How much money could a business in Mar - Les make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Mar - Les could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~5% more than one of the worst locations.

How can you find the best location to open a business in Mar - Les?

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 Mar - Les maximize success.

What are the best businesses to open in Mar - Les?

The top businesses to open in Mar - Les include Pet Grooming Shop with a ~82% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~84%, followed by Kosher Restaurant and Pet Boarding Facility.

Is Mar - Les a good place to start a business?

Mar - Les is ranked number 104 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~75%. The most promising business types in the best locations score a ~2% higher chance of surviving 2 years than the average.

What businesses are most in demand in Mar - Les?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Mar - Les are Pet Grooming Shops, Kosher Restaurants, and Pet Boarding Facilities.

Business Survivability in Mar - Les, Los Angeles

Q: Does Mar - Les's income profile support new business openings?

Mar - Les's median household income (~$90K) is below the Los Angeles metro median (~$113K) by approximately $23K. Lower median income tends to favor value-oriented retail, fast-casual food, and necessity-driven services.

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Mar - Les is a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~82% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Pet Grooming Shop in Mar - Les (~82% average survival rate, ~84% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #104 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~75% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed: April 30, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder — updated weekly

In this article:

Summary
Is Mar - Les 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 Mar - Les is a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~82% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~84% chance; next is a Kosher Restaurant with a ~82% chance, followed by a Pet Boarding Facility with a ~81% chance.

What does the data say about opening in Mar - Les?

**Pattern match:** Mar - Les's neighborhood signature — captured across demographic, employment, and amenity features — most closely matches **Riverbend (Tampa Bay)** and **Eastwood (Baltimore)**. The three share less college-educated, less transit-reliant, and less walkable commutes, which helps explain why business types that succeed in those areas tend to translate to Mar - Les.

**The pattern in Mar - Les.** Of 93 tracked subtypes, Pet Boarding Facility leads at **81% average survivability** — yet within the neighborhood, sites for this subtype range **74-88%** (14-point spread). That spread is the real failure surface: pick the wrong block in Mar - Les and a top-subtype play still scores in the bottom quartile. Meanwhile Kosher Restaurants are already saturated here — 16 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Mar - Les earns the #104 spot in Los Angeles for new business survivability, with an average score of ~75% across all business types analyzed.

The most promising business types in the best locations score a ~2% higher chance of surviving 2 years than the average.
However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Mar - Les can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Mar - Les will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
A 94.4% employment rate in Mar - Les 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.

Where in Mar - Les should you open a business?

StreetSpring can pinpoint which exact blocks in Mar - Les maximize a business's chances of success. The map below shows the highest-scoring storefront area for a Pet Grooming Shop in Mar - Les per 2026 data:

Reading visibility, frontage, and parking carefully

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This map shows the optimal location for a Pet Grooming Shop in Mar - Les based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. The prediction model incorporates 100 location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.

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What kinds of businesses thrive in Mar - Les?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Mar - Les

Opening a Pet Grooming Shop in Mar - Les shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
Kosher Restaurant (Ranked #2): ~82% average in Mar - Les. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~80%.
Pet Boarding Facility is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Mar - Les: ~81% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~79%.
Ukrainian Restaurant — ~79%–~83% survivability range, with an average of ~81% across Mar - Les.
Opening a Dance Club in Mar - Les shows ~81% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~78%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Mar - Les

Singaporean Restaurant (Ranked #6): ~80% average in Mar - Les. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
Watch Store or Repair Shop is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Mar - Les: ~80% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~77%.
Hawaiian Restaurant — ~79%–~82% survivability range, with an average of ~80% across Mar - Les.
Opening a Gym in Mar - Les shows ~80% average survivability. Top locations reach ~82%; lower-end sites show ~78%.
Salad Shop (Ranked #10): ~80% average in Mar - Les. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~78%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

The revenue potential of a Mar - Les location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, identifying the optimal address for your business type in Mar - Les could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~5% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

StreetSpring calculates survivability for each business type separately at each address — so the best location for your concept may differ from the neighborhood's overall top-ranked site.
The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
Every percentage point of Survivability Score represents a real difference in expected revenue — choosing the highest-scoring address is the most reliable financial decision you can make at the outset.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.

What businesses should open next in Mar - Les?

