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Spas and skin care studios in Bernalillo County, NM

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Bernalillo County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,465 of 1,769 scored counties
#12 of 17 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
363
19 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
67
+34.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$270.2M
On personal care products and services · $947 a household
Spending per listing
$744K
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.7
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
667,601
−1.4% 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

For spas and skin care studios, Bernalillo County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,465 of 1,769 scored counties and #12 of 17 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Bernalillo County comes to about $270.2M a year: $947 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $744K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

Bernalillo County has 363 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 5%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 12.7 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 67 businesses with payroll in Bernalillo County classed as other personal care services, up 34.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,261 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $287K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Bernalillo County. Population estimates show Bernalillo County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Bernalillo County compares

The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the spas and skin care studios counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Spas and skin care in Bernalillo County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureBernalillo CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.79.411.5
Spending per listing$744K$968K$876K
Households per official establishment4,2616,9214,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+34.0%+31.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$947$913$1,005
Median household income$69,473$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50 → 67+34.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
348
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
36319 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
309The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$287K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo County

Population, 2025 estimate
667,601−1.4% since 2020
Households
285,495
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,162 sq. mi.
People per square mile
580
Median household income
$69,473+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,350
Median home value
$292,900
Jobs located here
358,969
Daytime population
728,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Bernalillo County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM91244.2$2.5M+6.9%#7 of 1,769
2Valencia County, NM67176.2$1.4M+7.2%#303 of 1,769
3Otero County, NM67156.1$1.4M+3.7%#304 of 1,769
4Los Alamos County, NM6167.3$1.9M0.0%#466 of 1,769
5Doña Ana County, NM58769.0$948K+4.1%#594 of 1,769
6McKinley County, NM5062.8$2.8M−6.1%#859 of 1,769
7San Juan County, NM49256.0$1.4M−0.9%#906 of 1,769
8Chaves County, NM47125.1$1.6M−2.7%#977 of 1,769
9Lea County, NM46228.9$1M+0.2%#1,017 of 1,769
10Eddy County, NM432611.0$890K+0.3%#1,136 of 1,769
12Bernalillo County, NM3336312.7$744K−1.4%#1,465 of 1,769

Other business types in Bernalillo County

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

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Bernalillo County, NM?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 363 spas and skin care studios in Bernalillo County. 19 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 67 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 34.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Bernalillo County, NM spend on personal care products and services?

About $270.2M a year, or $947 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 363 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $744K per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 285,495 households in Bernalillo County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bernalillo County, NM compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Bernalillo County has 12.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $744K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Bernalillo County would have about 309, against 363 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,261 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 34.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Bernalillo County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Bernalillo County at 667,601 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 285,495 households. The median household income in Bernalillo County is $69,473 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Bernalillo County scores 33 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,465 of 1,769 scored counties.

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