Pets · Small-town market · New Mexico
Pet businesses in the Española, NM area
The pet businesses in the Española, NM area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #40 of 527 scored small-town markets
#2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On pets · $817 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,832
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Española area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #40 of 527 scored small-town markets and #2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pet businesses.
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pet businesses in the Española area. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 63% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in the Española area spend about $12.8M a year on pets, or $817 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $878K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Española area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Española area declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Española area compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet businesses 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 | Española area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $966K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,023 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $817 | $874 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,155 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 59 |
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
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Española 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 Española area
- 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 small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hobbs, NM | 82 | 23 | 9.3 | $969K | +0.2% | #10 of 527 |
| 2Española, NM | 73 | 6 | 3.8 | $2.1M | −1.0% | #40 of 527 |
| 3Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 69 | 12 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +0.3% | #60 of 527 |
| 4Las Vegas, NM | 67 | 8 | 5.8 | $1.3M | −3.2% | #75 of 527 |
| 5Alamogordo, NM | 66 | 33 | 13.5 | $593K | +3.7% | #90 of 527 |
| 6Los Alamos, NM | 64 | 5 | 6.1 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #100 of 527 |
| 7Taos, NM | 62 | 13 | 8.4 | $999K | +0.3% | #121 of 527 |
| 8Clovis, NM | 60 | 25 | 9.6 | $806K | −3.3% | #146 of 527 |
| 9Roswell, NM | 56 | 23 | 9.7 | $799K | −2.7% | #191 of 527 |
| 10Gallup, NM | 54 | 6 | 2.8 | $2.6M | −6.1% | #216 of 527 |
Other business types in the Española 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses73
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Española, NM area?
The Española area has 6 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Española area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Española, NM area spend on pets?
About $12.8M a year, or $817 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,647 households in the Española area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Española, NM area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Española area has 3.8 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $2.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Española area would have about 15, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Española, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Española area at 39,832 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,647 households. The median household income in the Española area is $57,155 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.1% 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 Española area scores 73 for pet businesses (upper middle), #40 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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