Business Survivability in Santa Anita, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Santa Anita is a Convenience Store with a 69.5% 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 Convenience Store in Santa Anita (69.5% average survival rate, 85.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #149 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 60.4% two-year survival 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 Santa Anita 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 Santa Anita is a Convenience Store with a 69.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 85.0% chance; next is a Clothing Store with a 66.0% chance, followed by a Cafe with a 72.8% chance. At a good address, Convenience Store is tied with Clothing Store; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Santa Anita a good place to start a business?
Among the 173 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around Los Angeles, Santa Anita ranks #149 for business survivability, with an average 60.4% chance of lasting two or more years.
- The gap between the best addresses and the average for the top-ranked business type in Santa Anita is 15.5 points on the two-year chance.
- Even so, the weakest addresses in Santa Anita for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
- With a 93.9% employment rate, Santa Anita has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
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 Santa Anita?
StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Santa Anita, so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. Of all available storefronts analyzed in Santa Anita, StreetSpring ranks this area highest for a Convenience Store in 2026:
The highlighted area represents the address in Santa Anita that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for a Convenience Store survivability. Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates hundreds of inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and local demand patterns.
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What are the best businesses to open in Santa Anita?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 3 | Cafe | 83.6% |
| 4 | Eye Care Center | 83.2% |
| 5 | Spa | 80.0% |
| 6 | Acupuncture Clinic | 79.8% |
| 7 | Dermatology Clinic | 79.8% |
| 8 | Mental Health Clinic | 79.8% |
| 9 | Bakery | 79.8% |
| 10 | Hair Salon | 79.5% |
Ties at a good address: Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; Acupuncture Clinic, Dermatology Clinic, Mental Health Clinic and Bakery 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.
Highest Survivability in Santa Anita
- #1 Opening a Convenience Store in Santa Anita shows 69.5% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 50.8%.
- #2 Clothing Store (Ranked #2): 66.0% average in Santa Anita. Best-case storefronts: 85.0%. Challenging locations: 49.4%.
- #3 Cafe is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Santa Anita: 72.8% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 49.4%.
- #4 Eye Care Center: 67.8% on average across Santa Anita; best at 85.8%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #5 Opening a Spa in Santa Anita shows 69.9% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 52.0%.
Strong Performers in Santa Anita
- #6 Acupuncture Clinic (Ranked #6): 68.0% average in Santa Anita. Best-case storefronts: 82.8%. Challenging locations: 56.8%.
- #7 Dermatology Clinic is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Santa Anita: 68.0% chance on average, best at 82.8%, challenging at 56.8%.
- #8 Mental Health Clinic: 68.0% on average across Santa Anita; best at 82.8%, challenging at 56.8%.
- #9 Opening a Bakery in Santa Anita shows 66.6% average survivability. Top locations reach 83.1%; lower-end sites show 48.4%.
- #10 Hair Salon (Ranked #10): 67.7% average in Santa Anita. Best-case storefronts: 83.1%. Challenging locations: 50.7%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Santa Anita 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 Santa Anita 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
- Site-specific factors can dramatically alter outcomes even within the same neighborhood.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What businesses should open next in Santa Anita?
The top businesses to open next in Santa Anita:
- Convenience Stores: 69.5% average survival rate, 85.0% at the best address
- Clothing Stores: 66.0% average survival rate
- Cafes: 72.8% average survival rate
Market conditions, new competitors, and local spending patterns can change rapidly: always verify with StreetSpring's live tool before signing a lease. Every prediction draws on a dataset of millions of business openings, closures, and lifecycle events across the U.S. 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. The survivability rankings for Santa Anita draw on real Census conditions, including 93.9% employment and 2.7% housing vacancy, alongside competition and consumer spending. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Santa Anita today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Santa Anita.
What type of business should you rent your Santa Anita storefront to?
If you own commercial space in Santa Anita, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Convenience Stores, Clothing Stores, and Cafes as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.
- Survivability data lets you compare locations on the same projected two-year chance before you open.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location. 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 Santa Anita storefront to a Convenience Store?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Convenience Store as the highest-survivability tenant type for Santa Anita. The best addresses show a 85.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 50.8%.
- StreetSpring scores survivability down to the exact storefront location.
What should I consider when opening a business in Santa Anita?
When opening a business in Santa Anita, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- StreetSpring's proprietary Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when choosing where to open.
- StreetSpring's in-house models are trained on 570,000+ real business outcomes.
- StreetSpring's address-level survivability data starts with a free 10-minute trial: begin with your top candidate locations in Santa Anita.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.