Business Survivability in Harvard Heights, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Harvard Heights is a Veterinary Clinic with a ~83% 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 Harvard Heights (~83% average survival rate, ~85% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #130 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: ~78% two-year survival across all business types
- 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: September 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Harvard Heights 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 Harvard Heights is a Veterinary Clinic 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 an Acupuncture Clinic with a 79.59% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 79.59% chance.
Is Harvard Heights a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring's analysis places Harvard Heights at #130 in Los Angeles for new business survival odds, with a neighborhood-wide average of ~78%.
- Strong business types at their best-match addresses in Harvard Heights consistently score ~6% higher than the overall neighborhood survivability average.
- But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within Harvard Heights can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
- A 93.8% employment rate in Harvard Heights 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 can you find the best location to open a business in Harvard Heights?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Harvard Heights, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Harvard Heights, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Veterinary Clinic in 2026:
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of hundreds of location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Veterinary Clinic in Harvard Heights. 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 are the best businesses to open in Harvard Heights?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 84.90% |
| 2 | Acupuncture Clinic | 81.89% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 81.88% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 81.50% |
| 5 | Grocery Store | 81.00% |
| 6 | Pizza Restaurant | 80.90% |
| 7 | Chicken Shop | 80.89% |
| 8 | American Restaurant | 80.40% |
| 9 | Seafood Restaurant | 80.32% |
| 10 | Dance Club | 80.10% |
#1-5: Highest Survivability in Harvard Heights
- Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Harvard Heights shows 83.20% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
- Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #2): 79.59% average in Harvard Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~77%.
- Chiropractor Office is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Harvard Heights: 79.59% chance on average, best at ~82%, challenging at ~76%.
- Physical Therapy Clinic: ~78% to ~82% survivability range, with an average of 80.00% across Harvard Heights.
- Opening a Grocery Store in Harvard Heights shows 77.60% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~74%.
#6-10: Strong Performers in Harvard Heights
- Pizza Restaurant (Ranked #6): 79.30% average in Harvard Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~81%. Challenging locations: ~78%.
- Chicken Shop is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Harvard Heights: 79.00% chance on average, best at ~81%, challenging at ~76%.
- American Restaurant: ~76% to ~81% survivability range, with an average of 78.90% across Harvard Heights.
- Opening a Seafood Restaurant in Harvard Heights shows 78.31% average survivability. Top locations reach ~82%; lower-end sites show ~72%.
- Dance Club (Ranked #10): 78.41% average in Harvard Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~81%. Challenging locations: ~77%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Acupuncture Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Harvard Heights make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Harvard Heights could lead to you making ~6% more than if you selected an average location, and ~14% 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.
- Where you open matters more than anything else.
- Businesses in high-scoring locations consistently outperform those in average or low-scoring sites.
- 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 Harvard Heights?
The top businesses to open next in Harvard Heights:
- Veterinary Clinics: 83.20% average survival rate, ~85% at the best address
- Acupuncture Clinics: 79.59% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 79.59% 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. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. 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. Harvard Heights sits at 93.8% employment and 11.8% commercial vacancy: conditions that set the ceiling and floor for Revenue Capture potential across all business types here. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring updates every location's survivability score weekly: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Harvard Heights right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Harvard Heights.
What type of business should you rent your Harvard Heights storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Harvard Heights shows that Veterinary Clinics, Acupuncture Clinics, and Chiropractor Offices rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- Where you open matters more than anything else.
- StreetSpring's precision goes beyond the neighborhood: it scores survivability at the exact address for every major brick-and-mortar business category. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Harvard Heights storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Veterinary Clinic in Harvard Heights: best-in-class addresses achieve ~85% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at ~81%.
- 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 Harvard Heights?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Harvard Heights address is the clearest forward-looking indicator of whether your business will be operating two years from now: make it the first number you check.
- Among all the inputs that shape survivability, Revenue Capture Score carries the most predictive weight.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- StreetSpring is free to use: see the current survivability score for any address in Harvard Heights right now.
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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.
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.