The top businesses to open next in Mar - Les:

Pet Grooming Shops — ~82% average survival rate, up to ~84% at best locations
Kosher Restaurants — ~82% average survival rate
Pet Boarding Facilities — ~81% average survival rate

For the most current predictions, visit StreetSpring to analyze your specific location in real-time. StreetSpring measures competition through a 30-factor framework layered on top of proprietary consumer spending forecasts and mobility models. The 94.4% employment rate in Mar - Les is a key signal of consumer health; when combined with the 3.5% vacancy rate, it produces a competitive landscape that favors the business types ranked above. StreetSpring updates survivability scores for available locations weekly — check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Mar - Les are currently available and how they score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Mar - Les.

What type of business should you rent your Mar - Les storefront to?

Our 2026 survivability data for Mar - Les shows that Pet Grooming Shops, Kosher Restaurants, and Pet Boarding Facilities rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.

The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for 2+ years.

Should you rent your Mar - Les storefront to a Pet Grooming Shop?

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis strongly supports renting to a Pet Grooming Shop in Mar - Les: best-in-class addresses achieve ~84% survivability, and even the lower-end sites come in at ~80% — above average for most business types.

Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.

What should I consider when opening a business in Mar - Les?

Before committing to any location in Mar - Les, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score — it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.

A strong Revenue Capture Score reflects the ideal balance of manageable competition and robust consumer spending at that specific address.
These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
StreetSpring offers free access to its survivability scores — see how your shortlisted Mar - Les addresses rank right now.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring combines proprietary data with advanced analytics to predict which businesses will succeed. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Build-out budget rules-of-thumb for this neighborhood

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
Parking & visibility	Storefront looks great from the sidewalk but is invisible from the road.	Drive past at 30 mph from both directions. Count street parking + nearest paid lot capacity at peak hours.
Lease term	Locking into 7-10 years without break clauses, then needing to relocate after year 2.	Negotiate a relocation or termination clause. Confirm assignment + sublease rights are in writing.
Foot traffic seasonality	Looking at a peak-summer Tuesday and assuming year-round volume.	Walk the block at 3 different times across 2 different weeks. Ask neighboring tenants for their slow-season % drop.

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

Dumbbell chart comparing best vs worst locations for businesses in Los Angeles — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type in Los Angeles — the gap shows how much location choice matters for each subtype.

Treemap of Los Angeles business mix by survivability score — Treemap of business mix in Los Angeles — cell size = number of locations, color = average survivability score.

How we measure this: Most retail competition operates within a 500-meter radius — outside that, behavioral economics show customers don't routinely switch.

**Three local anchors for Mar - Les:** **5.6%** neighborhood unemployment (above the 24-metro median, ACS), **$1,127/week** average wage in the Los Angeles area (below our metro median, BLS QCEW), and **22,446** new residential units permitted in Los Angeles County in 2025 (Census BPS). These three together describe the demand-and-labor environment any new Mar - Les business operates within.

**National benchmark:** Per BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025), 5-year survival rates for StreetSpring's tracked industries span **47.8-61.8%**. Restaurants — the most-studied of these — survive at **50.0%** nationally, not the often-cited "80% fail" myth. The real risk premium is at the location level, which is what StreetSpring's model isolates.

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Local Context FAQ

Local-context questions, answered with neighborhood-specific numbers.

Does Mar - Les's income profile support new business openings?

Mar - Les's median household income (~~$90K) is below the Los Angeles metro median (~~$113K) by approximately $23K. Lower median income tends to favor value-oriented retail, fast-casual food, and necessity-driven services.

Are storefronts and homes filling up or sitting empty in Mar - Les?

Approximately 3% of Mar - Les housing units are vacant — below the Los Angeles metro median (5%). Vacancy is close to the metro median — lease economics are typical for the area.

How many people live in Mar - Les?

Approximately 20.5K people live in Mar - Les, which puts it in the middle range among Los Angeles neighborhoods. The resident base is moderate; business-type fit depends more on capturing nearby commuter or destination traffic.

How does the median age in Mar - Les compare to the Los Angeles metro?

Mar - Les's median age is 35 versus a Los Angeles metro median of 39 — younger by 4 years. This shapes which business types tend to survive: A younger profile tends to drive demand for nightlife, fitness, and casual dining over family-oriented services.