Food and drink · Small-town market · Alaska
Fast food and sandwich shops in the Juneau, AK area
How the Juneau, AK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #110 of 537 scored small-town markets
The only scored small-town market based in Alaska
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- All limited-service restaurants · −7.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $59.4M
- On food away from home · $4,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.9M
- 3.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,609
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 fast food and sandwich shops in the Juneau area. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Juneau area comes to about $59.4M a year: $4,509 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $11.9M per shop, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Juneau area in 2023, down 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 506 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $396K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Juneau area.
Population estimates show the Juneau area declined 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Juneau area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #110 of 537 scored small-town markets and the only scored small-town market based in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Juneau area 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 fast food and sandwich 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 | Juneau area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 10.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $11.9M | $4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 506 | 552 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.1% | +8.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,509 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $101,661 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26All limited-service restaurants · −7.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 271
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $396K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Juneau area, 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 limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in the Juneau area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,609−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 13,167
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,703 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $101,661+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,599
- Median home value
- $449,300
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops67
- Pizza64
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops58
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Juneau, AK area?
There are 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Juneau area as of September 2026. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 7.1% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
How much do households in the Juneau, AK area spend on food away from home?
About $59.4M a year, or $4,509 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $11.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,167 households in the Juneau area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Juneau, AK area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Juneau area has 3.8 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $11.9M, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Juneau area would have about 20, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 506 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Juneau, AK area growing?
Population estimates put the Juneau area at 31,609 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,167 households. The median household income in the Juneau area is $101,661 a year, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Juneau area scores 67 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #110 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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