Groundwork

Clothing and laundry · County · New Mexico

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Luna County, NM

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,695 of 2,210 scored counties
#7 of 22 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
16
5 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,330 a household
Spending per listing
$767K
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,407
−0.2% since 2020

See the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses around any address in Luna County

The site report maps the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Luna County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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

What this means

Luna County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,695 of 2,210 scored counties and #7 of 22 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Luna County comes to about $12.3M a year: $1,330 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $767K per business, 13% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Luna County has 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.3, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Luna County in 2023. That is one for every 3,074 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Luna County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Luna 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 Luna County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureLuna CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.322.323.3
Spending per listing$767K$739K$880K
Households per official establishment3,0741,2751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,330$1,645$2,055
Median household income$36,419$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3526

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$195K
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
165 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Luna 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 Luna County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,407−0.2% since 2020
Households
9,223
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,965 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$36,419+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$54,300
Median home value
$128,000
Jobs located here
7,479
Daytime population
23,917Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Luna County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Luna County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Clothing, shoes and laundry across New Mexico

Every New Mexico market ranked →

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

Other business types in Luna 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 Luna County, NM?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Luna County. 5 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $12.3M a year, or $1,330 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $767K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,223 households in Luna County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Luna County has 17.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $767K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Luna County would have about 14, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,074 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Luna County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Luna County at 25,407 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,223 households. The median household income in Luna County is $36,419 a year, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Luna County scores 35 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,695 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Luna County. It maps the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

Screening a site or an acquisition in Luna County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Luna County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.