Groundwork

Pets · County · New Mexico

Pet stores in Colfax County, NM

How Colfax County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.1M
On pets · $760 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
12,184
−1.4% since 2020

See the pet stores around any address in Colfax County

The site report maps the pet stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Colfax County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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

What this means

At $760 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Colfax County spend about $4.1M a year on pets. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Colfax County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Colfax County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Colfax County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Colfax County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet stores on map listings, Colfax County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Colfax County 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 stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pet stores in Colfax County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureColfax CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.72.0
Spending per listingn/a$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,13613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$760$874$909
Median household income$53,554$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 and pet supplies stores in Colfax 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 Colfax County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,184−1.4% since 2020
Households
5,368
Median age
47.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
3,758 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$53,554+47.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,247
Median home value
$167,200
Jobs located here
4,079
Daytime population
11,931Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Colfax County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet stores on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Colfax County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Pet stores across New Mexico

Every New Mexico market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for pet stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Colfax County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM8481.4$7.2M+6.9%#25 of 974
2Bernalillo County, NM56461.6$5.7M−1.4%#376 of 974
3Santa Fe County, NM54152.1$4.7M+1.2%#406 of 974
4Lea County, NM5452.0$4.5M+0.2%#411 of 974
5Valencia County, NM5462.2$3.7M+7.2%#416 of 974
6San Juan County, NM4871.7$4.8M−0.9%#513 of 974
7Doña Ana County, NM47192.2$3.6M+4.1%#537 of 974
Colfax County, NMNot scored00.0n/a−1.4%

Other business types in Colfax County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Colfax County, NM?

There are no pet stores on map listings in Colfax County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Colfax County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Colfax County, NM spend on pets?

About $4.1M a year, or $760 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,368 households in Colfax County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Colfax County, NM compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Colfax County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Colfax County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Colfax County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Colfax County at 12,184 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,368 households. The median household income in Colfax County is $53,554 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.5% 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. Colfax County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Colfax County. It maps the pet stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Colfax County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Colfax County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Colfax County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.