Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery stores in Curry County, NM
How Curry County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #966 of 2,070 scored counties
#12 of 18 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $100.3M
- On groceries · $5,395 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,655
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Curry County spend about $100.3M a year on groceries, or $5,395 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $10M of household spending for each store on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Curry County has 10 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 40%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Curry County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,719 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Curry County declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery stores, Curry County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #966 of 2,070 scored counties and #12 of 18 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Curry 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 grocery 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 | Curry County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10M | $12.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,719 | 3,404 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,395 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,309 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 261
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Curry 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 Curry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,655−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,595
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,406 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $57,309+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,913
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,571
- Daytime population
- 46,183Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 91 | 11 | 1.9 | $32M | +6.9% | #41 of 2,070 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 81 | 7 | 2.5 | $21.7M | +7.2% | #160 of 2,070 |
| 3Eddy County, NM | 77 | 8 | 3.4 | $17.5M | +0.3% | #238 of 2,070 |
| 4Doña Ana County, NM | 71 | 36 | 4.2 | $12.8M | +4.1% | #370 of 2,070 |
| 5Los Alamos County, NM | 71 | 5 | 6.1 | $12.2M | 0.0% | #376 of 2,070 |
| 6Santa Fe County, NM | 69 | 37 | 5.2 | $11.6M | +1.2% | #433 of 2,070 |
| 7Bernalillo County, NM | 68 | 112 | 3.9 | $14.8M | −1.4% | #448 of 2,070 |
| 8Rio Arriba County, NM | 60 | 6 | 3.8 | $14.3M | −1.0% | #666 of 2,070 |
| 9Lea County, NM | 58 | 13 | 5.3 | $10.9M | +0.2% | #741 of 2,070 |
| 10Otero County, NM | 57 | 15 | 6.1 | $8.9M | +3.7% | #780 of 2,070 |
| 12Curry County, NM | 51 | 10 | 5.4 | $10M | −3.5% | #966 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Curry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores38
- Grocery stores51
- Convenience stores19
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 stores are in Curry County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 grocery stores in Curry County. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Curry County, NM spend on groceries?
About $100.3M a year, or $5,395 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,595 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Curry County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Curry County has 5.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Curry County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,719 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Curry County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Curry County at 46,655 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,595 households. The median household income in Curry County is $57,309 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Curry County scores 51 for grocery stores (upper middle), #966 of 2,070 scored counties.
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