Quick-service restaurants in New Mexico 1,500 establishments · 33,043 employees · 2024
Firms (NM)
1,500
Employment
33,043
Avg Annual Pay
$22,609
State Rank
#40 of 52
How New Mexico compares to national
Metric
New Mexico
National
New Mexico vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,500
268,911
0.6% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$22,609
$23,631
-$1,022 (-4.3%)
Location quotient
0.99
1.00
1% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
22.0
17.3
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Year-over-year firm growth
+0.5%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.99 means quick-service restaurants are 1% under-represented in New Mexico's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 722513. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json