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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grant County, NM

How Grant County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,170 of 2,210 scored counties
#19 of 22 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
22
7 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$16.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,458 a household
Spending per listing
$749K
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.5
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,252
−3.4% 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

Grant County scores 13 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #2,170 of 2,210 scored counties and #19 of 22 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grant County. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.5, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,458 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Grant County spend about $16.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $749K per business, 15% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Grant County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grant County declined 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 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 Grant County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureGrant CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.522.323.3
Spending per listing$749K$739K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,458$1,645$2,055
Median household income$44,958$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score1326

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
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
227 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners 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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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 Grant 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
19Grant County, NM132219.5$749K−3.4%#2,170 of 2,210

Other business types in Grant 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 Grant County, NM?

Grant County has 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Grant County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $16.5M a year, or $1,458 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $749K per business. 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 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Grant County has 19.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $749K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Grant County would have about 19, against 22 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 13 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,170 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Grant County

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