Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · New Mexico
Grocery stores in the Española, NM area
How the Española, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #115 of 506 scored small-town markets
#4 of 11 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $85.6M
- On groceries · $5,471 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.3M
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,832
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Española area comes to about $85.6M a year: $5,471 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 54% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
The Española area has 6 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 44% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Española area in 2023. That is one for every 3,129 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Española area declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery stores, the Española area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #115 of 506 scored small-town markets and #4 of 11 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Española 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 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 | Española area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $14.3M | $12.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,129 | 3,404 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,471 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,155 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 146
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the Española 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 Española area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,832−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,647
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 5,861 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $57,155+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,460
- Median home value
- $243,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,255
- Daytime population
- 39,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for grocery stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Española area marked.
Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 83 | 8 | 3.4 | $17.5M | +0.3% | #19 of 506 |
| 2Los Alamos, NM | 75 | 5 | 6.1 | $12.2M | 0.0% | #43 of 506 |
| 3Hobbs, NM | 64 | 13 | 5.3 | $10.9M | +0.2% | #112 of 506 |
| 4Española, NM | 63 | 6 | 3.8 | $14.3M | −1.0% | #115 of 506 |
| 5Alamogordo, NM | 61 | 15 | 6.1 | $8.9M | +3.7% | #149 of 506 |
| 6Clovis, NM | 54 | 14 | 5.4 | $9.9M | −3.3% | #229 of 506 |
| 7Deming, NM | 49 | 5 | 5.4 | $9M | −0.2% | #273 of 506 |
| 8Roswell, NM | 48 | 11 | 4.6 | $11.5M | −2.7% | #279 of 506 |
| 9Ruidoso, NM | 42 | 7 | 7.0 | $7.7M | −2.3% | #334 of 506 |
| 10Taos, NM | 39 | 10 | 6.4 | $8.6M | +0.3% | #360 of 506 |
Other business types in the Española area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores63
- Convenience stores59
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 the Española, NM area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 grocery stores in the Española area. 2 of them (33%) 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 the Española, NM area spend on groceries?
About $85.6M a year, or $5,471 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $14.3M 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 15,647 households in the Española area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Española, NM area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Española area has 3.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $14.3M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Española area would have about 9, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,129 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Española, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Española area at 39,832 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,647 households. The median household income in the Española area is $57,155 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.1% 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. 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. The Española area scores 63 for grocery stores (upper middle), #115 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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