Gallup, New Mexico, USA

What Gallup is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 1,833 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.

1,833 businesses on file · 121 trades · 33 sectors · · built from geonet.albuquerque on 2026-10-07

Businesses1,833
100% carry coordinates
Specialised in12
trades above the national pattern
Places of worship61
Franchise brands51
already operating here

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The local economy

What the business base is made of, what it is specialised in against the national pattern, and what that mix implies. This is the part a development office would read first.

Composition, not health. geonet records what trades exist and where; it does not record formation, closure, employment or revenue, so none of those appear here. What makes this economics rather than a directory is the NAICS coding: it lets the local mix be read against the BLS survival curves and against the 323 industry groups this research has screened.

The two biggest markets here

Every industry group on this page links through to its NAICS page, and to the screened market report where this research has one — that is what the trait-to-NAICS coding buys.

Business density—
Breadth of the base361
broad — 86 industry groups, top three 24.4%
Survival the mix implies57.2%
at five years, against 51.4% for all private establishments
Coded to NAICS60.7%
of which 71.2% unambiguous

What this city is specialised in

Location quotient is this city's share of a trade divided by the same share across 10 US metro tables. Above 1.25 is the conventional threshold for a local specialisation.

Thin against the national pattern

Common trades that are under-represented here. For someone deciding what to open, this is the more useful half of the table — though a gap can mean unmet demand or a market that does not work here, and this does not tell you which.

The base against the entry screen

Businesses by the entry signal of the industry group they sit in, from the /markets screen. A large "structure decides" share means most local trades are ones where being better than the incumbent does not by itself win. A trade is matched to the screened record at whatever level the research wrote it — the same code, a broader one, or a narrower one. Where a group holds several screened sub-markets the count is shown, because no single one of them speaks for the whole group.

Enter
26.3%
293 businesses
Caution
43.6%
485 businesses
Structure decides
30.1%
335 businesses
Not screened
0%
0 businesses

How to read the survival figure

Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.

Weighted over 91.3% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And what it does not measure

A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.

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Who lives here, and who the city is for

The census: the only figures on this page that count people rather than businesses, and the three cohort readings they make possible.

No census place is mapped for us-gallup in local/census-map-us.json, so this page carries no demographics. The mapping is explicit because the United States has dozens of Springfields and Troys, and attaching the wrong one would put another city's figures on this page.

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The communities the register shows

A community appears in the business register before it appears in prose — a national church, a society, a credit union, a newspaper. Those are counted as institutions, and they are what suggests residents. A restaurant serving a cuisine is counted separately as trade, because every city has those and they say nothing about who lives nearby. The ranking is by institutions.

CommunityInstitutions WorshipTrade Where it shows
Spanish-speaking 1 1 1
Spanish Assembly Of God
Croatian 1 — —
Croatian Fraternal Union 60
Chinese — — 3
Italian — — 1
Dutch — — 1
Jewish — — 1
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Where the communities are

Streets, not neighbourhood names. The data knows that Greek institutions sit on one street and Greek restaurants on another; it does not know the word "Greektown", so it does not use it.

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What the city is made of

Every business on file, grouped by the sector it trades in. This is the economic-development view: where the 1,833 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.

SectorBusinesses ShareWhat is in it
Business 139 7.6% government (91) · consulting (13) · accounting (13) · association (7) · foundation (5) · vending (5) · cemetary (2)
Living 134 7.3% place of worship (61) · laundry (16) · apartment (12) · daycare (9) · fire safety (8) · furniture (6) · cleaning (6) · appliances (4)
Dining 117 6.4% restaurant (99) · pizza (10) · diner (3) · fast food (2) · pubs (1) · burgers (1) · steakhouse (1)
Construction 103 5.6% general contractor (19) · tiny home (16) · electrician (14) · painting (14) · plumbing (14) · home builder (10) · concrete (4) · excavating (3)
Retail 100 5.5% jeweler (39) · convenience (14) · gifts (12) · discount store (7) · photography (6) · fuel (6) · department store (6) · flowers (6)
Automotive 97 5.3% autos (40) · auto repair (19) · tires (5) · auto parts (2) · scooter (2) · truck repair (2) · detailing (1)
Finance 76 4.1% loans (28) · insurance (20) · bank (15) · credit union (2) · mortgage (1)
Health 68 3.7% home healthcare (13) · physician (11) · optical (5) · medical clinic (5) · chiro (4) · fitness club (3) · pharmacy (2) · health foods (1)
Travel 59 3.2% motel (47) · travel agent (5) · parking (3) · hotel (1)
Beauty 55 3% hair stylist (37) · dentist (11) · barber (2)
Education 50 2.7% school (41) · library (5) · garden (3) · writing (1)
Logistics 43 2.3% truck transportation (17) · storage (14) · railroad (3) · towing (1)
Retail Goods 34 1.9%
Entertainment 25 1.4% video (7) · museum (7) · amusement (5) · games (1) · video producer (1) · music instruments (1) · nightclub (1)
Realty 25 1.4% real estate (25)
Tech 19 1% wireless (9) · computers (5) · telecom (3)
Living & Home 19 1%
Law 17 0.9% lawyer (4) · mediator (2)
Construction & Realty 17 0.9%
Food & Beverage 14 0.8%
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The franchises already here

Brands from a register of 2,024 franchise systems, matched into this city by name. A high count is a signal in both directions: the territory works, and it may be taken.

