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Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico

Hair salons in Luna County, NM

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Luna County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,964 of 2,339 scored counties
#24 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
15
5 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.6M
On personal care products and services · $715 a household
Spending per listing
$439K
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.3
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,407
−0.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For hair salons, Luna County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,964 of 2,339 scored counties and #24 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 hair salons in Luna County. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Luna County spend about $6.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $715 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 hair salons, that is $439K per salon, 2% 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 Luna County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Luna County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Luna 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.

Hair salons in Luna County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureLuna CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.317.223.4
Spending per listing$439K$530K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,3131,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$715$913$1,005
Median household income$36,419$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3259

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
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
155 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Luna 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 Luna County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,407−0.2% since 2020
Households
9,223
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,965 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$36,419+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$54,300
Median home value
$128,000
Jobs located here
7,479
Daytime population
23,917Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for hair salons, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Luna County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM896511.4$909K+6.9%#15 of 2,339
2Valencia County, NM744215.2$570K+7.2%#185 of 2,339
3Lea County, NM714116.6$561K+0.2%#263 of 2,339
4Otero County, NM703915.9$536K+3.7%#292 of 2,339
5Los Alamos County, NM681518.2$753K0.0%#342 of 2,339
6Doña Ana County, NM6613115.4$550K+4.1%#422 of 2,339
7Taos County, NM642516.1$545K+0.3%#492 of 2,339
8Rio Arriba County, NM63106.4$1.4M−1.0%#514 of 2,339
9San Juan County, NM596816.3$525K−0.9%#731 of 2,339
10Curry County, NM563016.1$521K−3.5%#864 of 2,339
24Luna County, NM321516.3$439K−0.2%#1,964 of 2,339

Other business types in Luna County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Luna County, NM?

There are 15 hair salons on map listings in Luna County as of September 2026. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Luna County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Luna County, NM spend on personal care products and services?

About $6.6M a year, or $715 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $439K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,223 households in Luna County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Luna County, NM compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Luna County has 16.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $439K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.

How fast is Luna County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Luna County at 25,407 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,223 households. The median household income in Luna County is $36,419 a year, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Luna County scores 32 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,964 of 2,339 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for hair salons · All 56 business types in Luna County

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