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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · New Mexico

Dry cleaners in the Hobbs, NM area

How the Hobbs, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Too few small-town markets have 5 or more listings to score them against each other.

Listings
7
6 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$41.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,689 a household
Spending per listing
$6M
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,749
+0.2% 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 7 dry cleaners in the Hobbs area. 6 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Hobbs area comes to about $41.7M a year: $1,689 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6M per shop, 62% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Hobbs area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Hobbs area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Too few small-town markets have 5 or more dry cleaners on map listings to score them against each other.

How the Hobbs area 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 dry cleaners counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Dry cleaners in Hobbs, NM area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureHobbs areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.81.01.3
Spending per listing$6M$15.8M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,6918,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.9%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,689$1,645$2,055
Median household income$68,015$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

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
76 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 dry cleaning and laundry services in the Hobbs area, 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 the Hobbs area

Population, 2025 estimate
74,749+0.2% since 2020
Households
24,670
Median age
32.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,392 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,389
Median home value
$184,000
Jobs located here
33,256
Daytime population
77,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Hobbs, NM area?

There are 7 dry cleaners on map listings in the Hobbs area as of September 2026. 6 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in the Hobbs area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Hobbs, NM area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $41.7M a year, or $1,689 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,670 households in the Hobbs area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hobbs, NM area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Hobbs area has 2.8 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $6M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Hobbs area would have about 3, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is the Hobbs, NM area growing?

Population estimates put the Hobbs area at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in the Hobbs area is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. Too few small-town markets have 5 or more dry cleaners on map listings to score them against each other.

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