Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Barbershops in Los Alamos County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Los Alamos County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,370 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,407
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 barbershops in Los Alamos County. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in Los Alamos County spend about $11.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,370 per household, 36% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per shop, twice 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 Los Alamos County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Los Alamos County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 barbershops on map listings, Los Alamos County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Los Alamos 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 | Los Alamos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $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 | 0.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,370 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $147,139 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,4070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,247
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 178
- Median household income
- $147,139+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,885
- Median home value
- $495,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,699
- Daytime population
- 29,150Residents 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 |
| Los Alamos County, NM | Not scored | 3 | 3.6 | $3.8M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Los Alamos 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 spas63
- Hair salons68
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care61
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Los Alamos County, NM?
Los Alamos County has 3 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Los Alamos County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Los Alamos County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.3M a year, or $1,370 per household. That is 36% above the U.S. average (an index of 136, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,247 households in Los Alamos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Los Alamos County, NM compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Los Alamos County has 3.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Los Alamos County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Los Alamos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Los Alamos County at 19,407 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,247 households. Median household income in Los Alamos County is $147,139, 82% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Los Alamos County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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