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Grocery and convenience stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,411 of 2,402 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 73
- 14 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- +4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $148.5M
- On groceries · $6,093 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.0
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,093 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Kenai Peninsula Borough spend about $148.5M a year on groceries. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 73 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Kenai Peninsula Borough as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.0, 60% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,108 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough is 45 (lower middle), #1,411 of 2,402 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Alaska.
How Kenai Peninsula 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.0 | 21.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,108 | 1,104 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.8% | −3.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,093 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 22+4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 649
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7314 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores45
- Grocery stores45
- Convenience stores78
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 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 73 grocery and convenience stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough. 14 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on groceries?
About $148.5M a year, or $6,093 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 30.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 44, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,108 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 45 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,411 of 2,402 scored counties.
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