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

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 Naples maximize success.

Is Naples a good place to start a business?

Naples is ranked number 41 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~77%. The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Naples reaches ~2% for the strongest-performing business categories.

How much money could a business in Naples make?

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

What are the best businesses to open in Naples?

The top businesses to open in Naples include Indonesian Restaurant with a ~86% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~88%, followed by Pet Boarding Facility and French Restaurant.

What businesses are most in demand in Naples?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Naples are Indonesian Restaurants, Pet Boarding Facilities, and French Restaurants.

Business Survivability in Naples, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Naples is an Indonesian Restaurant with a ~86% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: an Indonesian Restaurant in Naples (~86% average survival rate, ~88% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #41 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

Neighborhood average: ~77% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed: May 3, 2026 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring

In this article:

Summary
Is Naples 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 Naples is an Indonesian Restaurant with a ~86% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~88% chance; next is a Pet Boarding Facility with a ~86% chance, followed by a French Restaurant with a ~86% chance.

Is Naples the right neighborhood for a new business?

**Comparable neighborhoods:** Among the ~2,500 neighborhoods StreetSpring scores, Naples's profile most resembles **Lakewood Village (Los Angeles)** and **South Delridge (Seattle)**. All three exhibit older housing stock, less transit-reliant, and high high-earner share — operators with experience in any of those neighborhoods will see familiar patterns in Naples.

**Failure-mode analysis for Naples.** The single strongest subtype in our data is **French Restaurant** at 86% average survivability. But the within-neighborhood spread for French Restaurants runs **74% to 91%** — meaning a poorly-sited French Restaurant in Naples can score 17 points below a well-sited one. Saturation reality check: Liquor Stores are the most-competed tracked subtype here, with 15 existing competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Among all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, Naples ranks #41 for business survivability, with an average score of ~77%.

The survivability gap between the best and average addresses in Naples reaches ~2% for the strongest-performing business categories.
But at poorly chosen addresses within Naples, even the top-ranked business types can fall well below the neighborhood average. Location selection remains critical — a promising concept at the wrong spot still carries significant risk.
StreetSpring's model incorporates Naples's 11.0% vacancy rate as a direct input: higher vacancy concentrations suppress foot traffic and reduce survivability for nearby businesses.

Employment and vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.

Pinpointing the best locations within Naples

Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Naples that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Here is the top survivability address for an Indonesian Restaurant in Naples, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:

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This map shows the optimal location for an Indonesian Restaurant in Naples based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. The prediction model incorporates 100 location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.

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The strongest business categories for Naples

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Naples

Opening an Indonesian Restaurant in Naples shows ~86% average survivability. Top locations reach ~88%; lower-end sites show ~84%.
Pet Boarding Facility (Ranked #2): ~86% average in Naples. Best-case storefronts: ~88%. Challenging locations: ~84%.
French Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Naples: ~86% chance on average, best at ~87%, challenging at ~84%.
Pet Grooming Shop — ~83%–~87% survivability range, with an average of ~85% across Naples.
Opening a Diner in Naples shows ~85% average survivability. Top locations reach ~87%; lower-end sites show ~83%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Naples

Salad Shop (Ranked #6): ~85% average in Naples. Best-case storefronts: ~87%. Challenging locations: ~83%.
Singaporean Restaurant is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Naples: ~85% chance on average, best at ~87%, challenging at ~83%.
Ukrainian Restaurant — ~82%–~87% survivability range, with an average of ~85% across Naples.
Opening a Scandinavian Restaurant in Naples shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~83%.
American Restaurant (Ranked #10): ~84% average in Naples. Best-case storefronts: ~86%. Challenging locations: ~82%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

The revenue potential of a Naples location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting a storefront that StreetSpring ranks in the top tier for your business type in Naples 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

Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
Location shapes survivability more than branding, pricing, or operational quality — the data is unambiguous on this point.
The businesses that outperform their category averages most consistently are those that scored highest on survivability before opening.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.

What businesses should open next in Naples?

The top businesses to open next in Naples:

Indonesian Restaurants — ~86% average survival rate, up to ~88% at best locations
Pet Boarding Facilities — ~86% average survival rate
French Restaurants — ~86% average survival rate

However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. The survivability rankings for Naples are grounded in real economic conditions: 94.4% employment and 11.0% vacancy are among the key inputs that separate high-scoring locations from low-scoring ones here. Survivability scores are live, not static — StreetSpring updates them weekly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Naples and how each address is scoring right now.

See the Survivability Score for your new business

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See the Los Angeles Neighborhood Survivability Rankings

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What type of business should you rent your Naples storefront to?

StreetSpring's analysis shows that the most promising business categories for your property in Naples are Indonesian Restaurants, Pet Boarding Facilities, and French Restaurants.

Location shapes survivability more than branding, pricing, or operational quality — the data is unambiguous on this point.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.

Should you rent your Naples storefront to an Indonesian Restaurant?

The data shows an Indonesian Restaurant is the safest long-term bet for a Naples storefront. Top locations reach ~88% survivability; the least favorable addresses in this neighborhood score around ~84%.

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 Naples?

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

The Revenue Capture Score at a specific address explains more about likely business success than any other available metric.
StreetSpring's in-house models are continuously updated with new business outcome data to keep predictions accurate.
The most current survivability data for Naples is free to access on StreetSpring — no account required to check your specific address.

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

Area to check	What can go wrong	How to de-risk it
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.
Outdoor seating / sidewalk use	Signing assuming you can add patio seating, then learning the city requires a separate sidewalk-cafe permit with long lead times.	Check the city's sidewalk-cafe permit process up front. Confirm landlord allows outdoor build-out in the lease language.
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.

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 Naples, Los Angeles — Top business types scored in Naples, Los Angeles — each axis is a subtype, taller = stronger survival rate.

How we measure this: Annual rent / estimated annual revenue = rent burden ratio. Industry rule of thumb: above 12% is uncomfortable, above 18% is fatal.

**Daytime vs. resident population (Naples):** US Census LEHD workplace data shows Naples carries a **0.9× daytime/resident ratio** (a balanced mixed-use pattern), with median 1-mile workplace jobs of **4,630** (and **858** retail-sector jobs within that radius). A useful read on demand timing for any new storefront concept here.

Landmark anchor: Overlook Park is the public-space landmark in Naples that shapes a meaningful share of neighborhood foot-traffic.

**Naples economic snapshot:** ACS reports neighborhood unemployment at **5.6%** (above 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.

**Sector-level context:** BLS data (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release) shows 5-year survival rates of **47.8%** (Active Life), **47.9%** (Retail Trade), **50.0%** (Restaurants), **50.5%** (Beauty & Personal Care), and **61.8%** (Health & Medical) — the five industry buckets covering most StreetSpring subtypes. Location-specific factors explain the rest of the variance.

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Business Survivability in Naples, Los Angeles

Summary

Is Naples the right neighborhood for a new business?

Pinpointing the best locations within Naples

Reading visibility, frontage, and parking carefully