Groceries and convenience · Metro area · New Mexico
Grocery and convenience stores in the Farmington, NM metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Farmington, NM metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #209 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 61
- 18 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $227.1M
- On groceries · $5,443 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,340
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 61 grocery and convenience stores in the Farmington metro area. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 14.6 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Farmington metro area comes to about $227.1M a year: $5,443 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per store, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Farmington metro area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 2,455 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Farmington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, the Farmington metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #209 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico.
How the Farmington metro area 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 grocery and 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.
| Measure | Farmington metro area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,455 | 2,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,443 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $55,872 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 715
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The 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 grocery and convenience stores in the Farmington metro 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 Farmington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,340−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 41,732
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,517 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,872+10.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,826
- Median home value
- $193,800
- Jobs located here
- 45,264
- Daytime population
- 119,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Mexico for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Farmington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albuquerque, NM | 72 | 444 | 11.8 | $4.9M | +0.8% | #46 of 387 |
| 2Santa Fe, NM | 67 | 114 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +1.2% | #76 of 387 |
| 3Las Cruces, NM | 62 | 124 | 14.6 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #119 of 387 |
| 4Farmington, NM | 48 | 61 | 14.6 | $3.7M | −0.9% | #209 of 387 |
Other business types in the Farmington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores46
- Convenience stores46
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Farmington, NM metro area?
The Farmington metro area has 61 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Farmington, NM metro area spend on groceries?
About $227.1M a year, or $5,443 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,732 households in the Farmington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Farmington, NM metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Farmington metro area has 14.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Farmington metro area would have about 67, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,455 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Farmington, NM metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Farmington metro area at 120,340 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,732 households. Median household income in the Farmington metro area is $55,872, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.6%, 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. The Farmington metro area scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #209 of 387 scored metro areas.
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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in the Farmington metro area
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