Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Hair salons in Taos County, NM
How Taos 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #492 of 2,339 scored counties
#7 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 25
- 3 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On personal care products and services · $877 a household
- Spending per listing
- $545K
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.1
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,564
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $877 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Taos County spend about $13.6M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 25 hair salons, that is $545K per salon, 27% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 25 hair salons on map listings in Taos County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 12%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.1 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Taos County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,887 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Taos County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Taos County is 64 (upper middle), #492 of 2,339 scored counties and #7 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Taos 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 | Taos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.1 | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $545K | $530K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,887 | 2,313 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $877 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,950 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $499K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 253 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Taos 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 Taos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,564+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,549
- Median age
- 50.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $58,950+53.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,052
- Median home value
- $382,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,507
- Daytime population
- 34,773Residents 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 Taos 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 spas58
- Hair salons64
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care30
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Taos County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 hair salons in Taos County. 3 of them (12%) 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 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Taos County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.6M a year, or $877 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $545K 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 15,549 households in Taos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Taos County, NM compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Taos County has 16.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $545K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Taos County would have about 32, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,887 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Taos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Taos County at 34,564 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,549 households. Median household income in Taos County is $58,950, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.8%, 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. Taos County scores 64 for hair salons (upper middle), #492 of 2,339 scored counties.
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