Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery stores in San Miguel County, NM
The grocery stores in San Miguel County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62M
- On groceries · $5,194 a household
- Spending per listing
- $31M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 26,260
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in San Miguel County spend about $62M a year on groceries, or $5,194 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $31M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 2 grocery stores on map listings in San Miguel County as of September 2026. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in San Miguel County in 2023. That is one for every 3,977 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show San Miguel County declined 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 grocery stores on map listings, San Miguel County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How San Miguel 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 | San Miguel County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $31M | $12.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,977 | 3,404 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,194 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,431 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 San Miguel 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 San Miguel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,260−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,931
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,722 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $49,431+59.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,851
- Median home value
- $188,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,251
- Daytime population
- 24,453Residents 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 |
| San Miguel County, NM | Not scored | 2 | 1.7 | $31M | −3.2% |
Other business types in San Miguel County
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 stores
- Convenience stores14
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 San Miguel County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 grocery stores in San Miguel County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in San Miguel County, NM spend on groceries?
About $62M a year, or $5,194 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $31M 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 11,931 households in San Miguel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Miguel County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
San Miguel County has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, San Miguel County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,977 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is San Miguel County, NM growing?
Population estimates put San Miguel County at 26,260 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,931 households. The median household income in San Miguel County is $49,431 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.7% 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. San Miguel County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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