Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Hair salons in McKinley County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in McKinley County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,096 of 2,339 scored counties
#16 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 14
- 3 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.5M
- On personal care products and services · $773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 72% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,119
- −6.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in McKinley County comes to about $16.5M a year: $773 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 hair salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
McKinley County has 14 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 72% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in McKinley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show McKinley County declined 6.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, McKinley County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,096 of 2,339 scored counties and #16 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How McKinley 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 | McKinley County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $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 | −6.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $773 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $47,668 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 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
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 143 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 McKinley 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 McKinley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,119−6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 21,353
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,961
- Median home value
- $78,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,649
- Daytime population
- 70,240Residents 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 |
| 16McKinley County, NM | 51 | 14 | 6.6 | $1.2M | −6.1% | #1,096 of 2,339 |
Other business types in McKinley 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 spas48
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops11
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care50
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in McKinley County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 hair salons in McKinley County. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in McKinley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McKinley County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.5M a year, or $773 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,353 households in McKinley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McKinley County, NM compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
McKinley County has 6.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, McKinley County would have about 38, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is McKinley County, NM growing?
Population estimates put McKinley County at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. Median household income in McKinley County is $47,668, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. McKinley County scores 51 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,096 of 2,339 scored counties.
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