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Pet stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #674 of 974 scored counties
#5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.2M
On pets · $995 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
85% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
61,951
+5.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on pets in Kenai Peninsula Borough comes to about $24.2M a year: $995 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 9 pet stores on map listings in Kenai Peninsula Borough as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 85% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 4,874 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #674 of 974 scored counties and #5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska.

How Kenai Peninsula 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 stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pet stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKenai Peninsula BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.72.32.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$4.7M$4.5M
Households per official establishment4,87413,52713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$995$1,082$909
Median household income$80,538$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score3855

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$657K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 and pet supplies stores in Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
61,951+5.1% since 2020
Households
24,371
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
16,017 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,973
Median home value
$323,200
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for pet stores, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kenai Peninsula Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK7671.8$6.1M+10.4%#88 of 974
2Anchorage Municipality, AK72211.9$6M−1.3%#137 of 974
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK42123.3$3.2M−1.4%#623 of 974
4Juneau City and Borough, AK4053.8$3M−1.8%#652 of 974
5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK3893.7$2.7M+5.1%#674 of 974

Other business types in Kenai Peninsula Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pet stores in Kenai Peninsula Borough. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on pets?

About $24.2M a year, or $995 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Kenai Peninsula Borough has 3.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 85% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.7M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,874 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 38 for pet stores (lower middle), #674 of 974 scored counties.

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