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Pet businesses in North Slope Borough, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in North Slope Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.6M
- On pets · $1,147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,582
- −3.8% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in North Slope Borough
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 North Slope Borough. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Households in North Slope Borough spend about $2.6M a year on pets, or $1,147 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per business.
There is 1 pet business on map listings in North Slope Borough as of September 2026. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in North Slope Borough, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in North Slope Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet business on map listings, North Slope Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How North Slope 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 | North Slope Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 11.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $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 | −3.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,147 | $1,082 | $909 |
| Median household income | $95,694 | $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
- 10 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 North Slope 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 North Slope Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,582−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 2,281
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.0
- Land area
- 88,798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $95,694+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,358
- Median home value
- $218,300
- 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 North Slope Borough?
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 |
| North Slope Borough, AK | Not scored | 1 | 4.4 | $2.6M | −3.8% |
Other business types in North Slope 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 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 North Slope Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet business in North Slope Borough. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in North Slope Borough: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in North Slope Borough, AK spend on pets?
About $2.6M a year, or $1,147 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet business on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,281 households in North Slope Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does North Slope Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
North Slope Borough has 1 pet business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is North Slope Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put North Slope Borough at 10,582 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,281 households. Median household income in North Slope Borough is $95,694, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. North Slope Borough has no market score for pet businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in North Slope Borough. 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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