Food and drink · Small-town market · Alaska
Sit-down restaurants in the Ketchikan, AK area
The sit-down restaurants in the Ketchikan, AK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #471 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska
- Listings
- 52
- 7 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.1M
- On food away from home · $4,211 a household
- Spending per listing
- $464K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 90.7
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Ketchikan area is 29 (lower middle), #471 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Ketchikan area comes to about $24.1M a year: $4,211 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $464K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 52 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Ketchikan area as of September 2026. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 90.7 for every 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Ketchikan area classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 441 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Ketchikan area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ketchikan area 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 | Ketchikan area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 90.7 | 57.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $464K | $752K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 441 | 508 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,211 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 527 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 full-service restaurants in the Ketchikan area, 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 the Ketchikan area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,549−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,732
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,857 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,287
- Median home value
- $393,300
- 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 small-town markets in Alaska for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Alaska, with the Ketchikan area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Juneau, AK | 53 | 85 | 64.6 | $698K | −1.8% | #236 of 538 |
| 2Ketchikan, AK | 29 | 52 | 90.7 | $464K | −2.6% | #471 of 538 |
Other business types in the Ketchikan area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants29
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Ketchikan, AK area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 sit-down restaurants in the Ketchikan area. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in the Ketchikan, AK area spend on food away from home?
About $24.1M a year, or $4,211 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $464K 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 5,732 households in the Ketchikan area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ketchikan, AK area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Ketchikan area has 90.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $464K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Ketchikan area would have about 36, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 441 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ketchikan, AK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ketchikan area at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in the Ketchikan area is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Ketchikan area scores 29 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #471 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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