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Pet businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #900 of 2,200 scored counties
#5 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 46
- 5 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.3M
- On pets · $1,054 a household
- Spending per listing
- $833K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 46 pet businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.7, 22% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Fairbanks North Star Borough comes to about $38.3M a year: $1,054 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 46 pet businesses, that is $833K per business, 5% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,581 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, Fairbanks North Star Borough has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #900 of 2,200 scored counties and #5 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 11.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $833K | $986K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,581 | 1,601 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,054 | $1,082 | $909 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 57Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 465 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Fairbanks North Star 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
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 businesses54
- Veterinarians59
- Pet grooming and boarding53
- Pet stores42
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 46 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on pets?
About $38.3M a year, or $1,054 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $833K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 12.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $833K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 44, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,581 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 54 for pet businesses (upper middle), #900 of 2,200 scored counties.
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