Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Hair salons in Colfax County, NM
The hair salons in Colfax County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #995 of 2,339 scored counties
#12 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On personal care products and services · $821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $630K
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,184
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 hair salons in Colfax County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Colfax County spend about $4.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $821 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 hair salons, that is $630K per salon, 46% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Colfax County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Colfax County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Colfax County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #995 of 2,339 scored counties and #12 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Colfax County 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 | Colfax County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $630K | $530K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,313 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $821 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,554 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 beauty salons in Colfax 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 Colfax County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,184−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,368
- Median age
- 47.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $53,554+47.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,247
- Median home value
- $167,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,079
- Daytime population
- 11,931Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for hair salons, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Colfax County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 89 | 65 | 11.4 | $909K | +6.9% | #15 of 2,339 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 74 | 42 | 15.2 | $570K | +7.2% | #185 of 2,339 |
| 3Lea County, NM | 71 | 41 | 16.6 | $561K | +0.2% | #263 of 2,339 |
| 4Otero County, NM | 70 | 39 | 15.9 | $536K | +3.7% | #292 of 2,339 |
| 5Los Alamos County, NM | 68 | 15 | 18.2 | $753K | 0.0% | #342 of 2,339 |
| 6Doña Ana County, NM | 66 | 131 | 15.4 | $550K | +4.1% | #422 of 2,339 |
| 7Taos County, NM | 64 | 25 | 16.1 | $545K | +0.3% | #492 of 2,339 |
| 8Rio Arriba County, NM | 63 | 10 | 6.4 | $1.4M | −1.0% | #514 of 2,339 |
| 9San Juan County, NM | 59 | 68 | 16.3 | $525K | −0.9% | #731 of 2,339 |
| 10Curry County, NM | 56 | 30 | 16.1 | $521K | −3.5% | #864 of 2,339 |
| 12Colfax County, NM | 53 | 7 | 13.0 | $630K | −1.4% | #995 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Colfax County
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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Colfax County, NM?
There are 7 hair salons on map listings in Colfax County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Colfax County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Colfax County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.4M a year, or $821 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $630K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,368 households in Colfax County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Colfax County, NM compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Colfax County has 13.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $630K, 46% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Colfax County would have about 10, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Colfax County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Colfax County at 12,184 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,368 households. The median household income in Colfax County is $53,554 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.5% 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. Colfax County scores 53 for hair salons (upper middle), #995 of 2,339 scored counties.
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