Food and drink · Metro area · New Mexico
Restaurants and cafes in the Farmington, NM metro area
The restaurants and cafes in the Farmington, NM metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #317 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 372
- 169 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 184
- +1.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $137.9M
- On food away from home · $3,305 a household
- Spending per listing
- $371K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 89.1
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,340
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Farmington metro area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #317 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on food away from home in the Farmington metro area comes to about $137.9M a year: $3,305 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 372 restaurants and cafes, that is $371K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Farmington metro area has 372 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 169 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 89.1, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Farmington metro area was 184 in 2023, up 1.1% from 2019. That is one for every 227 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Farmington metro area. Population estimates show the Farmington metro area declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Farmington metro area compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | Farmington metro area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 89.1 | 96.8 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $371K | $366K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 227 | 239 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.1% | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,305 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $55,872 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 184+1.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,397
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $87.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 372169 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 372The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Farmington metro 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 Farmington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,340−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 41,732
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,517 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,872+10.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,826
- Median home value
- $193,800
- Jobs located here
- 45,264
- Daytime population
- 119,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Mexico for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Farmington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Las Cruces, NM | 67 | 661 | 77.9 | $420K | +4.1% | #79 of 387 |
| 2Albuquerque, NM | 53 | 3,521 | 93.6 | $397K | +0.8% | #169 of 387 |
| 3Santa Fe, NM | 33 | 859 | 121.4 | $330K | +1.2% | #311 of 387 |
| 4Farmington, NM | 32 | 372 | 89.1 | $371K | −0.9% | #317 of 387 |
Other business types in the Farmington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops8
- Pizza23
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Farmington, NM metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 372 restaurants and cafes in the Farmington metro area. 169 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 184 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 1.1% from 2019. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Farmington, NM metro area spend on food away from home?
About $137.9M a year, or $3,305 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 372 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $371K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,732 households in the Farmington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Farmington, NM metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Farmington metro area has 89.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $371K, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 227 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Farmington, NM metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Farmington metro area at 120,340 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,732 households. Median household income in the Farmington metro area is $55,872, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.6%, 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. The Farmington metro area scores 32 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #317 of 387 scored metro areas.
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