# Counties in New Mexico by business establishments (QCEW), 2025

All 33 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishments_qcew`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bernalillo County | 23,162 |
| 2 | Santa Fe County | 6,772 |
| 3 | Doña Ana County | 5,956 |
| 4 | Sandoval County | 3,392 |
| 5 | San Juan County | 3,095 |
| 6 | Lea County | 2,208 |
| 7 | Eddy County | 2,028 |
| 8 | Chaves County | 1,830 |
| 9 | Valencia County | 1,582 |
| 10 | Taos County | 1,442 |
| 11 | Curry County | 1,352 |
| 12 | Otero County | 1,346 |
| 13 | McKinley County | 1,216 |
| 14 | Lincoln County | 893 |
| 15 | Rio Arriba County | 872 |
| 16 | San Miguel County | 792 |
| 17 | Grant County | 769 |
| 18 | Los Alamos County | 606 |
| 19 | Luna County | 577 |
| 20 | Colfax County | 548 |
| 21 | Roosevelt County | 484 |
| 22 | Cibola County | 478 |
| 23 | Socorro County | 384 |
| 24 | Sierra County | 380 |
| 25 | Torrance County | 374 |
| 26 | Quay County | 335 |
| 27 | Union County | 179 |
| 28 | Guadalupe County | 178 |
| 29 | Hidalgo County | 164 |
| 30 | Catron County | 142 |
| 30 | Mora County | 142 |
| 32 | De Baca County | 82 |
| 33 | Harding County | 32 |