Food and drink · Small-town market · Alaska
Fast food and sandwich shops in the Ketchikan, AK area
How the Ketchikan, 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 4 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $24.1M
- On food away from home · $4,211 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 98% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,211 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Ketchikan area spend about $24.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $6M per shop, 98% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Ketchikan area as of September 2026. That comes to 7.0 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Ketchikan area was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 382 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population estimates put the population change in the Ketchikan area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, the Ketchikan area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Ketchikan 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 | Ketchikan area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 10.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 382 | 552 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +6.1% |
| 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 | Not scored | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 133
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 44 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 limited-service restaurants in the Ketchikan 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 Ketchikan area
- 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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Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants29
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Ketchikan, AK area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 fast food and sandwich shops in the Ketchikan area. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.
How much do households in the Ketchikan, AK area 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 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $6M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in the Ketchikan area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ketchikan, AK area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Ketchikan area has 7.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $6M, 98% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Ketchikan area would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 382 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ketchikan, AK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ketchikan area 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 the Ketchikan area 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. 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 Ketchikan area has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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