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Fast food and sandwich shops in North Slope Borough, AK

How North Slope Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,481 of 2,222 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
9
9 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
3
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$10.4M
On food away from home · $4,572 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
39.5
3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,582
−3.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in North Slope Borough spend about $10.4M a year on food away from home, or $4,572 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 9 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $1.2M per shop, 62% below 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 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in North Slope Borough as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 39.5 per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in North Slope Borough was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 760 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 North Slope Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For fast food and sandwich shops, North Slope Borough has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,481 of 2,222 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.

How North Slope 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 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in North Slope Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureNorth Slope BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households39.510.813.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)760552478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.8%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,572$4,320$4,070
Median household income$95,694$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score4171

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$342K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
99 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 North Slope 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 limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in North Slope Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
10,582−3.8% since 2020
Households
2,281
Median age
32.5
Homes lived in by their owners
49%
Vehicles per household
1.0
Land area
88,798 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$95,694+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$127,358
Median home value
$218,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with North Slope Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK88399.8$4.4M+10.4%#32 of 2,222
2Kodiak Island Borough, AK68510.8$3.8M−5.0%#432 of 2,222
3Juneau City and Borough, AK6653.8$11.9M−1.8%#495 of 2,222
4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK642510.3$3.9M+5.1%#572 of 2,222
5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK624512.4$3.4M−1.4%#649 of 2,222
6Anchorage Municipality, AK5714213.1$3.5M−1.3%#848 of 2,222
7North Slope Borough, AK41939.5$1.2M−3.8%#1,481 of 2,222

Other business types in North Slope Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in North Slope Borough, AK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 fast food and sandwich shops in North Slope Borough. 9 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 3 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 North Slope Borough, AK spend on food away from home?

About $10.4M a year, or $4,572 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 2,281 households in North Slope Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does North Slope Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

North Slope Borough has 39.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 760 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is North Slope Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put North Slope Borough at 10,582 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,281 households. Median household income in North Slope Borough is $95,694, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. North Slope Borough scores 41 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,481 of 2,222 scored counties.

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