Pets · County · New Mexico
Pet stores in Curry County, NM
How Curry 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On pets · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,655
- −3.5% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Curry County
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What this means
At $788 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Curry County spend about $14.6M a year on pets. That is about $4.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Curry County has 3 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Curry County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Curry County declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 pet stores on map listings, Curry County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Curry 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.
| Measure | Curry County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $5M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,136 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.0% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $788 | $874 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,309 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
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
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Curry 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 Curry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,655−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,595
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,406 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $57,309+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,913
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,571
- Daytime population
- 46,183Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Curry 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.
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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 | 84 | 8 | 1.4 | $7.2M | +6.9% | #25 of 974 |
| 2Bernalillo County, NM | 56 | 46 | 1.6 | $5.7M | −1.4% | #376 of 974 |
| 3Santa Fe County, NM | 54 | 15 | 2.1 | $4.7M | +1.2% | #406 of 974 |
| 4Lea County, NM | 54 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +0.2% | #411 of 974 |
| 5Valencia County, NM | 54 | 6 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +7.2% | #416 of 974 |
| 6San Juan County, NM | 48 | 7 | 1.7 | $4.8M | −0.9% | #513 of 974 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 47 | 19 | 2.2 | $3.6M | +4.1% | #537 of 974 |
| Curry County, NM | Not scored | 3 | 1.6 | $4.9M | −3.5% |
Other business types in Curry 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses49
- Veterinarians37
- Pet grooming and boarding38
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Curry County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet stores in Curry County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Curry County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Curry County, NM spend on pets?
About $14.6M a year, or $788 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.9M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,595 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Curry County, NM compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Curry County has 1.6 pet stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.9M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.
How fast is Curry County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Curry County at 46,655 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,595 households. The median household income in Curry County is $57,309 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. 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. Curry County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Curry 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.
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