Business Formation Pulse · NM counties

New Mexico Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across New Mexico. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 33 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Highest application counties

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

New Mexico counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Bernalillo County22,406+13.2%55.0%
2Santa Fe County2,695+14.1%6.6%
3Doña Ana County2,589+22.6%6.4%
4Sandoval County2,209+12.9%5.4%
5Curry County1,275+64.9%3.1%
6San Juan County1,213+31.1%3.0%
7Lea County1,085+17.3%2.7%
8Eddy County890+15.4%2.2%
9Valencia County888+19.4%2.2%
10Otero County811+35.8%2.0%
11Chaves County742+40.5%1.8%
12Taos County482+12.6%1.2%
13San Miguel County335+32.4%0.8%
14McKinley County330+24.5%0.8%
15Rio Arriba County314+13.8%0.8%
16Luna County293+36.3%0.7%
17Lincoln County288-8.3%0.7%
18Grant County250+5.0%0.6%
19Torrance County193+49.6%0.5%
20Cibola County188+58.0%0.5%
21Roosevelt County186-7.0%0.5%
22Los Alamos County181+9.0%0.4%
23Socorro County164+42.6%0.4%
24Sierra County162+44.6%0.4%
25Colfax County155+96.2%0.4%
26Quay County138+97.1%0.3%
27Mora County65+38.3%0.2%
28Guadalupe County64+120.7%0.2%
29Hidalgo County49+81.5%0.1%
30Union County41+17.1%0.1%
31Catron County39-25.0%0.1%
32De Baca County25+31.6%0.1%
33Harding County18+80.0%0.0%