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Sit-down restaurants in Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Kodiak Island Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,019 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
20
2 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.8M
On food away from home · $4,046 a household
Spending per listing
$939K
41% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
43.1
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,387
−5.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $4,046 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Kodiak Island Borough spend about $18.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 20 sit-down restaurants, that is $939K per restaurant, 41% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Kodiak Island Borough has 20 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 10%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 43.1 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Kodiak Island Borough was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 516 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Kodiak Island Borough.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kodiak Island Borough declined 5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Kodiak Island Borough is 53 (upper middle), #1,019 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Alaska.

How Kodiak Island Borough 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Kodiak Island Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKodiak Island BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households43.157.461.3
Spending per listing$939K$752K$664K
Households per official establishment516508500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.9%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,046$4,320$4,070
Median household income$86,250$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score5357

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 9
Employees, 2023
117
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
202 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
12,387−5.0% since 2020
Households
4,640
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
6,690 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$86,250+0.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,824
Median home value
$412,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kodiak Island Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK8415639.1$1.1M+10.4%#75 of 2,405
2Bethel Census Area, AK73918.6$2.1M−1.5%#288 of 2,405
3North Slope Borough, AK621043.8$1M−3.8%#646 of 2,405
4Kodiak Island Borough, AK532043.1$939K−5.0%#1,019 of 2,405
5Anchorage Municipality, AK5065760.5$759K−1.3%#1,163 of 2,405
6Juneau City and Borough, AK478564.6$698K−1.8%#1,316 of 2,405
7Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK4521960.2$701K−1.4%#1,417 of 2,405
8Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK4216567.7$591K+5.1%#1,561 of 2,405
9Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK275290.7$464K−2.6%#2,159 of 2,405

Other business types in Kodiak Island Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Kodiak Island Borough, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 sit-down restaurants in Kodiak Island Borough. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.

How much do households in Kodiak Island Borough, AK spend on food away from home?

About $18.8M a year, or $4,046 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $939K 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 4,640 households in Kodiak Island Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kodiak Island Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Kodiak Island Borough has 43.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $939K, 41% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Kodiak Island Borough would have about 28, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 516 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Kodiak Island Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Kodiak Island Borough at 12,387 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,640 households. Median household income in Kodiak Island Borough is $86,250, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.5%, 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. Kodiak Island Borough scores 53 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,019 of 2,405 scored counties.

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