Is Glenwood a good place to start a business?

Glenwood is ranked number 155 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~73%. The top business types in Glenwood, when placed at their ideal addresses, achieve survivability rates ~2% above the neighborhood-wide average.

What are the best businesses to open in Glenwood?

The top businesses to open in Glenwood include Filipino Restaurant with a ~84% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~85%, followed by American Restaurant and Scandinavian Restaurant.

What businesses are most in demand in Glenwood?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Glenwood are Filipino Restaurants, American Restaurants, and Scandinavian Restaurants.

How much money could a business in Glenwood make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Glenwood could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~4% more than one of the worst locations.

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

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 Glenwood maximize success.

Business Survivability in Glenwood, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Glenwood is a Filipino 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 Filipino Restaurant in Glenwood (~84% average survival rate, ~85% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #155 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~73% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Reviewed and updated: May 12, 2026 — Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring

In this article:

Summary
Is Glenwood 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 Glenwood is a Filipino Restaurant with a ~84% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~85% chance; next is an American Restaurant with a ~83% chance, followed by a Scandinavian Restaurant with a ~83% chance.

How business-friendly is Glenwood right now?

**Peer neighborhoods:** Looking at demographic mix and amenity density across the 24 metros StreetSpring covers, Glenwood clusters most tightly with **Douglas Park (Washington DC)** and **Palmer Square (Chicago)**. Common thread: low destination density, low vacancy, and few nearby parks. Survival outcomes for those neighborhoods provide a useful comparison set for Glenwood.

**Where Glenwood businesses actually fail.** Among the 93 tracked subtypes, **American Restaurants** post the highest average survivability (83%). But across Glenwood's sites, the spread for this subtype runs **75% to 88%** — a 13-point gap that says *the address matters more than the subtype*. For saturation context, Mental Health Clinics are the most densely-clustered tracked subtype in the neighborhood (13 competitors within 0.5 miles).

StreetSpring's analysis places Glenwood at #155 in Los Angeles for new business survival odds, with a neighborhood-wide average of ~73%.

The top business types in Glenwood, when placed at their ideal addresses, achieve survivability rates ~2% above the neighborhood-wide average.
However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Glenwood can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Glenwood will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
The 90.6% employment rate in Glenwood supports consumer spending, while a 5.4% vacancy rate reflects available storefronts — both of which shape the survivability landscape for any new business here.

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

How to choose a specific location in Glenwood

StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address — showing which blocks in Glenwood produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Filipino Restaurant in Glenwood per 2026 data:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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The highlighted area represents the address in Glenwood that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Filipino Restaurant survivability. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates 100 inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility data.

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Which business types have the highest survivability in Glenwood?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Glenwood

Opening a Filipino Restaurant in Glenwood shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
American Restaurant (Ranked #2): ~83% average in Glenwood. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Scandinavian Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Glenwood: ~83% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~81%.
Kosher Restaurant — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Glenwood.
Opening a Diner in Glenwood shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~80%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Glenwood

Russian Restaurant (Ranked #6): ~82% average in Glenwood. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Ukrainian Restaurant is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Glenwood: ~81% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~79%.
Indonesian Restaurant — ~80%–~83% survivability range, with an average of ~81% across Glenwood.
Opening a Bangladeshi Restaurant in Glenwood shows ~80% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~79%.
Indian Restaurant (Ranked #10): ~80% average in Glenwood. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~78%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Filipino Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →
American Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

How location selection in Glenwood affects revenue

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Glenwood 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

Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
Across every business type we've analyzed, location quality as measured by Survivability Score is the strongest predictor of financial performance.
StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Glenwood

The top businesses to open next in Glenwood:

Filipino Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate, up to ~85% at best locations
American Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate
Scandinavian Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate

Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. StreetSpring's accuracy is built on studying businesses that serve more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 cities. Glenwood's combination of 90.6% employment and 5.4% vacancy creates the conditions that define which business types thrive here and which struggle. 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 Glenwood right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Glenwood are Filipino Restaurants, American Restaurants, and Scandinavian Restaurants.

The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.

Should you rent your Glenwood storefront to a Filipino Restaurant?

Yes — our 2026 model places a Filipino Restaurant at the top of the survivability rankings for Glenwood storefronts, with a best-case score of ~85% and a floor of ~82% at the most challenging addresses.

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

What should I consider when opening a business in Glenwood?

In Glenwood, the single most important factor in your site-selection decision is the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.

Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending — and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
Each forecast is specific to the exact address and business type, generated by StreetSpring's internally developed prediction engine.
Access StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Glenwood for free at any time.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring uses AI to predict business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods — trusted by real estate professionals and entrepreneurs nationwide. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Lease structure questions to ask first

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
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.
Permitted hours	Late-night or early-morning ops blocked by zoning, neighborhood association, or shared-wall restrictions.	Confirm the permitted hours-of-operation are in your lease AND in the local code. Pull recent variances or complaints from the zoning portal.
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

Radar chart of business-subtype survivability in Glenwood, Los Angeles — Top business types scored in Glenwood, Los Angeles — each axis is a subtype, taller = stronger survival rate.

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.

How we measure this: Foot traffic measured at the city-block level using a combination of pedestrian-network analysis and Walk Score.

**Daytime population context (Glenwood):** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median 1-mile workplace-jobs population within Glenwood is **14,268** — about **1.4× the resident population**, which qualifies as a balanced mixed-use pattern. Retail-sector jobs in that radius: **539**. This shapes which business models have a natural demand floor here.

Landmark anchor: Travel Town Museum Foundation sits in Glenwood as a history-museum anchor — the kind of cultural draw that shapes weekend foot-traffic patterns nearby.

**Economic context that bounds the demand environment in Glenwood:** Per ACS, neighborhood unemployment is **9.4%** (above the 24-metro neighborhood median). BLS QCEW shows the Los Angeles metro's average weekly wage at **$1,127** (below our 24-metro median). And Los Angeles County permitted **22,446** new residential units in 2025 per Census BPS — a population-and-demand growth signal.

**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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Beyond the Numbers: Local Context

Beyond the general FAQ — data-anchored answers for this specific location.

What's the typical household size in Glenwood, and what does it tell us?

Average household size in Glenwood is 2.8, versus 2.7 across the Los Angeles metro. Household composition is close to the metro average.

What is the median age in Glenwood, and what does that mean for businesses?

The median age in Glenwood is 45, older by the Los Angeles metro median (39) by 6 years. An older profile tends to favor healthcare, professional services, and family-oriented retail over nightlife.

How does Glenwood's commute profile affect retail demand?

ACS data puts the median commute at ~28 minutes in Glenwood, compared to 31 minutes metro-wide. Commute patterns are typical for the metro, so foot traffic timing should not be a primary differentiator.

What's the local customer base size in Glenwood?

Glenwood has approximately 10.2K residents, putting it in the lower-middle range among Los Angeles neighborhoods we track. The resident base is smaller than typical; survivability is highest for businesses that draw beyond the immediate neighborhood.

What's the vacancy picture in Glenwood?

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