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Pet stores in Los Alamos County, NM

How Los Alamos 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.7M
On pets · $1,417 a household
Spending per listing
$11.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
19,407
0.0% 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 1 pet store in Los Alamos County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on pets in Los Alamos County comes to about $11.7M a year: $1,417 per household, 56% above the U.S. average. That works out to $11.7M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Los Alamos County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Los Alamos County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, Los Alamos County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureLos Alamos CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.21.72.0
Spending per listing$11.7M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,13613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,417$874$909
Median household income$147,139$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
10 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 Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,4070.0% since 2020
Households
8,247
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
109 sq. mi.
People per square mile
178
Median household income
$147,139+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$170,885
Median home value
$495,800
Jobs located here
20,699
Daytime population
29,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for pet stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Los Alamos 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
Los Alamos County, NMNot scored11.2$11.7M0.0%

Other business types in Los Alamos County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Los Alamos County, NM?

Los Alamos County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Los Alamos County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $11.7M a year, or $1,417 per household. That is 56% above the U.S. average (an index of 156, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $11.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,247 households in Los Alamos County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Los Alamos County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Los Alamos County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Los Alamos County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Los Alamos County at 19,407 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,247 households. Median household income in Los Alamos County is $147,139, 82% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Los Alamos County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Los Alamos 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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