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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
How the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #231 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Alaska
- Listings
- 31
- 5 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $153.6M
- On food away from home · $4,224 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 bakeries and dessert shops in the Fairbanks-College metro area. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in the Fairbanks-College metro area spend about $153.6M a year on food away from home, or $4,224 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 31 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5M per shop, 20% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 39 businesses with payroll in the Fairbanks-College metro area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 932 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Fairbanks-College metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fairbanks-College metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, the Fairbanks-College metro area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #231 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Alaska.
How the Fairbanks-College metro area 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 | Fairbanks-College metro area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 932 | 727 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +20.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,224 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39All snack bars and retail bakeries · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 694
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Fairbanks-College metro area, 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 the Fairbanks-College metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- 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 metro areas in Alaska for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with the Fairbanks-College metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anchorage, AK | 54 | 132 | 8.9 | $5.1M | +1.9% | #158 of 387 |
| 2Fairbanks-College, AK | 46 | 31 | 8.5 | $5M | −1.4% | #231 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fairbanks-College metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants44
- Fast food and sandwich shops67
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area?
There are 31 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Fairbanks-College metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area spend on food away from home?
About $153.6M a year, or $4,224 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 36,359 households in the Fairbanks-College metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Fairbanks-College metro area has 8.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Fairbanks-College metro area would have about 37, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 932 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fairbanks-College metro area at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. Median household income in the Fairbanks-College metro area is $88,267, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.6%, 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. The Fairbanks-College metro area scores 46 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #231 of 387 scored metro areas.
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