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Pet businesses in the Nome Census Area, AK
How the Nome Census Area, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.8M
- On pets · $994 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,830
- −1.9% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in the Nome Census Area
The site report maps the pet businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Nome Census Area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet businesses in the Nome Census Area. That is 7.1 per 10,000 households.
At $994 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in the Nome Census Area spend about $2.8M a year on pets. That works out to $1.4M per business.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Nome Census Area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Nome Census Area declined 1.9% 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 the Nome Census Area 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 | Nome Census Area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 11.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $986K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,601 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $994 | $1,082 | $909 |
| Median household income | $78,681 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 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 pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Nome Census Area, 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 the Nome Census Area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,830−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,816
- Median age
- 28.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.7
- Land area
- 22,970 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $78,681
- Average household income
- $99,441
- Median home value
- $211,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in the Nome Census Area?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Nome Census Area, AK | Not scored | 2 | 7.1 | $1.4M | −1.9% |
Other business types in the Nome Census Area
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
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Nome Census Area, AK?
There are 2 pet businesses on map listings in the Nome Census Area as of September 2026. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Nome Census Area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Nome Census Area, AK spend on pets?
About $2.8M a year, or $994 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,816 households in the Nome Census Area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nome Census Area, AK compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Nome Census Area has 2 pet businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Nome Census Area would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is the Nome Census Area, AK growing?
Population estimates put the Nome Census Area at 9,830 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,816 households. The median household income in the Nome Census Area is $78,681 a year, 3% below 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 the Nome Census Area. It maps the pet businesses 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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