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Real estate businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,727 of 2,229 scored counties
#6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 124
- 4 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 106
- +30.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $686.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,870 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 128
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough is 38 (lower middle), #1,727 of 2,229 scored counties and #6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 124 real estate businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough. 4 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.1, 11% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Fairbanks North Star Borough comes to about $686.1M a year: $18,870 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 28% 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 businesses take in.
In 2023, official counts showed 106 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 30.9% from 2019. That is one for every 343 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.1 | 34.5 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 128 | 128 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 343 | 434 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.9% | +24.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,870 | $19,150 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 81 → 106+30.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 171
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 317Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1244 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 158The 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 real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Fairbanks North Star 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- 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 | 66 | 7 | 15.1 | 278 | −5.0% | #331 of 2,229 |
| 2Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 55 | 15 | 26.2 | 165 | −2.6% | #827 of 2,229 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 52 | 79 | 32.4 | 129 | +5.1% | #998 of 2,229 |
| 4Juneau City and Borough, AK | 51 | 42 | 31.9 | 143 | −1.8% | #1,042 of 2,229 |
| 5Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 49 | 163 | 40.9 | 107 | +10.4% | #1,154 of 2,229 |
| 6Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 38 | 124 | 34.1 | 128 | −1.4% | #1,727 of 2,229 |
| 7Anchorage Municipality, AK | 35 | 484 | 44.6 | 104 | −1.3% | #1,870 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
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
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
There are 124 real estate businesses on map listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough as of September 2026. 4 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 106 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 30.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 317 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $686.1M a year, or $18,870 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 124 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 28% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 34.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 128, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 158, against 124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 343 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 38 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,727 of 2,229 scored counties.
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