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Sit-down restaurants in Anchorage Municipality, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Anchorage Municipality, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,163 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 657
- 173 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 218
- −6.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $498.7M
- On food away from home · $4,592 a household
- Spending per listing
- $759K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,592 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $498.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 657 sit-down restaurants, that is $759K per restaurant, 14% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Anchorage Municipality has 657 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 60.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 218 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as full-service restaurants, down 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 498 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $10.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Anchorage Municipality.
Population estimates show Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Anchorage Municipality is 50 (upper middle), #1,163 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | 60.5 | 57.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $759K | $752K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 498 | 508 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.0% | −7.9% | +1.5% |
| 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 | 50 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 232 → 218−6.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,804
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $164.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 657173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 751The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $10.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants 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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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 84 | 156 | 39.1 | $1.1M | +10.4% | #75 of 2,405 |
| 2Bethel Census Area, AK | 73 | 9 | 18.6 | $2.1M | −1.5% | #288 of 2,405 |
| 3North Slope Borough, AK | 62 | 10 | 43.8 | $1M | −3.8% | #646 of 2,405 |
| 4Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 53 | 20 | 43.1 | $939K | −5.0% | #1,019 of 2,405 |
| 5Anchorage Municipality, AK | 50 | 657 | 60.5 | $759K | −1.3% | #1,163 of 2,405 |
| 6Juneau City and Borough, AK | 47 | 85 | 64.6 | $698K | −1.8% | #1,316 of 2,405 |
| 7Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 45 | 219 | 60.2 | $701K | −1.4% | #1,417 of 2,405 |
| 8Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 42 | 165 | 67.7 | $591K | +5.1% | #1,561 of 2,405 |
| 9Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 27 | 52 | 90.7 | $464K | −2.6% | #2,159 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 sit-down restaurants are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 657 sit-down restaurants in Anchorage Municipality. 173 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 218 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 6.0% from 2019. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
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 657 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $759K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. 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 sit-down restaurants?
Anchorage Municipality has 60.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $759K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 751, against 657 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 498 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% 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 50 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,163 of 2,405 scored counties.
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