Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Barbershops in Lea County, NM
How Lea County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,055 of 1,356 scored counties
#10 of 15 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23M
- On personal care products and services · $933 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,749
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Lea County is 33 (lower middle), #1,055 of 1,356 scored counties and #10 of 15 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lea County comes to about $23M a year: $933 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 17 barbershops on map listings in Lea County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Lea County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Lea County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lea 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 | Lea County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $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 | +0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $933 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,015 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 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
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Lea 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 Lea County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,749+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,670
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,389
- Median home value
- $184,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,256
- Daytime population
- 77,341Residents 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 |
Other business types in Lea 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 spas55
- Hair salons71
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons43
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Lea County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 barbershops in Lea County. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Lea County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lea County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $23M a year, or $933 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,670 households in Lea County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lea County, NM compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Lea County has 6.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Lea County would have about 12, against 17 on map listings.
How fast is Lea County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Lea County at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in Lea County is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Lea County scores 33 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,055 of 1,356 scored counties.
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