACS; above the median we track), Los Angeles-area average weekly wage **$1,127** (BLS QCEW; below our metro median), and **22,446** new residential units permitted in Los Angeles County in 2025 (Census BPS). Use these to ground demand and labor-cost assumptions for your specific business plan.

**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 Data Questions

Additional questions with answers drawn directly from local data sources.

Is Eastside a high-employment or high-unemployment area?

Roughly 94% of Eastside's working-age population is employed, against a Los Angeles metro median of 93%. Employment is close to the metro median, suggesting stable underlying demand.

How big is the Eastside market in terms of resident population?

Approximately 16.8K people live in Eastside, which puts it in the middle range among Los Angeles neighborhoods. The resident base is moderate; business-type fit depends more on capturing nearby commuter or destination traffic.

What's the national survival baseline for businesses by sector?

BLS Business Employment Dynamics data (March 2025 release) shows 5-year survival rates spanning 47.8% (Active Life) to 61.8% (Health & Medical) across the 11 sectors StreetSpring tracks. Restaurants — the most studied category — survive at 50% nationally, well above the often-cited "80% fail" myth.