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Restaurants and cafes in Anchorage Municipality, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Anchorage Municipality, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,486 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 1,294
- 392 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 579
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $498.7M
- On food away from home · $4,592 a household
- Spending per listing
- $385K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 119.2
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $498.7M a year on food away from home, or $4,592 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $385K per restaurant, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Anchorage Municipality has 1,294 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 392 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 119.2 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 579 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as restaurants and other eating places, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 188 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 95 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $15.7M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Anchorage Municipality.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Anchorage Municipality scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,486 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Alaska.
How Anchorage Municipality 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 restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 119.2 | 117.3 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $385K | $368K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 188 | 196 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,592 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 579 → 5790.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,806
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $296.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 95Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,294392 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,345The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $15.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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 | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bethel Census Area, AK | 76 | 13 | 26.9 | $1.4M | −1.5% | #212 of 2,405 |
| 2Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 72 | 375 | 94.1 | $455K | +10.4% | #351 of 2,405 |
| 3North Slope Borough, AK | 54 | 25 | 109.6 | $417K | −3.8% | #1,006 of 2,405 |
| 4Anchorage Municipality, AK | 43 | 1,294 | 119.2 | $385K | −1.3% | #1,486 of 2,405 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 42 | 424 | 116.6 | $362K | −1.4% | #1,533 of 2,405 |
| 6Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 41 | 50 | 107.8 | $375K | −5.0% | #1,568 of 2,405 |
| 7Juneau City and Borough, AK | 37 | 171 | 129.9 | $347K | −1.8% | #1,738 of 2,405 |
| 8Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 35 | 374 | 153.5 | $261K | +5.1% | #1,849 of 2,405 |
| 9Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 23 | 107 | 186.7 | $226K | −2.6% | #2,236 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Anchorage Municipality
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants50
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops43
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,294 restaurants and cafes in Anchorage Municipality. 392 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 579 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 95 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on food away from home?
About $498.7M a year, or $4,592 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,294 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $385K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
Anchorage Municipality has 119.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $385K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 1,345, against 1,294 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 188 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% 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 43 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,486 of 2,405 scored counties.
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