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Grocery and convenience stores in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
The grocery and convenience stores in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.3M
- On groceries · $6,183 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.8
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,095
- −9.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Northwest Arctic Borough comes to about $11.3M a year: $6,183 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 67% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Northwest Arctic Borough as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 54.8 per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Northwest Arctic Borough in 2023. That is one for every 203 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Northwest Arctic Borough declined 9.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Northwest Arctic 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 | Northwest Arctic Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.8 | 21.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 203 | 1,104 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −9.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,183 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $84,018 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 140
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,095−9.0% since 2020
- Households
- 1,825
- Median age
- 27.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.5
- Land area
- 35,672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $84,018
- Average household income
- $104,843
- Median home value
- $199,100
- 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 |
| Northwest Arctic Borough, AK | Not scored | 10 | 54.8 | $1.1M | −9.0% |
Other business types in Northwest Arctic Borough
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 grocery and convenience stores in Northwest Arctic Borough. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK spend on groceries?
About $11.3M a year, or $6,183 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,825 households in Northwest Arctic Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Northwest Arctic Borough has 54.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.1M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Northwest Arctic Borough would have about 3, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 203 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Northwest Arctic Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Northwest Arctic Borough at 7,095 people in 2025, down 9.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,825 households. The median household income in Northwest Arctic Borough is $84,018 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Northwest Arctic Borough. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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