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Pizza places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

The pizza places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,552 of 2,090 scored counties
#6 of 6 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
15
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$24.1M
On food away from home · $4,211 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,549
−2.6% 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

Households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $24.1M a year on food away from home, or $4,211 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 6 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.5 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 2023. That is one for every 382 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.

Population estimates put the population change in Ketchikan Gateway Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 37 (lower middle), #1,552 of 2,090 scored counties and #6 of 6 scored counties in Alaska.

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough compares

The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pizza in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKetchikan Gateway BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.57.58.0
Spending per listing$4M$5.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)382552478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,211$4,320$4,070
Median household income$92,885$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score3764

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 15All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
133
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
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 limited-service restaurants in Ketchikan Gateway 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.

Population and households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
13,549−2.6% since 2020
Households
5,732
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
4,857 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,287
Median home value
$393,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for pizza places, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK88256.3$6.8M+10.4%#20 of 2,090
2Juneau City and Borough, AK6296.8$6.6M−1.8%#573 of 2,090
3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK62177.0$5.7M+5.1%#579 of 2,090
4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK59328.8$4.8M−1.4%#686 of 2,090
5Anchorage Municipality, AK58857.8$5.9M−1.3%#709 of 2,090
6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK37610.5$4M−2.6%#1,552 of 2,090

Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pizza places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.

How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on food away from home?

About $24.1M a year, or $4,211 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 10.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 382 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough scores 37 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,552 of 2,090 scored counties.

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