Groceries and convenience · County · Alaska
Grocery and convenience stores in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,300 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $36.1M
- On groceries · $6,299 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.9
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 grocery and convenience stores in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 27.9 for every 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $36.1M a year on groceries, or $6,299 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Ketchikan Gateway Borough classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,911 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ketchikan Gateway Borough declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Ketchikan Gateway Borough has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,300 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Alaska.
How Ketchikan Gateway 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 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.9 | 21.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,911 | 1,104 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,299 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 242
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Ketchikan Gateway 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- 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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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough marked.
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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?
There are 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on groceries?
About $36.1M a year, or $6,299 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 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 27.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,911 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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. 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,300 of 2,402 scored counties.
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