How much money could a business in Elysian Park make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Elysian Park could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~3% more than one of the worst locations.

What businesses are most in demand in Elysian Park?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Elysian Park are Afghan Restaurants, Japanese / Sushi Restaurants, and Pet Grooming Shops.

Is Elysian Park a good place to start a business?

Elysian Park is ranked number 68 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~76%. Best-case locations for the top business types in Elysian Park produce survivability scores ~2% above the neighborhood-wide average.

What are the best businesses to open in Elysian Park?

The top businesses to open in Elysian Park include Afghan Restaurant with a ~84% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~86%, followed by Japanese / Sushi Restaurant and Pet Grooming Shop.

Business Survivability in Elysian Park, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Elysian Park is an Afghan Restaurant with a ~84% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•18 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: an Afghan Restaurant in Elysian Park (~84% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #68 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 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring — May 2, 2026

In this article:

Summary
Is Elysian Park 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 Elysian Park is an Afghan 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 Japanese / Sushi Restaurant with a ~84% chance, followed by a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~84% chance.

How business-friendly is Elysian Park right now?

**How Elysian Park compares:** Elysian Park's profile most resembles **Richmond (Philadelphia)** and **Fremont (San Francisco)** based on the demographic and density signatures we use to model location quality — all three share older housing stock, more renters, and low vacancy. Patterns from those neighborhoods are directly relevant for businesses evaluating Elysian Park.

**Failure pattern in Elysian Park.** Across the 93 business subtypes we track here, the strongest is **Japanese / Sushi Restaurant** at 84% average survivability — but the best and worst sites for this subtype within Elysian Park span **78% to 89%**, a 11-point gap. **The dominant failure mode in Elysian Park isn't subtype choice — it's site selection within the neighborhood.** Saturation context: Middle Eastern Restaurants are the most-concentrated tracked subtype in the area, with 16 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

In Los Angeles's neighborhood survivability rankings, Elysian Park comes in at #68, with an average Survivability Score of ~76% across all business types.

Best-case locations for the top business types in Elysian Park produce survivability scores ~2% above the neighborhood-wide average.
Yet even the strongest business types in Elysian Park 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 5.3% commercial vacancy rate in Elysian Park 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.

Pinpointing the best locations within Elysian Park

StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Elysian Park for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for an Afghan Restaurant in Elysian Park per 2026 data:

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The 2026 StreetSpring model highlights this circle as the top zone for an Afghan Restaurant in Elysian Park. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly — always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.

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What kinds of businesses thrive in Elysian Park?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Elysian Park

Afghan Restaurant is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Elysian Park: ~84% chance on average, best at ~86%, challenging at ~83%.
Japanese / Sushi Restaurant — ~82%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~84% across Elysian Park.
Opening a Pet Grooming Shop in Elysian Park shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
American Restaurant (Ranked #4): ~83% average in Elysian Park. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Music Store is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Elysian Park: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~80%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Elysian Park

Ukrainian Restaurant — ~80%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Elysian Park.
Opening a Filipino Restaurant in Elysian Park shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
Hawaiian Restaurant (Ranked #8): ~82% average in Elysian Park. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Korean Restaurant is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Elysian Park: ~82% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~80%.
Kosher Restaurant — ~80%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Elysian Park.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Afghan Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

The revenue potential of a Elysian Park location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Elysian Park could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~3% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
Location is the single strongest predictor of whether a business thrives or fails.
The businesses that outperform their category averages most consistently are those that scored highest on survivability before opening.
Two storefronts on the same street can have survivability scores that differ by 20 points or more — StreetSpring calculates each one individually.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Elysian Park

The top businesses to open next in Elysian Park:

Afghan Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
Japanese / Sushi Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate
Pet Grooming Shops — ~84% average survival rate

Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly — always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. Elysian Park's employment rate (90.8%) and vacancy rate (5.3%) together define the economic context that StreetSpring's model uses to score survivability for each business type at each address. StreetSpring updates survivability scores for available locations weekly — check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Elysian Park are currently available and how they score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Elysian Park.

What type of business should you rent your Elysian Park storefront to?

According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Elysian Park are Afghan Restaurants, Japanese / Sushi Restaurants, and Pet Grooming Shops.

Location is the single strongest predictor of whether a business thrives or fails.
Two storefronts on the same street can have survivability scores that differ by 20 points or more — StreetSpring calculates each one individually. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.

Should you rent your Elysian Park storefront to an Afghan Restaurant?

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

Two storefronts on the same street can have survivability scores that differ by 20 points or more — StreetSpring calculates each one individually.

What should I consider when opening a business in Elysian Park?

When evaluating potential locations in Elysian Park, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.

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 live scoring tool is free: enter any address in Elysian Park to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring's models are built from millions of real business outcomes, making predictions grounded in what actually happened. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Permits, licensing, and zoning specifics worth flagging

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify 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.
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.
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.

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 Elysian Park, Los Angeles — Top business types scored in Elysian Park, 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.

**Neighborhood context.** Elysian Park is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California, United States. The city park, Elysian Park, and Dodger Stadium are within the neighborhood, as are an all-boys Catholic high school and an elementary school. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysian_Park%2C_Los_Angeles).

**Daytime population context (Elysian Park):** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median 1-mile workplace-jobs population within Elysian Park is **7,838** — about **0.2× the resident population**, which qualifies as a primarily-residential neighborhood with minimal daytime worker traffic. Retail-sector jobs in that radius: **498**. This shapes which business models have a natural demand floor here.

Landmark anchor: Bishop Canyon, Elysian Fields anchors Elysian Park's green-space backbone and shapes the neighborhood's foot-traffic patterns.

**Economic indicators for Elysian Park:** Three local signals — neighborhood unemployment **9.2%** (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.