Food and drink · County · New Mexico
Sit-down restaurants in Taos County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Taos County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,308 of 2,405 scored counties
#18 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 109
- 13 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- −7.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.1M
- On food away from home · $3,413 a household
- Spending per listing
- $487K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,564
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Taos County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #2,308 of 2,405 scored counties and #18 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Taos County spend about $53.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,413 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $487K per restaurant, 27% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 109 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Taos County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 70.1, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Taos County was 47 in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019. That is one for every 331 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $256K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Taos County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taos County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Taos County 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Taos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.1 | 53.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $487K | $670K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 331 | 630 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.8% | −3.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,413 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,950 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51 → 47−7.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 784
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10913 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 80The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $256K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Taos 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 Taos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,564+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,549
- Median age
- 50.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $58,950+53.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,052
- Median home value
- $382,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,507
- Daytime population
- 34,773Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Taos County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 92 | 160 | 28.1 | $1.4M | +6.9% | #11 of 2,405 |
| 2Los Alamos County, NM | 80 | 35 | 42.4 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #124 of 2,405 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 74 | 97 | 35.2 | $952K | +7.2% | #275 of 2,405 |
| 4Torrance County, NM | 69 | 23 | 38.0 | $836K | +6.9% | #410 of 2,405 |
| 5Otero County, NM | 62 | 100 | 40.8 | $803K | +3.7% | #674 of 2,405 |
| 6Rio Arriba County, NM | 61 | 54 | 34.5 | $964K | −1.0% | #695 of 2,405 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 61 | 355 | 41.8 | $783K | +4.1% | #713 of 2,405 |
| 8San Miguel County, NM | 51 | 39 | 32.7 | $933K | −3.2% | #1,114 of 2,405 |
| 9Eddy County, NM | 48 | 141 | 59.7 | $645K | +0.3% | #1,283 of 2,405 |
| 10San Juan County, NM | 47 | 196 | 47.0 | $704K | −0.9% | #1,314 of 2,405 |
| 18Taos County, NM | 20 | 109 | 70.1 | $487K | +0.3% | #2,308 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Taos County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes19
- Sit-down restaurants20
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes17
- Bakeries and dessert shops21
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Taos County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 109 sit-down restaurants in Taos County. 13 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Taos County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $53.1M a year, or $3,413 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 109 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $487K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,549 households in Taos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Taos County, NM compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Taos County has 70.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $487K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Taos County would have about 80, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 331 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Taos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Taos County at 34,564 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,549 households. Median household income in Taos County is $58,950, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.8%, 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. Taos County scores 20 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,308 of 2,405 scored counties.
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