Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Nail salons in Luna County, NM
How Luna County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On personal care products and services · $715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,407
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 nail salons in Luna County. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $715 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Luna County spend about $6.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.6M per salon, in line with 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Luna County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Luna County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 nail salons on map listings, Luna County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Luna 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 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 | Luna County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 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 | $715 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $36,419 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Luna 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 Luna County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,407−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,223
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,965 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $36,419+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,300
- Median home value
- $128,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,479
- Daytime population
- 23,917Residents 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 | 85 | 20 | 3.5 | $3M | +6.9% | #21 of 1,328 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 75 | 7 | 2.5 | $3.4M | +7.2% | #83 of 1,328 |
| 3Santa Fe County, NM | 75 | 24 | 3.4 | $3M | +1.2% | #84 of 1,328 |
| 4Doña Ana County, NM | 66 | 37 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +4.1% | #249 of 1,328 |
| 5Eddy County, NM | 54 | 14 | 5.9 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #568 of 1,328 |
| 6Bernalillo County, NM | 49 | 162 | 5.7 | $1.7M | −1.4% | #736 of 1,328 |
| 7San Juan County, NM | 47 | 16 | 3.8 | $2.2M | −0.9% | #773 of 1,328 |
| 8Chaves County, NM | 44 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.4M | −2.7% | #852 of 1,328 |
| 9Otero County, NM | 44 | 13 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #864 of 1,328 |
| 10Lea County, NM | 43 | 18 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +0.2% | #895 of 1,328 |
| Luna County, NM | Not scored | 4 | 4.3 | $1.6M | −0.2% |
Other business types in Luna 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 spas25
- Hair salons32
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care26
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Luna County, NM?
There are 4 nail salons on map listings in Luna County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Luna County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Luna County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.6M a year, or $715 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,223 households in Luna County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Luna County, NM compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Luna County has 4.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.
How fast is Luna County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Luna County at 25,407 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,223 households. The median household income in Luna County is $36,419 a year, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Luna County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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