Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New Mexico
Nail salons in the Hobbs, NM area
How the Hobbs, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #218 of 387 scored small-town markets
#3 of 5 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 18
- 10 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23M
- On personal care products and services · $933 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,749
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 nail salons in the Hobbs area. 10 of them (56%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Hobbs area comes to about $23M a year: $933 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 nail salons, that is $1.3M per salon, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Hobbs area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,223 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 56 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Hobbs area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Hobbs area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #218 of 387 scored small-town markets and #3 of 5 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico.
How the Hobbs area 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 nail 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 | Hobbs area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,223 | 11,166 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +74.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $933 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,015 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $261K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 56Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1810 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 nail salons in the Hobbs area, 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 the Hobbs area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,749+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,670
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,389
- Median home value
- $184,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,256
- Daytime population
- 77,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 58 | 14 | 5.9 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #142 of 387 |
| 2Alamogordo, NM | 50 | 13 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #211 of 387 |
| 3Hobbs, NM | 49 | 18 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +0.2% | #218 of 387 |
| 4Roswell, NM | 45 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.4M | −2.7% | #229 of 387 |
| 5Clovis, NM | 34 | 13 | 5.0 | $1.7M | −3.3% | #305 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hobbs area
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 spas61
- Hair salons78
- Barbershops40
- Nail salons49
- Spas and skin care50
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Hobbs, NM area?
There are 18 nail salons on map listings in the Hobbs area as of September 2026. 10 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 56 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Hobbs, NM area spend on personal care products and services?
About $23M a year, or $933 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,670 households in the Hobbs area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hobbs, NM area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Hobbs area has 7.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Hobbs area would have about 14, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,223 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hobbs, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Hobbs area at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in the Hobbs area is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Hobbs area scores 49 for nail salons (lower middle), #218 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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