Alaska Commercial Company
Alaska Commercial Company (ACC) is a grocery and retail chain that operates in rural Alaska. It has 33 stores in 30 remote villages and is owned by The North West Company since 1992.
A brief history:
- The company began in the late 1860s after Alaska was purchased by the United States.
- From 1901 to 1992 it ran as the Northern Commercial Company, operating village stores that often also served as post offices and courthouses. Barter was common in early trade.
- In 1922 the company was sold to employees, the headquarters moved to Seattle, and it expanded into department stores, auto and tire shops, and heavy equipment. Department stores were later sold to Nordstrom, and Goodyear tire stores to Bandag.
- The Alaska Commercial name was revived in 1977 for the rural stores, which were eventually sold to Alaska’s Community Enterprise Development Corporation (CEDC).
- In 1992 the CEDC sold the ACC stores to The North West Company.
Current: ACC operates 33 stores in 30 remote villages across Alaska.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 23:53 (CET).