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Real estate agents and brokers in Anchorage Municipality, AK
How Anchorage Municipality, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,805 of 2,176 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 389
- 8 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 160
- +21.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,054 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 103
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.8
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, Anchorage Municipality has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,805 of 2,176 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $20,054 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $2.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 3% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
Anchorage Municipality has 389 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.8, 17% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Anchorage Municipality was 160 in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019. That is one for every 679 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Anchorage Municipality compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.8 | 27.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 103 | 126 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 679 | 729 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.2% | +41.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,054 | $19,150 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 132 → 160+21.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 599
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3898 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 399The 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 offices of real estate agents and brokers in Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,155−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 108,597
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,200
- Median home value
- $395,900
- 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 | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 59 | 6 | 12.9 | 258 | −5.0% | #582 of 2,176 |
| 2Juneau City and Borough, AK | 55 | 31 | 23.5 | 154 | −1.8% | #792 of 2,176 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 51 | 64 | 26.3 | 126 | +5.1% | #1,005 of 2,176 |
| 4Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 51 | 123 | 30.9 | 113 | +10.4% | #1,012 of 2,176 |
| 5Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 47 | 13 | 22.7 | 151 | −2.6% | #1,209 of 2,176 |
| 6Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 37 | 106 | 29.2 | 119 | −1.4% | #1,738 of 2,176 |
| 7Anchorage Municipality, AK | 36 | 389 | 35.8 | 103 | −1.3% | #1,805 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Anchorage Municipality
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers36
- Property management46
- Mortgage brokers and lenders51
- Home inspectors65
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 389 real estate agents and brokers in Anchorage Municipality. 8 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 160 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.2B a year, or $20,054 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 389 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 3% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Anchorage Municipality has 35.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 103, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 399, against 389 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 679 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?
Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 36 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,805 of 2,176 scored counties.
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