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Grocery and convenience stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK

The grocery and convenience stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #199 of 2,402 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
154
55 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
30
−23.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$718.3M
On groceries · $6,615 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.2
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,155
−1.3% since 2020

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What this means

Anchorage Municipality scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #199 of 2,402 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

As of September 2026, map listings count 154 grocery and convenience stores in Anchorage Municipality. 55 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 14.2 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $6,615 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $718.3M a year on groceries. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anchorage Municipality was 30 in 2023, down 23.1% from 2019. That is one for every 3,620 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $40K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anchorage Municipality. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Anchorage Municipality 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 grocery and 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage MunicipalityAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.221.018.7
Spending per listing$4.7M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment3,6201,1041,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−23.1%−3.2%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,615$6,384$6,319
Median household income$103,284$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score7935

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39 → 30−23.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,222
Annual payroll, 2023
$49.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
24Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
15455 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
212The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$40K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality

Population, 2025 estimate
287,155−1.3% since 2020
Households
108,597
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
169
Median household income
$103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,200
Median home value
$395,900
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK924912.3$5.2M+10.4%#32 of 2,402
2Anchorage Municipality, AK7915414.2$4.7M−1.3%#199 of 2,402
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK755515.1$4.2M−1.4%#293 of 2,402
4Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK481627.9$2.3M−2.6%#1,300 of 2,402
5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK457330.0$2M+5.1%#1,411 of 2,402
6Juneau City and Borough, AK443526.6$2.5M−1.8%#1,439 of 2,402
7Bethel Census Area, AK231531.1$1.9M−1.5%#2,149 of 2,402
8Kodiak Island Borough, AK211736.6$1.7M−5.0%#2,203 of 2,402
9North Slope Borough, AK201148.2$1.4M−3.8%#2,223 of 2,402

Other business types in Anchorage Municipality

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

Groceries and convenience

Funeral services

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?

Anchorage Municipality has 154 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 55 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 23.1% from 2019. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on groceries?

About $718.3M a year, or $6,615 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 154 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Anchorage Municipality has 14.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.7M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 212, against 154 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,620 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 23.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?

Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 79 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #199 of 2,402 scored counties.

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