Is Marina Area a good place to start a business?

Marina Area is ranked number 102 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~75%. StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Marina Area addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.

What are the best businesses to open in Marina Area?

The top businesses to open in Marina Area include American Restaurant with a ~85% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~86%, followed by Pet Grooming Shop and Ukrainian Restaurant.

What businesses are most in demand in Marina Area?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Marina Area are American Restaurants, Pet Grooming Shops, and Ukrainian Restaurants.

How much money could a business in Marina Area make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Marina Area could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~4% more than one of the worst locations.

How can you find the best location to open a business in Marina Area?

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 Marina Area maximize success.

Business Survivability in Marina Area, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Marina Area is an American Restaurant with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•16 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: an American Restaurant in Marina Area (~85% average survival rate, ~86% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #102 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: May 11, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder — updated weekly

In this article:

Summary
Is Marina Area 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 Marina Area is an American Restaurant with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~86% chance; next is a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~85% chance, followed by an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~84% chance.

How business-friendly is Marina Area right now?

**Where else does Marina Area look like?** The strongest demographic and amenity-density matches are **Roslindale (Boston)** and **Old Town Triangle (Chicago)**, sharing older housing stock, longer commutes, and low poverty. If you've worked in either of those neighborhoods, expect Marina Area to behave similarly on the dimensions that drive survival.

**What goes wrong in Marina Area.** Across 93 subtypes we track, **Pet Grooming Shop averages 85%** — the highest in the neighborhood. Yet a site-level look shows Pet Grooming Shops range from **72% to 90%** across Marina Area — a 18-point window where the address, not the concept, decides the outcome. For competitive density: American Restaurants are the most-concentrated tracked subtype (12 within 0.5 miles).

Marina Area is the #102 most survivable neighborhood for new businesses in and around Los Angeles, with an average score of ~75% across all analyzed categories.

StreetSpring data shows the best-fit business types at prime Marina Area addresses outperform the neighborhood average by as much as ~2%.
Even so, the weakest addresses in Marina Area for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
A 96.4% employment rate in Marina Area 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.

Pinpointing the best locations within Marina Area

StreetSpring's address-level analysis reveals which specific storefronts in Marina Area offer the strongest survivability odds for your business type. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Marina Area, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for an American Restaurant in 2026:

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StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for an American Restaurant in Marina Area. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. The model evaluates 100 factors — from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, mobility flows, and local market share potential.

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Top-ranked business types for Marina Area

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Marina Area

American Restaurant is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Marina Area: ~85% chance on average, best at ~86%, challenging at ~83%.
Pet Grooming Shop — ~82%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~85% across Marina Area.
Opening an Ukrainian Restaurant in Marina Area shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~82%.
Pet Boarding Facility (Ranked #4): ~84% average in Marina Area. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~82%.
Filipino Restaurant is ranked #5 for top businesses to open in Marina Area: ~84% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~82%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Marina Area

Salad Shop — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Marina Area.
Opening a Kosher Restaurant in Marina Area shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
Diner (Ranked #8): ~83% average in Marina Area. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Scandinavian Restaurant is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Marina Area: ~83% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~81%.
Deli — ~81%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~82% across Marina Area.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

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What you could earn opening a business in Marina Area

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Marina Area could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~4% 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.
StreetSpring's analysis shows that businesses in top-scoring locations generate meaningfully more revenue and stay open longer than those in average locations.
StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.

What Marina Area needs more of (per our model)

The top businesses to open next in Marina Area:

American Restaurants — ~85% average survival rate, up to ~86% at best locations
Pet Grooming Shops — ~85% average survival rate
Ukrainian Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate

Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. Our training data spans 130+ business types across 24 major metros, giving our models the breadth to predict outcomes across nearly any commercial concept. StreetSpring's model accounts for Marina Area's 96.4% employment rate when projecting survivability — businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring recalculates survivability for every location in Marina Area weekly, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data — check current locations now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Marina Area.

What type of business should you rent your Marina Area storefront to?

According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Marina Area are American Restaurants, Pet Grooming Shops, and Ukrainian Restaurants.

The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.

Should you rent your Marina Area storefront to an American Restaurant?

Yes. Among all business types analyzed for Marina Area in 2026, an American Restaurant posts the highest survivability ceiling at ~86% and maintains a reasonable floor of ~83% — making it the most reliable tenant choice here.

StreetSpring analyzes your specific address against comparable businesses to forecast success.

What should I consider when opening a business in Marina Area?

Don't commit to a storefront in Marina Area without first checking its Survivability Score — the difference between a 70% and a 90% score at two addresses on the same block can determine your long-term outcome.

StreetSpring's analysis consistently shows Revenue Capture Score predicts survival odds more accurately than demographic data or foot traffic estimates alone.
These predictions are generated by StreetSpring's proprietary machine learning system, validated against hundreds of thousands of real business outcomes.
You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Marina Area at no cost using StreetSpring's live tool.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. 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

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
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.
Permitted hours	Late-night or early-morning ops blocked by zoning, neighborhood association, or shared-wall restrictions.	Confirm the permitted hours-of-operation are in your lease AND in the local code. Pull recent variances or complaints from the zoning portal.
Permits & licensing	Assuming a 30-day permit timeline, hitting 90+ days, paying rent on a non-operating storefront.	Call the local zoning office before signing. Confirm your use is already permitted; if not, factor a 2-3 month variance timeline.

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.

Radar chart of business-subtype survivability in Marina Area, Los Angeles — Top business types scored in Marina Area, Los Angeles — each axis is a subtype, taller = stronger survival rate.

How we measure this: Foot traffic measured at the city-block level using a combination of pedestrian-network analysis and Walk Score.

**Marina Area economic snapshot:** ACS reports neighborhood unemployment at **3.6%** (below the 24-metro neighborhood median we track). The Los Angeles metro's BLS QCEW average weekly wage is **$1,127** (below our metro median), and the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey logged **22,446** new residential permits in Los Angeles County in 2025 — useful triangulation for population-growth and labor-cost assumptions in this neighborhood.

**Why these baselines matter:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025) reports 5-year survival rates of **47.8-61.8%** across the industries StreetSpring covers. Restaurants survive at **50.0%** nationally — not 20%. The location decision is what separates the 30% above the baseline from the 30% below.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

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

What does household composition look like in Marina Area?

Marina Area's average household has 1.9 people — below the Los Angeles metro average (2.7). Smaller households suggest more singles or couples — favorable for casual dining, fitness, and convenience retail.

Is Marina Area mostly renters or owners?

91% of Marina Area households own their home, against 43% across the Los Angeles metro. High ownership usually signals longer resident tenure and steadier local spending — favorable for sticky service-oriented businesses.

How does Marina Area's vacancy rate affect commercial demand?

Approximately 10% of Marina Area housing units are vacant — above the Los Angeles metro median (5%). Elevated vacancy can mean softening demand or short-term opportunity to negotiate rent — verify against commercial-corridor activity before committing.