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Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico

Hair salons in Quay County, NM

How Quay County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.4M
On personal care products and services · $771 a household
Spending per listing
$846K
97% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
61% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,454
−3.0% 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

At $771 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Quay County spend about $3.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $846K per salon, 97% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 4 hair salons on map listings in Quay County as of September 2026. That comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Quay County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Quay County declined 3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Quay 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 Quay County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureQuay CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.117.223.4
Spending per listing$846K$530K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,3131,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$771$913$1,005
Median household income$41,946$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

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
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Quay 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 Quay County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,454−3.0% since 2020
Households
4,389
Median age
47.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,874 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$41,946
Average household income
$62,487
Median home value
$87,200
Jobs located here
2,482
Daytime population
7,724Residents 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 Quay 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
Quay County, NMNot scored49.1$846K−3.0%

Other business types in Quay County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Quay County, NM?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 hair salons in Quay County. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Quay County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3.4M a year, or $771 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $846K 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 4,389 households in Quay County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Quay County has 9.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $846K, 97% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Quay County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Quay County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Quay County at 8,454 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,389 households. Median household income in Quay County is $41,946, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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

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