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Grocery and convenience stores in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
The grocery and convenience stores in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #293 of 2,402 scored counties
#3 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 55
- 16 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $230M
- On groceries · $6,326 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Fairbanks North Star Borough comes to about $230M a year: $6,326 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per store, 23% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 15.1 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 3,030 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Fairbanks North Star Borough is 75 (high), #293 of 2,402 scored counties and #3 of 9 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Fairbanks North Star 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 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.
| Measure | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 21.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,030 | 1,104 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,326 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 370
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5516 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Fairbanks North Star 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- 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 | 92 | 49 | 12.3 | $5.2M | +10.4% | #32 of 2,402 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 79 | 154 | 14.2 | $4.7M | −1.3% | #199 of 2,402 |
| 3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 75 | 55 | 15.1 | $4.2M | −1.4% | #293 of 2,402 |
| 4Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 48 | 16 | 27.9 | $2.3M | −2.6% | #1,300 of 2,402 |
| 5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 45 | 73 | 30.0 | $2M | +5.1% | #1,411 of 2,402 |
| 6Juneau City and Borough, AK | 44 | 35 | 26.6 | $2.5M | −1.8% | #1,439 of 2,402 |
| 7Bethel Census Area, AK | 23 | 15 | 31.1 | $1.9M | −1.5% | #2,149 of 2,402 |
| 8Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 21 | 17 | 36.6 | $1.7M | −5.0% | #2,203 of 2,402 |
| 9North Slope Borough, AK | 20 | 11 | 48.2 | $1.4M | −3.8% | #2,223 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores75
- Grocery stores71
- Convenience stores67
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 grocery and convenience stores in Fairbanks North Star Borough. 16 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on groceries?
About $230M a year, or $6,326 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 15.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.2M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 68, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,030 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 75 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #293 of 2,402 scored counties.
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