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Grocery stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK
The grocery stores in Anchorage Municipality, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #358 of 2,070 scored counties
#2 of 8 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 66
- 21 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −24.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $718.3M
- On groceries · $6,615 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.9M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 grocery stores in Anchorage Municipality. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $6,615 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $718.3M a year on groceries. That is about $10.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Anchorage Municipality in 2023, down 24.2% from 2019. That is one for every 4,344 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $40K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Anchorage Municipality.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Anchorage Municipality is 72 (upper middle), #358 of 2,070 scored counties and #2 of 8 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Anchorage Municipality 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 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 | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.9M | $7.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,344 | 1,288 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −24.2% | −4.1% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,615 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33 → 25−24.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,204
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $48.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6621 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,155−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 108,597
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,200
- Median home value
- $395,900
- 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 | 88 | 20 | 5.0 | $12.7M | +10.4% | #75 of 2,070 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 72 | 66 | 6.1 | $10.9M | −1.3% | #358 of 2,070 |
| 3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 71 | 18 | 5.0 | $12.8M | −1.4% | #371 of 2,070 |
| 4Juneau City and Borough, AK | 52 | 11 | 8.4 | $7.9M | −1.8% | #948 of 2,070 |
| 5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 45 | 22 | 9.0 | $6.7M | +5.1% | #1,190 of 2,070 |
| 6North Slope Borough, AK | 19 | 5 | 21.9 | $3M | −3.8% | #1,910 of 2,070 |
| 7Bethel Census Area, AK | 17 | 7 | 14.5 | $4.1M | −1.5% | #1,925 of 2,070 |
| 8Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 16 | 8 | 17.2 | $3.6M | −5.0% | #1,947 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Anchorage Municipality
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores79
- Grocery stores72
- Convenience stores81
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 stores are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
There are 66 grocery stores on map listings in Anchorage Municipality as of September 2026. 21 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, down 24.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on groceries?
About $718.3M a year, or $6,615 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Anchorage Municipality has 6.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.9M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 77, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,344 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count fell 24.2% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?
Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 72 for grocery stores (upper middle), #358 of 2,070 scored counties.
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