Beauty and personal care · Metro area · New Mexico
Hair salons in the Albuquerque, NM metro area
How the Albuquerque, NM metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #142 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 717
- 124 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 226
- +22.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $358.3M
- On personal care products and services · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $500K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 925,279
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 717 hair salons in the Albuquerque metro area. 124 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.1 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $953 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Albuquerque metro area spend about $358.3M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $500K per salon, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 226 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Albuquerque metro area in 2023, up 22.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,664 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 1,400 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Albuquerque metro area.
Population estimates show the Albuquerque metro area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Albuquerque metro area is 54 (upper middle), #142 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico.
How the Albuquerque 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 personal care products and services by the hair salons 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 | Albuquerque metro area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $500K | $530K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,664 | 2,313 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.2% | +13.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $953 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,783 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 226+22.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 915
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,400Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 717124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 833The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 925,279+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 376,025
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 9,284 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $70,783+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,312
- Median home value
- $287,800
- Jobs located here
- 414,285
- Daytime population
- 927,586Residents 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 hair salons, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Albuquerque metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Las Cruces, NM | 70 | 131 | 15.4 | $550K | +4.1% | #33 of 387 |
| 2Farmington, NM | 61 | 68 | 16.3 | $525K | −0.9% | #87 of 387 |
| 3Santa Fe, NM | 59 | 144 | 20.3 | $502K | +1.2% | #110 of 387 |
| 4Albuquerque, NM | 54 | 717 | 19.1 | $500K | +0.8% | #142 of 387 |
Other business types in the Albuquerque metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas49
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Albuquerque, NM metro area?
There are 717 hair salons on map listings in the Albuquerque metro area as of September 2026. 124 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 226 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 22.2% from 2019. Official counts list 1,400 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Albuquerque, NM metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $358.3M a year, or $953 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 717 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $500K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 376,025 households in the Albuquerque metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albuquerque, NM metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Albuquerque metro area has 19.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $500K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Albuquerque metro area would have about 833, against 717 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,664 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Albuquerque, NM metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Albuquerque metro area at 925,279 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 376,025 households. The median household income in the Albuquerque metro area is $70,783 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.9% 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. The Albuquerque metro area scores 54 for hair salons (upper middle), #142 of 387 scored metro areas.
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