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Convenience stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #225 of 2,261 scored counties
#3 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $148.5M
- On groceries · $6,093 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.3M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #225 of 2,261 scored counties and #3 of 7 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.
Households in Kenai Peninsula Borough spend about $148.5M a year on groceries, or $6,093 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 convenience stores, that is $9.3M per store, 18% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 16 convenience stores on map listings in Kenai Peninsula Borough as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Kenai Peninsula Borough classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 4,874 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
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 groceries by the convenience 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.
| Measure | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.3M | $10.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,874 | 7,730 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,093 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 convenience stores 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.
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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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 93 | 17 | 4.3 | $14.9M | +10.4% | #14 of 2,261 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 81 | 41 | 3.8 | $17.5M | −1.3% | #137 of 2,261 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 78 | 16 | 6.6 | $9.3M | +5.1% | #225 of 2,261 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 67 | 24 | 6.6 | $9.6M | −1.4% | #515 of 2,261 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 63 | 7 | 5.3 | $12.3M | −1.8% | #636 of 2,261 |
| 6Bethel Census Area, AK | 33 | 7 | 14.5 | $4.1M | −1.5% | #1,718 of 2,261 |
| 7North Slope Borough, AK | 29 | 5 | 21.9 | $3M | −3.8% | #1,839 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Kenai Peninsula Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores45
- Grocery stores45
- Convenience stores78
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 convenience stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on groceries?
About $148.5M a year, or $6,093 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores 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 convenience stores?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 6.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.3M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 19, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,874 households, against one for every 3,493 across 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 78 for convenience stores (high), #225 of 2,261 scored counties.
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