Kenai Peninsula Borough
144 North Binkley Street     Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone - (907) 262-4441 or (800) 478-4441   or on the web    www.borough.kenai.ak.us

 Retail Industry
PARTICIPANTS
Retail Business Licenses as Percent of Total - by Area - 2004-2006 
  Retail in Area  Percent change Total in Area  Percent change Percent of Total
  2004 2005 2006   2004 2005 2006   2004 2005 2006
Anchor Point 22 22 21 -4.5% 369 323 299 -19.0% 6.0% 6.8% 7.0%
Beluga 0 0 0 NA 6 0 0 -100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 200.0%
Clam Gulch 4 5 4 0.0% 41 44 37 -9.8% 9.8% 11.4% 10.8%
Cooper Landing 16 16 14 -12.5% 129 132 121 -6.2% 12.4% 12.1% 11.6%
Fritz Creek 10 12 8 -20.0% 75 95 101 34.7% 13.3% 12.6% 7.9%
Halibut Cove 0 1 1 NA 17 14 14 -17.6% 0.0% 7.1% 7.1%
Homer 139 138 142 2.2% 1,881 1,844 1,918 2.0% 7.4% 7.5% 7.4%
Hope 8 7 8 0.0% 63 52 52 -17.5% 12.7% 13.5% 15.4%
Kasilof 34 31 22 -35.3% 317 292 275 -13.2% 10.7% 10.6% 8.0%
Kenai 120 114 128 6.7% 1,437 1,366 1,387 -3.5% 8.4% 8.3% 9.2%
Moose Pass 7 8 4 -42.9% 47 44 44 -6.4% 14.9% 18.2% 9.1%
Nanwalek 1 1 0 -100.0% 5 3 3 -40.0% 20.0% 33.3% 0.0%
Nikiski 27 23 17 -37.0% 286 259 229 -19.9% 9.4% 8.9% 7.4%
Nikolaevsk 2 3 3 50.0% 15 15 16 6.7% 13.3% 20.0% 18.8%
Ninilchik 24 26 23 -4.2% 219 228 247 12.8% 11.0% 11.4% 9.3%
Port Graham 4 4 3 -25.0% 18 15 8 -55.6% 22.2% 26.7% 37.5%
Seldovia 7 8 9 28.6% 93 92 88 -5.4% 7.5% 8.7% 10.2%
Seward 82 74 75 -8.5% 785 739 700 -10.8% 10.4% 10.0% 10.7%
Soldotna 239 247 213 -10.9% 2,088 2,073 2,022 -3.2% 11.4% 11.9% 10.5%
Sterling 42 35 35 -16.7% 427 412 386 -9.6% 9.8% 8.5% 9.1%
Tyonek 4 3 3 -25.0% 11 13 12 9.1% 36.4% 23.1% 25.0%
Total 792 778 733 -7.4% 8,329 8,055 7,959 -4.4% 9.5% 9.7% 9.2%
There were 8,329 business licenses issued for activity within the KPB during 2004 with 792 issued for retail activities, 9.5% of the total.  During 2003, the total number of licenses was 7,753 with 721 in the retail industry.

Overview/Employment      Participants      Retail Space      KPB Sales History    by Areas    by Quarter    
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