How much money could a business in Silver Lake make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Silver Lake could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~5% more than one of the worst locations.

What are the best businesses to open in Silver Lake?

The top businesses to open in Silver Lake include Pet Grooming Shop with a ~81% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~83%, followed by Indian Restaurant and Kosher Restaurant.

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

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 Silver Lake maximize success.

What businesses are most in demand in Silver Lake?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Silver Lake are Pet Grooming Shops, Indian Restaurants, and Kosher Restaurants.

Business Survivability in Silver Lake, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Silver Lake is a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~81% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Pet Grooming Shop in Silver Lake (~81% average survival rate, ~83% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #114 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 by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring — May 7, 2026

In this article:

Summary
Is Silver Lake 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 Silver Lake is a Pet Grooming Shop with a ~81% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~83% chance; next is an Indian Restaurant with a ~81% chance, followed by a Kosher Restaurant with a ~81% chance.

Is Silver Lake a good place to start a business?

**Peer neighborhoods:** Looking at demographic mix and amenity density across the 24 metros StreetSpring covers, Silver Lake clusters most tightly with **Bella Vista (San Francisco)** and **Petworth (Washington DC)**. Common thread: longer commutes, more college-educated, and older housing stock. Survival outcomes for those neighborhoods provide a useful comparison set for Silver Lake.

**Where Silver Lake businesses actually fail.** Among the 93 tracked subtypes, **Kosher Restaurants** post the highest average survivability (81%). But across Silver Lake's sites, the spread for this subtype runs **76% to 88%** — a 12-point gap that says *the address matters more than the subtype*. For saturation context, Tattoo & Piercing Shops are the most densely-clustered tracked subtype in the neighborhood (14 competitors within 0.5 miles).

Out of all neighborhoods analyzed in and around Los Angeles, Silver Lake ranks #114 for business survivability with a ~75% average Survivability Score.

Best-case locations for the top business types in Silver Lake produce survivability scores ~2% above the neighborhood-wide average.
Even so, the weakest addresses in Silver Lake for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
The 91.9% employment rate in Silver Lake supports consumer spending, while a 7.6% vacancy rate reflects available storefronts — both of which shape the survivability landscape for any new business here.

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

Where in Silver Lake should you open a business?

Using StreetSpring, you can identify the exact address in Silver Lake that gives your specific business concept the highest survivability score. Here is the top survivability address for a Pet Grooming Shop in Silver Lake, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Pet Grooming Shop in Silver Lake. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. The model evaluates 100 factors — from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, mobility flows, and local market share potential.

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What kinds of businesses thrive in Silver Lake?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Silver Lake

Opening a Pet Grooming Shop in Silver Lake shows ~81% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~79%.
Indian Restaurant (Ranked #2): ~81% average in Silver Lake. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
Kosher Restaurant is ranked #3 for top businesses to open in Silver Lake: ~81% chance on average, best at ~83%, challenging at ~79%.
Pet Store — ~78%–~82% survivability range, with an average of ~80% across Silver Lake.
Opening a Diner in Silver Lake shows ~80% average survivability. Top locations reach ~82%; lower-end sites show ~78%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Silver Lake

Portuguese Restaurant (Ranked #6): ~80% average in Silver Lake. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~78%.
South American Restaurant is ranked #7 for top businesses to open in Silver Lake: ~80% chance on average, best at ~82%, challenging at ~78%.
American Restaurant — ~78%–~81% survivability range, with an average of ~80% across Silver Lake.
Opening a Caribbean / Latin Restaurant in Silver Lake shows ~80% average survivability. Top locations reach ~81%; lower-end sites show ~78%.
South African Restaurant (Ranked #10): ~80% average in Silver Lake. Best-case storefronts: ~81%. Challenging locations: ~79%.

