Counties in Alaska by business establishments (QCEW), 2025

Anchorage Municipality had the highest business establishments (QCEW) of 30 counties in 2025, at 8,763. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at 43. The median was 202 and the figure for Alaska was 25,169. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Highest8,763Anchorage Municipality

Lowest43Yakutat City and Borough

Median20230 counties

Alaska25,169History

Map of counties, 2025

Under 110
110 to 150
150 to 200
200 to 300
300 to 720
720 and over

count, 2025. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2025

count. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Anchorage Municipality	8,763	-0.7%
2	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	2,892	+2.4%
3	Fairbanks North Star Borough	2,472	+1.3%
4	Kenai Peninsula Borough	2,406	+1.6%
5	Juneau City and Borough	1,170	-0.3%
6	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	630	+1.1%
7	Kodiak Island Borough	480	+1.1%
8	Sitka City and Borough	415	+0.5%
9	Chugach Census Area	399	0%
10	Bethel Census Area	302	-0.3%
11	Nome Census Area	292	+0.7%
12	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	252	-1.9%
13	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	244	+3%
14	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	240	+3.9%
15	North Slope Borough	228	+1.3%
16	Petersburg Borough	175	+2.9%
17	Haines Borough	166	0%
18	Aleutians West Census Area	155	-1.9%
19	Northwest Arctic Borough	152	+2.7%
20	Dillingham Census Area	151	-0.7%
21	Denali Borough	148	+0.7%
22	Copper River Census Area	146	+1.4%
23	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	140	-4.1%
24	Kusilvak Census Area	124	+2.5%
25	Bristol Bay Borough	114	-6.6%
26	Skagway Municipality	110	-2.7%
27	Lake and Peninsula Borough	109	-1.8%
28	Wrangell City and Borough	99	-4.8%
29	Aleutians East Borough	90	-7.2%
30	Yakutat City and Borough	43	-2.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.

Counts places of business, not firms: for firms use employer_firms. Changes in how large employers report their locations can move the count without any change in activity.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Counties in Alaska by business establishments (QCEW), 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Alaska by business establishments (QCEW), 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/alaska-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Counties in Alaska by business establishments (QCEW), 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/alaska-counties.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Alaska by business establishments (QCEW), 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/alaska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest business establishments (QCEW)?

Anchorage Municipality, with 8,763 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which county has the lowest business establishments (QCEW)?

Yakutat City and Borough, with 43 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.