Clothing and laundry · County · New Mexico
Laundromats in Curry County, NM
The laundromats in Curry County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 6 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #776 of 785 scored counties
#8 of 10 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,508 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 69% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,655
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in Curry County is 6 (very low), #776 of 785 scored counties and #8 of 10 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 laundromats in Curry County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Households in Curry County spend about $28M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,508 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.6M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 55% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Curry County classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 6,198 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $807K have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Curry County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Curry County declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Curry County compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the laundromats 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 | Curry County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $9.1M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,198 | 12,315 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,508 | $1,645 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,309 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 6 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $230K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $807K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Curry 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 Curry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,655−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,595
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,406 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $57,309+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,913
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,571
- Daytime population
- 46,183Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for laundromats, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Curry County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 69 | 6 | 1.1 | $17.4M | +6.9% | #165 of 785 |
| 2Santa Fe County, NM | 57 | 9 | 1.3 | $14.5M | +1.2% | #302 of 785 |
| 3Doña Ana County, NM | 55 | 11 | 1.3 | $11.9M | +4.1% | #325 of 785 |
| 4Bernalillo County, NM | 50 | 37 | 1.3 | $13.1M | −1.4% | #379 of 785 |
| 5Valencia County, NM | 35 | 5 | 1.8 | $8.6M | +7.2% | #561 of 785 |
| 6Lea County, NM | 16 | 7 | 2.8 | $6M | +0.2% | #736 of 785 |
| 7Eddy County, NM | 14 | 9 | 3.8 | $4.6M | +0.3% | #754 of 785 |
| 8Curry County, NM | 6 | 5 | 2.7 | $5.6M | −3.5% | #776 of 785 |
| 9San Juan County, NM | 6 | 15 | 3.6 | $4.3M | −0.9% | #777 of 785 |
| 10McKinley County, NM | 0 | 13 | 6.1 | $2.3M | −6.1% | #785 of 785 |
Other business types in Curry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many laundromats are in Curry County, NM?
There are 5 laundromats on map listings in Curry County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in Curry County, NM spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $28M a year, or $1,508 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,595 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Curry County, NM compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Curry County has 2.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $5.6M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Curry County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,198 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is Curry County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Curry County at 46,655 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,595 households. The median household income in Curry County is $57,309 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Curry County scores 6 for laundromats (very low), #776 of 785 scored counties.
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