Business Survivability in Westwood, Los Angeles
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Westwood is a Chiropractor Office with a 79.2% 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 Westwood (79.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #119 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles
- Neighborhood average: 64.8% 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 Westwood 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 Westwood is a Chiropractor Office with a 79.2% 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 75.8% chance, followed by a Veterinary Clinic with a 73.2% chance.
Is Westwood a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Westwood #119 of 173 neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, with an average Survivability Score of 64.8% across the business types ranked there.
- In Westwood, the strongest addresses for the top-ranked business type sit 10.8 points above that type's average.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Westwood can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- A 74.2% employment rate in Westwood means a large share of local consumers have steady income: a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.
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 Westwood?
StreetSpring's model evaluates every available address in Westwood for your business type, ranking them by survivability so the best storefront is always identifiable. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Chiropractor Office in Westwood:
This map shows the optimal location for a Chiropractor Office in Westwood based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. The prediction model incorporates hundreds of location-specific factors, including competitive density, forecasted consumer spending, mobility patterns, and Revenue Capture Score.
Check if this location is still available →
What are the best businesses to open in Westwood?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 89.2% |
| 2 | Eye Care Center | 85.3% |
| 3 | Veterinary Clinic | 85.3% |
| 4 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 5 | Convenience Store | 84.1% |
| 6 | Cafe | 83.9% |
| 7 | Coffee Shop | 83.6% |
| 9 | Hair Salon | 83.1% |
| 10 | Gym | 83.1% |
| 11 | Mental Health Clinic | 82.8% |
Ties at a good address: Eye Care Center and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Hair Salon and Gym 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 Westwood
- #1 Chiropractor Office: 79.2% on average across Westwood; best at 90.0%, challenging at 57.3%.
- #2 Opening an Eye Care Center in Westwood shows 75.8% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 57.3%.
- #3 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #3): 73.2% average in Westwood. Best-case storefronts: 89.6%. Challenging locations: 57.3%.
- #4 Clothing Store is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Westwood: 73.5% chance on average, best at 85.0%, challenging at 54.8%.
- #5 Convenience Store: 75.1% on average across Westwood; best at 85.0%, challenging at 56.6%.
Strong Performers in Westwood
- #6 Opening a Cafe in Westwood shows 72.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 84.0%; lower-end sites show 51.2%.
- #7 Coffee Shop (Ranked #7): 68.0% average in Westwood. Best-case storefronts: 84.0%. Challenging locations: 48.9%.
- #9 Hair Salon is ranked #9 for top businesses to open in Westwood: 70.6% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.4%.
- #10 Gym: 65.1% on average across Westwood; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
- #11 Opening a Psychiatry or Psychology Practice in Westwood shows 73.3% average survivability. Top locations reach 89.6%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
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 Westwood make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Westwood 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.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- The Revenue Capture Score is the most important factor in choosing a location: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Westwood?
The top businesses to open next in Westwood:
- Chiropractor Offices: 79.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Eye Care Centers: 75.8% average survival rate
- Veterinary Clinics: 73.2% average survival rate
Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point: the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. 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 18.9% housing vacancy rate in Westwood describes the neighborhood as a whole; survivability still depends heavily on choosing the right address within it. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Westwood right now.
See the Survivability Score for your new business
Related Articles:
- See the Los Angeles Business Survivability Rankings
- See the Los Angeles Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across Los Angeles neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Westwood.
What type of business should you rent your Westwood storefront to?
StreetSpring's analysis shows that the highest-survivability tenant types for a storefront in Westwood are Chiropractor Offices, Eye Care Centers, and Veterinary Clinics.
- The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ 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.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in Los Angeles Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Westwood storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Chiropractor Office as the highest-survivability tenant type for Westwood. The best addresses show a 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around 57.3%.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Westwood?
When evaluating potential locations in Westwood, start with the Survivability Score. It accounts for competition, spending, mobility, and market share in a single figure.
- 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.
- No third-party scoring system produces these results: every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
- StreetSpring's live scoring tool starts with a free 10-minute trial: enter any address in Westwood to see its current Survivability Score for your business type.
See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.
Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. 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.