Business Survivability in Lake Balboa, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Lake Balboa is a Chiropractor Office with a 72.6% 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 Chiropractor Office in Lake Balboa (72.6% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #90 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 63.1% 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 Lake Balboa 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 Lake Balboa is a Chiropractor Office with a 72.6% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 74.8% chance, followed by an Eye Care Center with a 71.8% chance.
Is Lake Balboa a good place to start a business?
Among the 173 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Los Angeles, Lake Balboa ranks #90 for business survivability, with an average 63.1% chance of lasting two or more years.
- In Lake Balboa, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 17.4 points above that type's average.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Lake Balboa can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- A 93.5% employment rate in Lake Balboa means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Lake Balboa?
StreetSpring scores each block in Lake Balboa so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Chiropractor Office in Lake Balboa:
This map shows the optimal location for a Chiropractor Office in Lake Balboa based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Lake Balboa?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 88.7% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 88.3% |
| 3 | Eye Care Center | 86.6% |
| 4 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 5 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 6 | Gym | 84.0% |
| 7 | Hair Salon | 83.6% |
| 9 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 10 | Bar | 83.6% |
| 11 | Spa | 83.1% |
Ties at a good address: Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; Hair Salon, Coffee Shop and Bar 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.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Lake Balboa
- #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 72.6% average in Lake Balboa. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.8%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Lake Balboa: 74.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.8%.
- #3 Eye Care Center: 71.8% on average across Lake Balboa; best at 89.6%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #4 Opening a Convenience Store in Lake Balboa shows 70.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.9%.
- #5 Clothing Store (Ranked #5): 69.9% average in Lake Balboa. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
Strong Performers in Lake Balboa
- #6 Gym is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Lake Balboa: 63.7% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
- #7 Hair Salon: 71.3% on average across Lake Balboa; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.9%.
- #9 Opening a Coffee Shop in Lake Balboa shows 69.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 48.4%.
- #10 Bar (Ranked #10): 69.7% average in Lake Balboa. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 51.2%.
- #11 Spa is ranked #11 for top businesses to open in Lake Balboa: 76.4% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Lake Balboa make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Lake Balboa 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
- No two business types have identical location needs; survivability scores reflect these differences at the address level.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What businesses should open next in Lake Balboa?
The top businesses to open next in Lake Balboa:
- Chiropractor Offices: 72.6% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 74.8% average survival rate
- Eye Care Centers: 71.8% average survival rate
Static rankings can't capture every recent change in competition or consumer spending; StreetSpring's live platform provides the current score for your exact address. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. 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. The survivability rankings for Lake Balboa draw on real Census conditions, including 93.5% employment and 4.2% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Lake Balboa right now.
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- See the Los Angeles Business Survivability Rankings
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- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Los Angeles neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Lake Balboa.
What type of business should you rent your Lake Balboa storefront to?
The analysis is clear: in Lake Balboa, Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Eye Care Centers consistently score highest on survivability, giving landlords the best chance of retaining tenants for two or more years.
- A business's location is one of the few things about its future you can check in advance.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Lake Balboa storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, a Chiropractor Office ranks as the top tenant type for your Lake Balboa storefront: best-case locations show a 90.0% survival rate, while the most challenging addresses drop to 56.8%.
- StreetSpring scores blocks across each neighborhood and city so you can compare a business's two-year chance between them.
What should I consider when opening a business in Lake Balboa?
When selecting a location in Lake Balboa it is crucial to select a location with a very high Survivability Score.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- The most current survivability data for Lake Balboa is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. 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.