Business Establishments


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1993 Business Establishments 1/ in New Mexico, by County          
Annual Number of Establishments
Annual Payroll by Employment-size Class
Total No. No. of Payroll per 100 or
County Estab. Emp. ($000) Emp.   1-19 20-49 50-99 More
NEW MEXICO 38,863 468,998 $9,672,386 $20,624 34,338 3,003 906 616
Bernalillo 14,342 217,235 4,909,117 22,598 12,311 1,292 408 331
Catron 51 145 1,700 11,724 51 0 0 0
Chaves 1,453 14,767 268,589 18,188 1,314 94 30 15
Cibola 349 3,178 55,905 17,591 313 23 10 3
Colfax 444 3,657 63,735 17,428 412 21 7 4
Curry 1,065 10,067 151,429 15,042 971 60 22 12
De Baca 68 326 3,849 11,807 66 1 1 0
Dona Ana 2,863 29,498 471,012 15,968 2,532 236 58 37
Eddy 1,222 14,386 311,923 21,682 1,084 93 27 18
Grant 604 6,939 138,346 19,937 550 36 8 10
Guadalupe 104 765 8,706 11,380 94 9 0 1
Harding 18 70 1,134 16,200 18 0 0 0
Hidalgo 129 1,484 29,628 19,965 117 9 2 1
Lea 1,505 15,710 299,753 19,080 1,329 128 34 14
Lincoln 562 3,197 49,207 15,392 535 21 4 2
Los Alamos 423 6,369 120,778 18,963 384 21 12 6
Luna 354 2,793 40,029 14,332 321 25 6 2
McKinley 979 12,484 209,699 16,797 841 91 30 17
Mora 42 207 3,117 15,058 39 3 0 0
Otero 990 10,503 168,422 16,036 888 66 20 16
Quay 327 2,283 35,128 15,387 300 22 3 2
Rio Arriba 533 5,596 86,238 15,411 484 33 9 7
Roosevelt 364 3,128 42,182 13,485 329 25 8 2
Sandoval 903 12,647 400,522 31,669 810 57 25 11
San Juan 2,094 27,803 634,183 22,810 1,820 181 63 30
San Miguel 463 4,768 77,607 16,277 425 26 7 5
Santa Fe 4,033 36,586 709,646 19,397 3,640 281 71 41
Sierra 237 1,501 19,479 12,977 223 10 3 1
Socorro 268 2,214 36,553 16,510 243 19 3 3
Taos 953 7,419 87,311 11,769 877 55 15 6
Torrance 176 1,132 15,346 13,557 164 10 1 1
Union 127 677 8,742 12,913 122 5 0 0
Valencia 736 6,467 98,339 15,206 679 40 9 8
Statewide 3/ 82 2,997 $115,032 $38,382 52 10 10 10
A-K  Employment classes are indicated as follows:  A--0-19; B--20 to 99; C--100 to 249; E--250 to 499; F--500 to 999;
       G--1,000 to 2,499; H--2,500 to 4,999; I--5,000 to 9,999.
1/   These counts of businesses include only those establishments that had employees.  Businesses are defined as
      establishments rather than firms.  An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted
      or where services or industrial operations are performed.  In general, the following types of establishments are
      excluded: government (except for government operated hospitals), railroads, those businesses consisting only
      of self-employed persons and agricultural production.  Additionally, domestic servants are excluded.
2/   Unclassified establishments include establishments, typically new businesses, that cannot be classified in any
      major industry group because of insufficient information.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 1993.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.      

Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM /bber@unm.edu
Last Revised: 8/17/07