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Nail salons in San Juan County, NM

How San Juan County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #773 of 1,328 scored counties
#7 of 11 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
16
9 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$35.7M
On personal care products and services · $855 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
37% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,340
−0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 nail salons in San Juan County. 9 of them (56%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 37% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in San Juan County comes to about $35.7M a year: $855 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 34% above 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 San Juan County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of San Juan County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For nail salons, San Juan County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #773 of 1,328 scored counties and #7 of 11 scored counties in New Mexico.

How San Juan 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.

Nail salons in San Juan County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureSan Juan CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.84.46.0
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.1M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,1663,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+74.4%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$855$913$1,005
Median household income$55,872$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4749

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
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
169 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,340−0.9% since 2020
Households
41,732
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
5,517 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$55,872+10.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,826
Median home value
$193,800
Jobs located here
45,264
Daytime population
119,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for nail salons, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with San Juan County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM85203.5$3M+6.9%#21 of 1,328
2Valencia County, NM7572.5$3.4M+7.2%#83 of 1,328
3Santa Fe County, NM75243.4$3M+1.2%#84 of 1,328
4Doña Ana County, NM66374.4$1.9M+4.1%#249 of 1,328
5Eddy County, NM54145.9$1.7M+0.3%#568 of 1,328
6Bernalillo County, NM491625.7$1.7M−1.4%#736 of 1,328
7San Juan County, NM47163.8$2.2M−0.9%#773 of 1,328
8Chaves County, NM4483.4$2.4M−2.7%#852 of 1,328
9Otero County, NM44135.3$1.6M+3.7%#864 of 1,328
10Lea County, NM43187.3$1.3M+0.2%#895 of 1,328

Other business types in San Juan County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in San Juan County, NM?

San Juan County has 16 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in San Juan County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in San Juan County, NM spend on personal care products and services?

About $35.7M a year, or $855 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,732 households in San Juan County and national spending patterns by income.

How does San Juan County, NM compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

San Juan County has 3.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.2M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, San Juan County would have about 21, against 16 on map listings.

How fast is San Juan County, NM growing?

Population estimates put San Juan County at 120,340 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,732 households. The median household income in San Juan County is $55,872 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.6% 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. San Juan County scores 47 for nail salons (lower middle), #773 of 1,328 scored counties.

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