Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Barbershops in San Miguel County, NM
The barbershops in San Miguel County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On personal care products and services · $789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,260
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in San Miguel County comes to about $9.4M a year: $789 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 4 barbershops on map listings in San Miguel County as of September 2026. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in San Miguel County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in San Miguel County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 barbershops on map listings, San Miguel County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How San Miguel 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 | San Miguel County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $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 | −3.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $789 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,431 | $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
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- 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 San Miguel 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 San Miguel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,260−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,931
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,722 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $49,431+59.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,851
- Median home value
- $188,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,251
- Daytime population
- 24,453Residents 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 |
| San Miguel County, NM | Not scored | 4 | 3.4 | $2.4M | −3.2% |
Other business types in San Miguel 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in San Miguel County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 barbershops in San Miguel County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in San Miguel County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in San Miguel County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.4M a year, or $789 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 11,931 households in San Miguel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Miguel County, NM compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
San Miguel County has 3.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, San Miguel County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is San Miguel County, NM growing?
Population estimates put San Miguel County at 26,260 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,931 households. The median household income in San Miguel County is $49,431 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.7% 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. San Miguel County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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