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Pet businesses in Anchorage Municipality, AK
How Anchorage Municipality, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #418 of 2,200 scored counties
#2 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 104
- 14 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 62
- +19.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.7M
- On pets · $1,157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Anchorage Municipality comes to about $125.7M a year: $1,157 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 38% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Anchorage Municipality has 104 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 62 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores, up 19.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,752 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 139 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $5.1M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Anchorage Municipality.
Population estimates put the population change in Anchorage Municipality from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Anchorage Municipality scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #418 of 2,200 scored counties and #2 of 7 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 pets by the pet businesses 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 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $986K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,752 | 1,601 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.2% | +19.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,157 | $1,082 | $909 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 62+19.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 737
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 139Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10414 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $5.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Juneau City and Borough, AK | 75 | 14 | 10.6 | $1.1M | −1.8% | #160 of 2,200 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 66 | 104 | 9.6 | $1.2M | −1.3% | #418 of 2,200 |
| 3Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 65 | 5 | 8.7 | $1.2M | −2.6% | #455 of 2,200 |
| 4Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 57 | 63 | 15.8 | $679K | +10.4% | #788 of 2,200 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 54 | 46 | 12.7 | $833K | −1.4% | #900 of 2,200 |
| 6Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 49 | 39 | 16.0 | $622K | +5.1% | #1,162 of 2,200 |
| 7Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 46 | 7 | 15.1 | $664K | −5.0% | #1,282 of 2,200 |
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
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses66
- Veterinarians72
- Pet grooming and boarding61
- Pet stores72
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 104 pet businesses in Anchorage Municipality. 14 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 19.2% from 2019. Official counts list 139 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on pets?
About $125.7M a year, or $1,157 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. 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 pet businesses?
Anchorage Municipality has 9.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.2M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 143, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,752 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% 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 66 for pet businesses (upper middle), #418 of 2,200 scored counties.
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