Business Survivability in Los Feliz, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Los Feliz 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 Los Feliz (~83% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #124 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 Los Feliz 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 Los Feliz 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 ~86% chance; next is a Physical Therapy Clinic with a 81.00% chance, followed by a Chicken Shop with a 79.20% chance.
Is Los Feliz a good place to start a business?
Los Feliz earns the #124 spot in Los Angeles for new business survivability, with an average score of ~78% across all business types analyzed.
- Strong business types at their best-match addresses in Los Feliz consistently score ~11% higher than the overall neighborhood survivability average.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Los Feliz can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- With 90.3% of the local population employed, Los Feliz presents a stable consumer base: particularly for food, beverage, and service businesses that depend on repeat discretionary spending.
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 Los Feliz?
StreetSpring can pinpoint which exact blocks in Los Feliz maximize a business's chances of success. StreetSpring's 2026 analysis identifies this area as the top location for a Veterinary Clinic in Los Feliz:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Veterinary Clinic in Los Feliz. 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'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 Los Feliz?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Clinic | 84.50% |
| 2 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 83.60% |
| 3 | Chicken Shop | 80.90% |
| 4 | Salad Shop | 80.89% |
| 5 | Dance Club | 80.60% |
| 6 | Mediterranean Restaurant | 80.39% |
| 7 | Chiropractor Office | 80.19% |
| 8 | Dermatology Clinic | 80.18% |
| 9 | Grocery Store | 79.50% |
| 10 | Liquor Store | 79.40% |
#1-5: Highest Survivability in Los Feliz
- Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #1): 82.70% average in Los Feliz. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
- Physical Therapy Clinic is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Los Feliz: 81.00% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~76%.
- Chicken Shop: ~76% to ~84% survivability range, with an average of 79.20% across Los Feliz.
- Opening a Salad Shop in Los Feliz shows 79.00% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~76%.
- Dance Club (Ranked #5): 78.60% average in Los Feliz. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~75%.
#6-10: Strong Performers in Los Feliz
- Mediterranean Restaurant is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Los Feliz: 78.99% chance on average, best at ~82%, challenging at ~77%.
- Chiropractor Office: ~77% to ~81% survivability range, with an average of 79.09% across Los Feliz.
- Opening a Dermatology Clinic in Los Feliz shows 79.00% average survivability. Top locations reach ~81%; lower-end sites show ~78%.
- Grocery Store (Ranked #9): 77.30% average in Los Feliz. Best-case storefronts: ~81%. Challenging locations: ~73%.
- Liquor Store is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Los Feliz: 78.00% chance on average, best at ~81%, challenging at ~74%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Physical Therapy Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Chicken Shop: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Los Feliz make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing a high-performing site for your concept in Los Feliz could lead to you making ~11% more than if you selected an average location, and ~27% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- No two business types have identical location needs; survivability scores reflect these differences at the address level.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- Maximizing your Survivability Score is the most reliable path to profitability.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Los Feliz?
The top businesses to open next in Los Feliz:
- Veterinary Clinics: 82.70% average survival rate, ~86% at the best address
- Physical Therapy Clinics: 81.00% average survival rate
- Chicken Shops: 79.20% 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. Our analysis covers every major metro in the country: 24 cities and 180 million++ consumers. 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. Los Feliz's combination of 90.3% employment and 10.2% vacancy creates the conditions that define which business types thrive here and which struggle. Because market conditions shift constantly, StreetSpring updates every location's survivability score weekly: you can see current scores for available storefronts in Los Feliz right now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Los Feliz.
What type of business should you rent your Los Feliz storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the 3 best businesses to rent your storefront out to in Los Feliz are Veterinary Clinics, Physical Therapy Clinics, and Chicken Shops.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Los Feliz storefront to a Veterinary Clinic?
According to our 2026 survivability model, a Veterinary Clinic leads all business categories for Los Feliz landlords: ~86% at the best addresses and ~79% at the most challenging ones in this neighborhood.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Los Feliz?
Location decisions in Los Feliz should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.
- Revenue Capture Score matters more than any other single metric when predicting business outcomes.
- These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Los Feliz to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
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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.
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.