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Bakeries and dessert shops in Anchorage Municipality, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Anchorage Municipality, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,169 of 1,889 scored counties
#5 of 6 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 109
- 38 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 142
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +10.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $498.7M
- On food away from home · $4,592 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 109 bakeries and dessert shops in Anchorage Municipality. 38 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 10.0 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $498.7M a year on food away from home, or $4,592 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 109 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.6M per shop, 10% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 142 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Anchorage Municipality in 2023, up 10.9% from 2019. That is one for every 765 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Anchorage Municipality.
Population estimates put the population change in Anchorage Municipality from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, Anchorage Municipality has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,169 of 1,889 scored counties and #5 of 6 scored counties in Alaska.
How Anchorage Municipality compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the bakeries and dessert shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 765 | 727 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.9% | +20.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,592 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 128 → 142All snack bars and retail bakeries · +10.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,388
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10938 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 120The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Anchorage Municipality, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Population and households in Anchorage Municipality
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,155−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 108,597
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,200
- Median home value
- $395,900
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 69 | 23 | 5.8 | $7.4M | +10.4% | #280 of 1,889 |
| 2Juneau City and Borough, AK | 55 | 7 | 5.3 | $8.5M | −1.8% | #717 of 1,889 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 48 | 23 | 9.4 | $4.2M | +5.1% | #995 of 1,889 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 46 | 31 | 8.5 | $5M | −1.4% | #1,061 of 1,889 |
| 5Anchorage Municipality, AK | 43 | 109 | 10.0 | $4.6M | −1.3% | #1,169 of 1,889 |
| 6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 35 | 6 | 10.5 | $4M | −2.6% | #1,466 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Anchorage Municipality
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants50
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops43
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Anchorage Municipality has 109 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 38 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 142 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 10.9% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on food away from home?
About $498.7M a year, or $4,592 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 109 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Anchorage Municipality has 10.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.6M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 120, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 765 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?
Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Anchorage Municipality scores 43 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,169 of 1,889 scored counties.
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