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Barbershops in Grant County, NM
The barbershops in Grant County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,220 of 1,356 scored counties
#12 of 15 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On personal care products and services · $798 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,252
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, Grant County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #1,220 of 1,356 scored counties and #12 of 15 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 barbershops in Grant County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $798 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Grant County spend about $9M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 6 barbershops, that is $1.5M per shop, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Grant County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Grant County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Grant County compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Grant County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 25,376 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $798 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $44,958 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Grant County, 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 Grant County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,252−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,295
- Median age
- 48.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,961 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $44,958+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,954
- Median home value
- $175,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,211
- Daytime population
- 27,009Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Santa Fe County, NM | 77 | 20 | 2.8 | $3.6M | +1.2% | #101 of 1,356 |
| 2Eddy County, NM | 68 | 7 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +0.3% | #275 of 1,356 |
| 3Sandoval County, NM | 65 | 24 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +6.9% | #334 of 1,356 |
| 4Otero County, NM | 52 | 10 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +3.7% | #649 of 1,356 |
| 5Doña Ana County, NM | 52 | 48 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +4.1% | #660 of 1,356 |
| 6Valencia County, NM | 48 | 15 | 5.4 | $1.6M | +7.2% | #755 of 1,356 |
| 7Bernalillo County, NM | 45 | 173 | 6.1 | $1.6M | −1.4% | #835 of 1,356 |
| 8Rio Arriba County, NM | 43 | 6 | 3.8 | $2.3M | −1.0% | #873 of 1,356 |
| 9San Juan County, NM | 36 | 19 | 4.6 | $1.9M | −0.9% | #995 of 1,356 |
| 10Lea County, NM | 33 | 17 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +0.2% | #1,055 of 1,356 |
| 12Grant County, NM | 20 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.5M | −3.4% | #1,220 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Grant County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas46
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops20
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Grant County, NM?
There are 6 barbershops on map listings in Grant County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Grant County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grant County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $9M a year, or $798 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,295 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grant County, NM compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Grant County has 5.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Grant County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Grant County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Grant County at 27,252 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,295 households. Median household income in Grant County is $44,958, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.8%, 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. Grant County scores 20 for barbershops (low), #1,220 of 1,356 scored counties.
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