Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Hair salons in Lea County, NM
How Lea County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #263 of 2,339 scored counties
#3 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 41
- 9 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23M
- On personal care products and services · $933 a household
- Spending per listing
- $561K
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,749
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 hair salons in Lea County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 16.6 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lea County comes to about $23M a year: $933 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $561K per salon, 30% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Lea County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 6,168 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 141 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Lea County grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lea County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #263 of 2,339 scored counties and #3 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lea 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 | Lea County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $561K | $530K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,168 | 2,313 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $933 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,015 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $618K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 141Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 419 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The 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 Lea 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 Lea County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,749+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,670
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,389
- Median home value
- $184,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,256
- Daytime population
- 77,341Residents 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 | 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 |
Other business types in Lea 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
- Salons, barbers and spas55
- Hair salons71
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons43
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Lea County, NM?
There are 41 hair salons on map listings in Lea County as of September 2026. 9 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 141 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lea County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $23M a year, or $933 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $561K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,670 households in Lea County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lea County, NM compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lea County has 16.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $561K, 30% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lea County would have about 54, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,168 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Lea County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Lea County at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in Lea County is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Lea County scores 71 for hair salons (upper middle), #263 of 2,339 scored counties.
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