What businesses are most in demand in Oakmont?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Oakmont are Pet Boarding Facilities, Italian Restaurants, and Filipino Restaurants.

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

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 Oakmont maximize success.

What are the best businesses to open in Oakmont?

The top businesses to open in Oakmont include Pet Boarding Facility with a ~88% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~91%, followed by Italian Restaurant and Filipino Restaurant.

Is Oakmont a good place to start a business?

Oakmont is ranked number 36 across neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~77%. The highest-scoring business types in Oakmont — at their optimal addresses — outperform the neighborhood average by ~2%.

Business Survivability in Oakmont, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Oakmont is a Pet Boarding Facility with a ~88% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Pet Boarding Facility in Oakmont (~88% average survival rate, ~91% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #36 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 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring — May 5, 2026

In this article:

Summary
Is Oakmont 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 Oakmont is a Pet Boarding Facility with a ~88% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~91% chance; next is an Italian Restaurant with a ~88% chance, followed by a Filipino Restaurant with a ~88% chance.

Should you open a business in Oakmont?

**Comparable neighborhoods:** Among the ~2,500 neighborhoods StreetSpring scores, Oakmont's profile most resembles **New Hope (Philadelphia)** and **Central Street (Chicago)**. All three exhibit more homeowners, higher-income, and high high-earner share — operators with experience in any of those neighborhoods will see familiar patterns in Oakmont.

**Failure-mode analysis for Oakmont.** The single strongest subtype in our data is **Italian Restaurant** at 88% average survivability. But the within-neighborhood spread for Italian Restaurants runs **83% to 96%** — meaning a poorly-sited Italian Restaurant in Oakmont can score 13 points below a well-sited one. Saturation reality check: Tattoo & Piercing Shops are the most-competed tracked subtype here, with 9 existing competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Out of all neighborhoods analyzed in and around Los Angeles, Oakmont ranks #36 for business survivability with a ~77% average Survivability Score.

The highest-scoring business types in Oakmont — at their optimal addresses — outperform the neighborhood average by ~2%.
However, those high-scoring categories placed at the least-competitive addresses in Oakmont often fall well below average. Picking the right block — not just the right neighborhood — is what actually determines survivability.
StreetSpring's model incorporates Oakmont's 3.9% 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.

How to choose a specific location in Oakmont

Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Oakmont give your concept the best odds of survival. Below is the best location for a Pet Boarding Facility in Oakmont:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis of 100 location-specific factors, this area offers the highest projected survivability for a Pet Boarding Facility in Oakmont. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Factors evaluated include competition at every distance band, consumer spending forecasts, mobility patterns, and market share projections.

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The strongest business categories for Oakmont

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Oakmont

Opening a Pet Boarding Facility in Oakmont shows ~88% average survivability. Top locations reach ~91%; lower-end sites show ~87%.
Italian Restaurant (Ranked #2): ~88% average in Oakmont. Best-case storefronts: ~90%. Challenging locations: ~87%.
Filipino Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Oakmont: ~88% chance on average, best at ~89%, challenging at ~86%.
Indonesian Restaurant — ~86%–~90% survivability range, with an average of ~88% across Oakmont.
Opening a Deli in Oakmont shows ~87% average survivability. Top locations reach ~88%; lower-end sites show ~85%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Oakmont

Scandinavian Restaurant (Ranked #6): ~87% average in Oakmont. Best-case storefronts: ~88%. Challenging locations: ~85%.
Diner is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Oakmont: ~86% chance on average, best at ~88%, challenging at ~84%.
Japanese / Sushi Restaurant — ~84%–~88% survivability range, with an average of ~86% across Oakmont.
Opening a Singaporean Restaurant in Oakmont shows ~86% average survivability. Top locations reach ~88%; lower-end sites show ~85%.
Kosher Restaurant (Ranked #10): ~86% average in Oakmont. Best-case storefronts: ~88%. Challenging locations: ~84%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

Filipino Restaurant — See how this compares to other cities →

How much money could a business in Oakmont make?

