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Bakeries and dessert shops in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
The bakeries and dessert shops in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #995 of 1,889 scored counties
#3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +36.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $97.4M
- On food away from home · $3,998 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Kenai Peninsula Borough comes to about $97.4M a year: $3,998 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.2M per shop, 2% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 23 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Kenai Peninsula Borough as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2023, up 36.8% from 2019. That is one for every 469 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $640K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #995 of 1,889 scored counties and #3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska.
How Kenai Peninsula Borough 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 469 | 727 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +36.8% | +20.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,998 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 52All snack bars and retail bakeries · +36.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 211
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $640K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kenai Peninsula Borough, 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- 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 counties in Alaska for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kenai Peninsula Borough 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops64
- Pizza62
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 bakeries and dessert shops in Kenai Peninsula Borough. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 36.8% from 2019. 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 list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on food away from home?
About $97.4M a year, or $3,998 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 9.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 24, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 469 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 36.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 48 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #995 of 1,889 scored counties.
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