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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New Mexico

Nail salons in the Silver City, NM area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Silver City, NM area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

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
$9M
On personal care products and services · $798 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,252
−3.4% 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 4 nail salons in the Silver City area. That comes to 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in the Silver City area spend about $9M a year on personal care products and services, or $798 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 35% 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 the Silver City area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Silver City area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 nail salons on map listings, the Silver City area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Silver City 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.

Nail salons in Silver City, NM area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureSilver City areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.54.46.0
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.1M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,1663,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+74.4%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$798$913$1,005
Median household income$44,958$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

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
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Silver City 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 Silver City area

Population, 2025 estimate
27,252−3.4% since 2020
Households
11,295
Median age
48.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,961 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$44,958+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,954
Median home value
$175,600
Jobs located here
9,211
Daytime population
27,009Residents 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 small-town markets in New Mexico for nail salons, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Silver City area marked.

Top small-town markets in New Mexico

Small-town markets in New Mexico ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Carlsbad-Artesia, NM58145.9$1.7M+0.3%#142 of 387
2Alamogordo, NM50135.3$1.6M+3.7%#211 of 387
3Hobbs, NM49187.3$1.3M+0.2%#218 of 387
4Roswell, NM4583.4$2.4M−2.7%#229 of 387
5Clovis, NM34135.0$1.7M−3.3%#305 of 387
Silver City, NMNot scored43.5$2.3M−3.4%

Other business types in the Silver City area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Silver City, NM area?

The Silver City area has 4 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Silver City area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Silver City, NM area spend on personal care products and services?

About $9M a year, or $798 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,295 households in the Silver City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Silver City, NM area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Silver City area has 3.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.3M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Silver City area would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is the Silver City, NM area growing?

Population estimates put the Silver City area at 27,252 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,295 households. The median household income in the Silver City area is $44,958 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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 Silver City area has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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