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Laundromats in Rio Arriba County, NM
The laundromats in Rio Arriba County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,564 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,832
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rio Arriba County spend about $24.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,564 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per laundromat, 51% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
Rio Arriba County has 4 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Rio Arriba County in 2023. That is one for every 3,912 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $692K have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Rio Arriba County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rio Arriba County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 laundromats on map listings, Rio Arriba County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Rio Arriba 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 | Rio Arriba County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $9.1M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,912 | 12,315 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,564 | $1,645 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,155 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $119K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 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
- $692K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,832−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,647
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 5,861 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $57,155+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,460
- Median home value
- $243,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,255
- Daytime population
- 39,363Residents 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 | 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 |
| Rio Arriba County, NM | Not scored | 4 | 2.6 | $6.1M | −1.0% |
Other business types in Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 laundromats in Rio Arriba County. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in Rio Arriba County, NM spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $24.5M a year, or $1,564 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per laundromat. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,647 households in Rio Arriba County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rio Arriba County, NM compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Rio Arriba County has 2.6 laundromats per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $6.1M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Rio Arriba County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,912 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is Rio Arriba County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Rio Arriba County at 39,832 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,647 households. Median household income in Rio Arriba County is $57,155, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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. Rio Arriba County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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