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Coffee shops and cafes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
The coffee shops and cafes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,988 of 2,063 scored counties
#6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $24.1M
- On food away from home · $4,211 a household
- Spending per listing
- $966K
- 74% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.6
- 4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Ketchikan Gateway Borough has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #1,988 of 2,063 scored counties and #6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $24.1M a year on food away from home, or $4,211 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $966K per cafe, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 16%, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.6, 4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 2023. That is one for every 819 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. Population estimates put the population change in Ketchikan Gateway Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ketchikan Gateway 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 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 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.6 | 22.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $966K | $1.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 819 | 762 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,211 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $771K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ketchikan Gateway 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 and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,549−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,732
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,857 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,287
- Median home value
- $393,300
- 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 coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough marked.
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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants27
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes20
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 coffee shops and cafes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on food away from home?
About $24.1M a year, or $4,211 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $966K 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 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 43.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $966K, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 7, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 819 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough scores 20 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,988 of 2,063 scored counties.
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