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Coffee shops and cafes in Anchorage Municipality, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Anchorage Municipality, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,839 of 2,063 scored counties
#3 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 227
- 60 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 133
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +9.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $498.7M
- On food away from home · $4,592 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.9
- 90% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Anchorage Municipality scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,839 of 2,063 scored counties and #3 of 7 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
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 227 coffee shops and cafes, that is $2.2M per cafe, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 227 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Anchorage Municipality as of September 2026. 60 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.9, 90% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 133 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Anchorage Municipality in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019. That is one for every 817 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Anchorage Municipality. Population estimates show Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
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 coffee shops and cafes 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 | 20.9 | 22.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 817 | 762 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.9% | +20.3% | +24.3% |
| 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 | 27 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 121 → 133All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +9.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,261
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22760 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 135The 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
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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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 38 | 101 | 25.3 | $1.7M | +10.4% | #1,507 of 2,063 |
| 2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 31 | 97 | 39.8 | $1M | +5.1% | #1,733 of 2,063 |
| 3Anchorage Municipality, AK | 27 | 227 | 20.9 | $2.2M | −1.3% | #1,839 of 2,063 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 26 | 69 | 19.0 | $2.2M | −1.4% | #1,863 of 2,063 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 24 | 31 | 23.5 | $1.9M | −1.8% | #1,913 of 2,063 |
| 6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 20 | 25 | 43.6 | $966K | −2.6% | #1,988 of 2,063 |
| 7Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 19 | 11 | 23.7 | $1.7M | −5.0% | #1,996 of 2,063 |
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 coffee shops and cafes are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 227 coffee shops and cafes in Anchorage Municipality. 60 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 133 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
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 227 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes 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 coffee shops and cafes?
Anchorage Municipality has 20.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.2M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 135, against 227 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 817 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% 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 27 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,839 of 2,063 scored counties.
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