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Clothing and shoe stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,395 of 2,087 scored counties
#5 of 6 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
183
81 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
99
−4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$225.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,077 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.9
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,155
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $225.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,077 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per store, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

There are 183 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Anchorage Municipality as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 16.9 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 99 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,097 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 133 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Anchorage Municipality.

Population estimates show Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Anchorage Municipality is 40 (lower middle), #1,395 of 2,087 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 clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing and shoe stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Clothing and shoe stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage MunicipalityAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.912.516.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,0971,5281,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.8%−4.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,077$1,958$2,055
Median household income$103,284$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score4059

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
104 → 99−4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,093
Annual payroll, 2023
$27.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
133Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18381 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$200K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores 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.

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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Clothing and shoe stores across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK83348.5$2.3M+10.4%#113 of 2,087
2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK62246.6$2.9M−1.4%#596 of 2,087
3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK563614.8$1.2M+5.1%#838 of 2,087
4Juneau City and Borough, AK442216.7$1.2M−1.8%#1,261 of 2,087
5Anchorage Municipality, AK4018316.9$1.2M−1.3%#1,395 of 2,087
6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK261119.2$990K−2.6%#1,806 of 2,087

Other business types in Anchorage Municipality

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 183 clothing and shoe stores in Anchorage Municipality. 81 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 133 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $225.6M a year, or $2,077 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 183 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. 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 clothing and shoe stores?

Anchorage Municipality has 16.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 178, against 183 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,097 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% 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 40 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,395 of 2,087 scored counties.

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