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Convenience stores in Doña Ana County, NM

How Doña Ana County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #673 of 2,261 scored counties
#4 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
52
36 chain locations (69%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$460.6M
On groceries · $5,426 a household
Spending per listing
$8.9M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
229,091
+4.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 convenience stores in Doña Ana County. Of those, 36 are chain locations, or 69%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Doña Ana County spend about $460.6M a year on groceries, or $5,426 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.9M per store, 12% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Doña Ana County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Doña Ana County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Doña Ana County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #673 of 2,261 scored counties and #4 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.

How Doña Ana County compares

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

Convenience stores in Doña Ana County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureDoña Ana CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.18.08.0
Spending per listing$8.9M$7.1M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a19,0323,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.8%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,426$5,673$6,319
Median household income$56,848$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score6243

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5236 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
59The 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 convenience stores in Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County

Population, 2025 estimate
229,091+4.1% since 2020
Households
84,889
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,808 sq. mi.
People per square mile
59
Median household income
$56,848+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,951
Median home value
$220,800
Jobs located here
79,505
Daytime population
218,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for convenience stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Doña Ana County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM87305.3$11.7M+6.9%#68 of 2,261
2Santa Fe County, NM76334.7$13.1M+1.2%#271 of 2,261
3Bernalillo County, NM711445.0$11.5M−1.4%#396 of 2,261
4Doña Ana County, NM62526.1$8.9M+4.1%#673 of 2,261
5Valencia County, NM62217.6$7.2M+7.2%#685 of 2,261
6Taos County, NM5985.1$10.7M+0.3%#781 of 2,261
7San Juan County, NM59276.5$8.4M−0.9%#788 of 2,261
8Torrance County, NM5658.3$6.5M+6.9%#899 of 2,261
9Rio Arriba County, NM5485.1$10.7M−1.0%#964 of 2,261
10Eddy County, NM513414.4$4.1M+0.3%#1,109 of 2,261

Other business types in Doña Ana County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Doña Ana County, NM?

There are 52 convenience stores on map listings in Doña Ana County as of September 2026. 36 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Doña Ana County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Doña Ana County, NM spend on groceries?

About $460.6M a year, or $5,426 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,889 households in Doña Ana County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Doña Ana County, NM compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Doña Ana County has 6.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.9M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Doña Ana County would have about 59, against 52 on map listings.

How fast is Doña Ana County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Doña Ana County at 229,091 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,889 households. Median household income in Doña Ana County is $56,848, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Doña Ana County scores 62 for convenience stores (upper middle), #673 of 2,261 scored counties.

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