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What you could earn opening a business in Silver Lake

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Silver Lake could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~5% 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.
Location is the biggest factor in a business's future success.
Our data shows that the single highest-impact decision a business owner makes is the address they choose — and Survivability Score is the best guide to that decision.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

Where the next great business in Silver Lake should go

The top businesses to open next in Silver Lake:

Pet Grooming Shops — ~81% average survival rate, up to ~83% at best locations
Indian Restaurants — ~81% average survival rate
Kosher Restaurants — ~81% average survival rate

Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform — and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. Our models are built using machine learning trained on millions of commercial real estate data points. Silver Lake sits at 91.9% employment and 7.6% commercial vacancy — conditions that set the ceiling and floor for Revenue Capture potential across all business types here. StreetSpring refreshes survivability scores every week to reflect new competition and updated spending data — see which locations in Silver Lake are available right now and how they rank.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What type of business should you rent your Silver Lake storefront to?

StreetSpring's 2026 model places Pet Grooming Shops, Indian Restaurants, and Kosher Restaurants at the top of the survivability rankings for Silver Lake — making them the safest long-term tenant bets for landlords here.

Location is the biggest factor in a business's future success.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does. 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 Silver Lake storefront to a Pet Grooming Shop?

StreetSpring's data confirms a Pet Grooming Shop as the highest-survivability tenant type for Silver Lake. The best addresses show a ~83% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around ~79%.

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 Silver Lake?

In Silver Lake, the single most important factor in your site-selection decision is the Survivability Score of the specific address you're evaluating.

Revenue Capture Score is what separates locations that look similar on the surface but produce dramatically different business outcomes.
StreetSpring's custom-built forecasting infrastructure powers every survivability score, combining data science with commercial real estate intelligence.
StreetSpring is free to use — see the current survivability score for any address in Silver Lake right now.

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.

The hidden costs of operating in 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.
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.
Parking & visibility	Storefront looks great from the sidewalk but is invisible from the road.	Drive past at 30 mph from both directions. Count street parking + nearest paid lot capacity at peak hours.

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

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

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.

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

**About Silver Lake** — Silver Lake is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the east-central region of Los Angeles, California, United States, originally home to a small community called Ivanhoe, so named in honor of the 1819 novel by Walter Scott. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Lake%2C_Los_Angeles))

**Daytime worker density (Silver Lake):** LEHD LODES Workplace Area Characteristics show a **0.2:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** for Silver Lake — a primarily-residential neighborhood with minimal daytime worker traffic. Median workplace jobs within a 1-mile radius across Silver Lake: **9,261**, of which roughly **999** are retail-sector. Higher daytime ratios favor weekday-lunch / commuter-traffic businesses; balanced ratios favor residential + weekend demand patterns.

Landmark anchor: Silver Lake's museum-anchor is The Erin Hanson Gallery, the kind of landmark that pulls visitors into the surrounding commercial blocks.

**Economic indicators for Silver Lake:** Three local signals — neighborhood unemployment **8.1%** (ACS; above the median we track), Los Angeles-area average weekly wage **$1,127** (BLS QCEW; below our metro median), and **22,446** new residential units permitted in Los Angeles County in 2025 (Census BPS). Use these to ground demand and labor-cost assumptions for your specific business plan.

**Authoritative baseline:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release publishes 5-year survival rates by industry. For sectors StreetSpring covers, the range runs from **47.8%** (Active Life) to **61.8%** (Health & Medical), with restaurants at **50.0%** and retail at **47.9%**. Location-specific factors drive the actual variance around these baselines.

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Local Data Questions

Beyond the general FAQ — data-anchored answers for this specific location.

Does ownership stability in Silver Lake support steady local spending?

Home ownership in Silver Lake is approximately 37%, versus the Los Angeles metro median of 43%. The ownership profile is typical for the metro.

What's the vacancy picture in Silver Lake?

Approximately 8% of Silver Lake housing units are vacant — above the Los Angeles metro median (5%). Vacancy is close to the metro median — lease economics are typical for the area.

Is Silver Lake's population younger or older than the Los Angeles average?

The median age in Silver Lake is 40, older by the Los Angeles metro median (39) by 1 year. The demographic profile is close to the metro average, so business-type fit is driven by other factors like income and competition.