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in Oakmont 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

Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
Choosing locations with superior Survivability Scores directly correlates with higher revenue potential.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

What Oakmont needs more of (per our model)

The top businesses to open next in Oakmont:

Pet Boarding Facilities — ~88% average survival rate, up to ~91% at best locations
Italian Restaurants — ~88% average survival rate
Filipino Restaurants — ~88% average survival rate

Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. Oakmont sits at 96.7% employment and 3.9% commercial vacancy — conditions that set the ceiling and floor for Revenue Capture potential across all business types here. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring recalculates survivability for every location in Oakmont 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 Oakmont.

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

StreetSpring's analysis shows that the business concepts that score highest for survivability at most addresses in Oakmont are Pet Boarding Facilities, Italian Restaurants, and Filipino Restaurants.

The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does. Use StreetSpring to see the survivability score for any business type at your exact storefront address before you sign a lease.

Should you rent your Oakmont storefront to a Pet Boarding Facility?

Yes — our 2026 model places a Pet Boarding Facility at the top of the survivability rankings for Oakmont storefronts, with a best-case score of ~91% and a floor of ~87% at the most challenging addresses.

No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

What should I consider when opening a business in Oakmont?

StreetSpring's Survivability Score for your Oakmont address is the clearest forward-looking indicator of whether your business will be operating two years from now — make it the first number you check.

Revenue Capture Score is the single best indicator of whether a business will thrive at a location.
No third-party scoring system produces these results — every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
No subscription required: access the current survivability score for any Oakmont address through StreetSpring's free tool.

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StreetSpring's models are built from millions of real business outcomes, making predictions grounded in what actually happened. 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
Anchor co-tenancy	Signing next to a high-traffic anchor that closes 6 months later, leaving you orphaned.	Ask for a co-tenancy clause — rent abatement or termination right if the anchor leaves. Standard for strong markets.
Workforce availability	Hiring radius is smaller than you think — many neighborhoods can't staff a full team at standard wages.	Pull BLS wage data for your industry in this metro. Walk through your staffing plan with a local restaurant/retail operator before signing.
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.

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

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Los Angeles by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Los Angeles plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth.

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.

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

**Worker-to-resident ratio (Oakmont):** LEHD daytime population data gives Oakmont a **1.6-to-1 worker/resident ratio** (a balanced mixed-use pattern). Median 1-mile workplace jobs: **5,186**; retail share within that: **426**. Worker-heavy neighborhoods skew demand toward weekday-business-hours; resident-heavy neighborhoods skew toward evenings and weekends.

Landmark anchor: College Park anchors Oakmont's green-space backbone and shapes the neighborhood's foot-traffic patterns.

**Local economic context (Oakmont, Los Angeles):** Oakmont's ACS unemployment rate is **3.3%** (below the 24-metro neighborhood median). County-level data adds two more anchors: BLS QCEW reports Los Angeles-area average weekly wage of **$1,127** (below our 24-metro median), and the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey logged **22,446** new residential units in Los Angeles County in 2025 — a rough proxy for the local growth environment a new business is opening into.

**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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Beyond the Numbers: Local Context

Additional questions with answers drawn directly from local data sources.

Does ownership stability in Oakmont support steady local spending?

Home ownership in Oakmont is approximately 93%, versus the Los Angeles metro median of 43%. High ownership usually signals longer resident tenure and steadier local spending — favorable for sticky service-oriented businesses.

What does household composition look like in Oakmont?

Average household size in Oakmont is 2.5, versus 2.7 across the Los Angeles metro. Household composition is close to the metro average.

What's the typical commute pattern in Oakmont?

Oakmont's median commute (~33 min) is above the Los Angeles metro median (31 min). Commute patterns are typical for the metro, so foot traffic timing should not be a primary differentiator.

How educated is the population in Oakmont?

70% of Oakmont adults have at least a bachelor's degree — above the Los Angeles metro median of 39%. A highly educated population tends to support specialty retail, premium services, and professional offices.