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Pet businesses in Sitka City and Borough, AK
The pet businesses in Sitka City and Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.7M
- On pets · $1,075 a household
- Spending per listing
- $739K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,319
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Sitka City and Borough comes to about $3.7M a year: $1,075 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That is about $739K of household spending for each business on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 5 pet businesses on map listings in Sitka City and Borough as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 39% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Sitka City and Borough classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,147 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sitka City and Borough declined 1.3%, 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 Sitka City and 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 | Sitka City and Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 11.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $739K | $986K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,147 | 1,601 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,075 | $1,082 | $909 |
| Median household income | $101,727 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $544K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Sitka City and 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 Sitka City and Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,319−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 3,440
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,870 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $101,727
- Average household income
- $110,277
- Median home value
- $450,300
- 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 |
| Sitka City and Borough, AK | Not scored | 5 | 14.5 | $739K | −1.3% |
Other business types in Sitka City and Borough
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 Sitka City and Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pet businesses in Sitka City and Borough. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023.
How much do households in Sitka City and Borough, AK spend on pets?
About $3.7M a year, or $1,075 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $739K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,440 households in Sitka City and Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sitka City and Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Sitka City and Borough has 14.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $739K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Sitka City and Borough would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,147 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Sitka City and Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Sitka City and Borough at 8,319 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,440 households. Median household income in Sitka City and Borough is $101,727, 26% above 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 Sitka City and 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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