Business Survivability in Long Beach, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Long Beach is a Veterinary Clinic with a 74.3% 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 Long Beach (74.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #8 of 20 towns around Los Angeles
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 65.1% 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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach is a Veterinary Clinic with a 74.3% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 74.5% chance, followed by a Chiropractor Office with a 73.0% chance.
Is Long Beach a good place to start a business?
Among the 20 towns StreetSpring ranks around Los Angeles, Long Beach ranks #8 for business survivability, with an average 65.1% chance of lasting two or more years.
- In Long Beach, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 15.7 points above that type's average.
- But these same concepts at less optimal addresses within Long Beach can score meaningfully below average. Survivability data shows that even the highest-demand business types fail at the wrong location.
- The 93.6% employment rate in Long Beach supports consumer spending, while its 5.6% housing vacancy rate measures the share of homes and apartments standing empty: the model reads both as neighborhood characteristics.
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 Long Beach?
StreetSpring scores each block in Long Beach so you can see which ones give a business the best two-year chance. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Veterinary Clinic in Long Beach per 2026 data:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Long Beach. Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of 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 are the best businesses to open in Long Beach?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.9% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 87.4% |
| 3 | Chiropractor Office | 87.4% |
| 4 | Dentist Office | 86.2% |
| 5 | Dermatology Clinic | 86.2% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 83.6% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 83.2% |
| 11 | Cafe | 83.1% |
| 12 | Hair Salon | 82.6% |
| 14 | Chicken Shop | 82.6% |
Ties at a good address: Eye Care Center and Chiropractor Office are tied; Dentist Office and Dermatology Clinic are tied; Hair Salon and Chicken Shop 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 Long Beach
- #1 Veterinary Clinic is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Long Beach: 74.3% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #2 Eye Care Center: 74.5% on average across Long Beach; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
- #3 Opening a Chiropractor Office in Long Beach shows 73.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
- #4 Dentist Office (Ranked #4): 71.8% average in Long Beach. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #5 Dermatology Clinic is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Long Beach: 71.7% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
Strong Performers in Long Beach
- #9 Convenience Store: 68.5% on average across Long Beach; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #10 Opening a Clothing Store in Long Beach shows 68.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.0%.
- #11 Cafe (Ranked #11): 68.9% average in Long Beach. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.4%.
- #12 Hair Salon is ranked #12 for top businesses to open in Long Beach: 68.0% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
- #14 Chicken Shop: 66.5% on average across Long Beach; best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Long Beach make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, following the survivability data rather than relying on intuition or foot traffic estimates in Long Beach 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
- However, each business concept should be evaluated for fit within each potential location.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What businesses should open next in Long Beach?
The top businesses to open next in Long Beach:
- Veterinary Clinics: 74.3% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 74.5% average survival rate
- Chiropractor Offices: 73.0% average survival rate
Market conditions are changing daily, and it is best to use StreetSpring's most up-to-date data. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. Long Beach sits at 93.6% employment and 5.6% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. StreetSpring regularly refreshes survivability scores to reflect new competition and updated spending data: see which locations in Long Beach are available right now and how they rank.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Long Beach.
What type of business should you rent your Long Beach storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Long Beach are Veterinary Clinics, Eye Care Centers, and Chiropractor Offices.
- Location is one of the few things about a new business you can measure before it opens.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. StreetSpring's tool, free for a 10-minute trial, lets you check the survivability score for any business type at any address in Long Beach: a powerful filter when evaluating prospective tenants.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Long Beach storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
The data shows a Veterinary Clinic in Long Beach is the safest long-term bet for a storefront there. Top locations reach 90.0% survivability; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What should I consider when opening a business in Long Beach?
Don't commit to a storefront in Long Beach without first checking its Survivability Score: two addresses on the same block can carry different projected chances.
- Revenue Capture is where competition meets spending, and it's the number that matters most when choosing a location.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- StreetSpring's live survivability scores start with a free 10-minute trial: check your specific address 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.