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Pizza places in North Slope Borough, AK

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
3
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$10.4M
On food away from home · $4,572 a household
Spending per listing
$5.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
8.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,582
−3.8% since 2020

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What this means

At $4,572 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in North Slope Borough spend about $10.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 pizza places, that is $5.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

North Slope Borough has 2 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in North Slope Borough in 2023. That is one for every 760 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 North Slope Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pizza places 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 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 North Slope Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureNorth Slope BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.87.58.0
Spending per listing$5.2M$5.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)760552478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.8%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,572$4,320$4,070
Median household income$95,694$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$342K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.

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

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for pizza places, numbered among those based in Alaska, with North Slope 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
North Slope Borough, AKNot scored28.8$5.2M−3.8%

Other business types in North Slope Borough

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in North Slope Borough, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pizza places in North Slope Borough. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 3 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 North Slope Borough, AK spend on food away from home?

About $10.4M a year, or $4,572 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 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 pizza places?

North Slope Borough has 2 pizza places on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 760 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

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 pizza places: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pizza places · All 56 business types in North Slope Borough

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