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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bernalillo County, NM

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bernalillo County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,921 of 2,210 scored counties
#11 of 22 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
675
279 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
226
−15.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$485.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,700 a household
Spending per listing
$719K
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.6
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
667,601
−1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Bernalillo County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,921 of 2,210 scored counties and #11 of 22 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Bernalillo County spend about $485.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,700 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 675 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $719K per business, 18% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 675 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Bernalillo County as of September 2026. 279 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 226 businesses with payroll in Bernalillo County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,263 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bernalillo County. Population estimates put the population change in Bernalillo County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Bernalillo County compares

The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Bernalillo County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureBernalillo CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.622.323.3
Spending per listing$719K$739K$880K
Households per official establishment1,2631,2751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−15.0%−12.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,700$1,645$2,055
Median household income$69,473$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score2726

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
266 → 226−15.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,149
Annual payroll, 2023
$64.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
299Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
675279 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
551The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo County

Population, 2025 estimate
667,601−1.4% since 2020
Households
285,495
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,162 sq. mi.
People per square mile
580
Median household income
$69,473+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,350
Median home value
$292,900
Jobs located here
358,969
Daytime population
728,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Bernalillo County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM87427.4$2.5M+6.9%#45 of 2,210
2Valencia County, NM613412.3$1.3M+7.2%#675 of 2,210
3Otero County, NM563213.1$1.2M+3.7%#868 of 2,210
4Rio Arriba County, NM541710.9$1.4M−1.0%#934 of 2,210
5Doña Ana County, NM5211013.0$1.2M+4.1%#1,046 of 2,210
6Eddy County, NM374619.5$902K+0.3%#1,619 of 2,210
7Luna County, NM351617.3$767K−0.2%#1,695 of 2,210
8San Miguel County, NM291512.6$1.1M−3.2%#1,863 of 2,210
9Roosevelt County, NM291418.8$762K−2.8%#1,870 of 2,210
10Sierra County, NM27712.9$1M−1.4%#1,913 of 2,210
11Bernalillo County, NM2767523.6$719K−1.4%#1,921 of 2,210

Other business types in Bernalillo County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Bernalillo County, NM?

As of September 2026, map listings count 675 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bernalillo County. 279 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 226 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 15.0% from 2019. Official counts list 299 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bernalillo County, NM spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $485.4M a year, or $1,700 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 675 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $719K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 285,495 households in Bernalillo County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bernalillo County, NM compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Bernalillo County has 23.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $719K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bernalillo County would have about 551, against 675 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,263 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Bernalillo County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Bernalillo County at 667,601 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 285,495 households. The median household income in Bernalillo County is $69,473 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Bernalillo County scores 27 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,921 of 2,210 scored counties.

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