Plumbing businesses in New Mexico.
New Mexico holds 428 tracked plumbing businesses, 0.9% of the national total, ranking #35 of 51 with 13.55 per 1,000 employer firms in the state.
428
Tracked businesses
#35
National rank
13.55
Per 1,000 businesses
Albuquerque
Top city
Where they concentrate
| City | Tracked businesses | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 65 | 15.2% |
| Santa Fe | 21 | 4.9% |
| Farmington | 8 | 1.9% |
| Roswell | 7 | 1.6% |
| Clovis | 6 | 1.4% |
| Las Cruces | 6 | 1.4% |
| Carlsbad | 5 | 1.2% |
| Artesia | 4 | 0.9% |
| Taos | 4 | 0.9% |
| Rio Rancho | 4 | 0.9% |
Methodology. Web-present plumbing businesses tracked nationally (deduplicated). An activity-verification pass is in progress; counts are tracked entities, not verified-active counts, and will tighten as verification completes.
Total employer firms (all sectors) per state, US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, 2023. Density is vertical entities per 1,000 employer firms. New Mexico: 31,579 employer firms. Last updated 2026-06-11. Cite freely with a link.
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