Business Survivability in Pasadena, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Pasadena is a Chiropractor Office with a 76.0% 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 Chiropractor Office in Pasadena (76.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Town rank: #14 of 20 towns around Los Angeles
- Town average: an average Survivability Score of 64.3% across the business types ranked here
- 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: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Pasadena 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 Pasadena is a Chiropractor Office with a 76.0% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is an Eye Care Center with a 75.7% chance, followed by a Veterinary Clinic with a 75.1% chance.
Is Pasadena a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Pasadena #14 of 20 towns around Los Angeles, with an average Survivability Score of 64.3% across the business types ranked there.
- At its best addresses in Pasadena, the top-ranked business type scores 14.0 points above its own average in the neighborhood.
- Yet the same categories that score highest in Pasadena can underperform significantly at the wrong address. Location precision within the neighborhood matters as much as choosing the neighborhood itself.
- The 95.1% employment rate in Pasadena supports consumer spending, while its 8.6% housing vacancy rate measures the share of homes and apartments standing empty: the model reads both as neighborhood characteristics.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Pasadena?
Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Pasadena that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, this is the optimal address for a Chiropractor Office in Pasadena:
This map shows the optimal location for a Chiropractor Office in Pasadena 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 hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
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What are the best businesses to open in Pasadena?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 88.3% |
| 3 | Veterinary Clinic | 87.9% |
| 4 | Acupuncture Clinic | 86.2% |
| 5 | Dentist Office | 86.2% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Spa | 83.6% |
| 11 | Clothing Store | 83.6% |
| 12 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 13 | Chicken Shop | 83.5% |
Ties at a good address: Acupuncture Clinic and Dentist Office are tied; Spa, Clothing Store and Cafe are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at the average and the best address next.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Pasadena
- #1 Chiropractor Office (Ranked #1): 76.0% average in Pasadena. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
- #2 Eye Care Center is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Pasadena: 75.7% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #3 Veterinary Clinic: 75.1% on average across Pasadena; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #4 Opening an Acupuncture Clinic in Pasadena shows 72.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.4%.
- #5 Dentist Office (Ranked #5): 72.9% average in Pasadena. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.4%.
Strong Performers in Pasadena
- #9 Convenience Store is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Pasadena: 67.2% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
- #10 Spa: 70.7% on average across Pasadena; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #11 Opening a Clothing Store in Pasadena shows 69.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 49.4%.
- #12 Cafe (Ranked #12): 67.1% average in Pasadena. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.9%.
- #13 Chicken Shop is ranked #13 for top businesses to open in Pasadena: 67.0% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 49.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Eye Care Center: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Pasadena make?
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 Pasadena starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- No two business types have identical location needs; survivability scores reflect these differences at the address level.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What businesses should open next in Pasadena?
The top businesses to open next in Pasadena:
- Chiropractor Offices: 76.0% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 75.7% average survival rate
- Veterinary Clinics: 75.1% 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. 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. Pasadena's employment rate (95.1%) and housing vacancy rate (8.6%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. StreetSpring regularly updates survivability scores for available locations: check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Pasadena 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 Pasadena.
What type of business should you rent your Pasadena storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Pasadena, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Veterinary Clinics as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types. Landlords can use StreetSpring to match their exact address to the tenant types most likely to stay open and paying rent for two or more years.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Pasadena storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Chiropractor Office as the highest-survivability tenant type for Pasadena. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 56.4%.
- StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for 500+ business types.
What should I consider when opening a business in Pasadena?
Start any location decision in Pasadena with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- StreetSpring's custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
- You can check the most up-to-date forecasts with StreetSpring, starting with a free 10-minute trial.
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Our analysis covers businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 major US metros. 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.