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Grocery and convenience stores in North Slope Borough, AK
How North Slope 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 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,223 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 11
- 5 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.9M
- On groceries · $6,549 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 48.2
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,582
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, North Slope Borough has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #2,223 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 9 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 grocery and convenience stores in North Slope Borough. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 45%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 48.2, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in North Slope Borough comes to about $14.9M a year: $6,549 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 60% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in North Slope Borough classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 207 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of North Slope Borough declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
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 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 | North Slope Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 48.2 | 21.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 207 | 1,104 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,549 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $95,694 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 196
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 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.
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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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alaska, with North Slope 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 North Slope Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores20
- Grocery stores19
- Convenience stores29
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 North Slope Borough, AK?
There are 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in North Slope Borough as of September 2026. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in North Slope Borough, AK spend on groceries?
About $14.9M a year, or $6,549 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. 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 grocery and convenience stores?
North Slope Borough has 48.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 60% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 207 households, against one for every 1,293 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 20 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,223 of 2,402 scored counties.
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