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Fastest-growing cities for new businesses in Alaska

Seward grew fastest: 105 new businesses, up 54% from the 12 months before. Anchorage had the most new businesses of any Alaska city in the 12 months through September 2026: 4,845, 46% of the state total.

Fastest-growing Alaska cities

#	City	New businesses	Year before	Change
1	Seward	105	68	+54%
2	Soldotna	239	162	+48%
3	Juneau	389	273	+42%
4	North Pole	237	168	+41%
5	Eagle River	282	203	+39%
6	Palmer	456	334	+37%
7	Wasilla	1,008	739	+36%
8	Homer	261	198	+32%
9	Ketchikan	189	144	+31%
10	Kenai	178	144	+24%
11	Anchorage	4,845	3,981	+22%
12	Fairbanks	683	574	+19%
13	Kodiak	125	120	+4%

New businesses formed in the 12 months through September 2026 against the 12 months before. Cities with at least 100 this year and 50 the year before.

Alaska cities with the most new businesses

#	City	New businesses	Share of state	Change
1	Anchorage	4,845	46%	+22%
2	Wasilla	1,008	10%	+36%
3	Fairbanks	683	6%	+19%
4	Palmer	456	4%	+37%
5	Juneau	389	4%	+42%
6	Eagle River	282	3%	+39%
7	Homer	261	2%	+32%
8	Soldotna	239	2%	+48%
9	North Pole	237	2%	+41%
10	Ketchikan	189	2%	+31%
11	Kenai	178	2%	+24%
12	Kodiak	125	1%	+4%
13	Sitka	112	1%	+0%
14	Seward	105	1%	+54%
15	Chugiak	96	1%	+88%
16	Delta Junction	68	1%	+58%
17	Talkeetna	59	1%	+79%
18	Willow	56	1%	+22%
19	Valdez	54	1%	+86%
20	Anchor Point	50	0%	+22%

New businesses formed in the 12 months through September 2026.

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Common questions

Which Alaska city has the most new businesses?

Anchorage had the most new businesses of any Alaska city in the 12 months through September 2026: 4,845, 46% of the state total.

Which Alaska city is growing fastest for new businesses?

Seward grew fastest: 105 new businesses, up 54% from the 12 months before. The ranking covers cities with at least 100 new businesses in the 12 months through September 2026 and 50 in the 12 months before.

Where do these numbers come from?

From Alaska's official business registry. ListRiver counts businesses by the formation date the state reports and the city of the business address on file.

Monthly Alaska new-business reports · All states ranked · Alaska businesses by county and city

Methodology

Counts are businesses registered with the state of Alaska whose formation (registration) date falls in the period shown and that appear on the state register in ListRiver's data. City is the business address on file, with spellings as the state records them. Businesses already dissolved are not counted, so the earlier 12 months are slightly understated and increases slightly overstated; the effect is similar across a state's cities, so the order is a fair comparison. More in the methodology.

Cite this page: ListRiver, “Fastest-growing cities for new businesses in Alaska”, https://listriver.com/reports/new-businesses/alaska/cities. Journalists and researchers are welcome to use these figures with a link.