14 of these brands are a single common word — Metro, Avenue, Budget — so their counts include businesses that merely share the word. They are marked rather than dropped.

BrandCategory HereWorldwide
Taco Bell tacos 5 5,845
Bank of America bank 4 —
Pizza Hut pizza 4 10,000
Wal-Mart retail 4 6,500
7-Eleven convenience 3 30,000
Best Western businesshotel 3 4,200
Pro-Cuts hair 3 177
U-Haul car 3 13,700
Budget Rent A Car car 2 1,900
Burger King fastfood 2 11,000
Dairy Queen fastfood 2 5,900
Days Inn economyhotel 2 —
Golden Corral food 2 357
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service tax 2 —
Jiffy Lube auto 2 2,200
Merle Norman Cosmetics retail 2 2,000
Baskin Robbins dessert 1 2,800
Big O Tires auto 1 540
Comfort Inn familyhotel 1 —
Dollar General convenience 1 8,205
Dunkin' Donuts donuts 1 6,000
Econo Lodge budgethotel 1 —
Enterprise Rent A Car car 1 5,400
Finish Line retail 1 700
Holiday Inn businesshotel 1 —
Holiday Inn Express familyhotel 1 —
Home Depot home 1 2,104
Little Caesars Pizza pizza 1 1,800
Motel 6 budgethotel 1 360
Ramada Inn familyhotel 1 740
Red Roof Inn economyhotel 1 325
Rent-A-Center retail 1 3,500
Sam Goody retail 1 —
Sports World retail 1 —
St. John retail 1 —
Sunglass Hut retail 1 —
Super 8 economyhotel 1 —
Allsups name only convenience 4 301
AllState name only insurance 2 —
Manor name only retail 2 —
Walgreens name only pharmacy 2 4,000
Albertsons name only supermarket 1 564
AutoZone name only auto 1 3,800
CARQUEST name only auto 1 3,400
Greyhound name only travel 1 —
MasterCuts name only retail 1 —
Midas name only auto 1 1,800
Safeway name only supermarket 1 1,767
Sears name only inc 1 2,300
Toyota name only car 1 —
Travelodge name only economyhotel 1 —
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Real estate as a local trade

Four unrelated jobs share the name: selling existing homes, owning and letting them, managing them for someone else, and building new ones. For anyone weighing a move or a licence these are the counts — and the ownership question goes to /property, which answers it building by building.

Real estate is a local job market in its own right, and four unrelated trades get the same name. Counts are businesses filed under each trade in the register, which lists a brokerage once however many agents work there — so this measures firms, not licensees.

Selling homes

5312
25 firms · LQ 0.28

Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.

Named in the register
  • Americana Realty — 801 E Logan Ave
  • Betty Chepin Creative Realty
  • Charles High and Association — 300 W Hill Ave
  • Combined Investment — 1638 S 2nd St
  • Coyote Canyon Subdivision — 3308 Dakota Ln
  • Gallup Real Estate Service — 406 1/2 Green Ave
  • Hurlbut Realty — 805 S Country Club Dr
  • Lurae Mc Collum Pacesetters — 107 W Aztec Ave
  • Mth — 109 W Mesa Ave
  • Patel Recovable Trust — BOX 2650
  • R B I Associates — 1103 Anthony Ave
  • Southwest Appraisals and Realty — PO Box 3396
  • Venture Properties — 406 E Green St
  • Wenger Enterprises — 2407 Boyd Ave # 14

Owning and letting

5311
12 firms · LQ 0.93

Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.

Named in the register
  • Anthony Associates — 200 Rudy Ln APT 161
  • Cedar Crest Apartments — 220 Nizhoni Blvd
  • Cedar Hills Apartments — 1710 Elm Cir
  • Hidden Valley Apartments — 810 Patton Dr
  • Orleans Manor Apartments — 900 S Boardman Ave
  • Pinion Hills Apartments — 2811 Dairy Dr
  • Sage Apartments — 110 Rudy Ln
  • Sagebrush Apartments Texas — 650 Dani Dr
  • Summer Properties — 218 Verdi Dr
  • Terrace Apartments — 201 E Montoya Blvd APT 21
  • Villa De Gallup — 325 Klagetoh Dr
  • Vista Del Sol Apartments — 800 S 3rd St

Managing for owners

5313
3 firms · LQ 0.86

Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.

Named in the register
  • Chimney Sweeps Unlimited — 29 Viro Cir
  • Cliffside Apts — 602 Dani Dr Ofc
  • Stark Clean Janitorial — P.O. BOX 2890

Building new homes

2361
45 firms · LQ 1.42

Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.

Named in the register
  • C and S Mowrer — 401 Cactus Rd
  • Cattaneo Construction — 210 E Green St
  • D D Enterprises — P.O. BOX 104
  • E and R Romero Enterprises — 1111 Boggio Dr
  • Garcia Jerry and Dale Cnstr — P.O. BOX 3100
  • Great American — 1110 N Hwy 491
  • Mataya Construction Co — 2215 Lance St
  • Meraz Construction Company — P.O. BOX 1002
  • Mobile Home Movers Of Gallup — 209 Dee Ann St
  • P C and M Construction — 317 Bortot Dr
  • R and R Glass Shop — P.O. BOX 372
  • Thomas N Burns General Contr — P.O. BOX 2317
  • Walter Mc Bride Construction — 127 Dee Ann St
  • Western Skies Mobile Home Park — 200 Western Skies Rd

Financing it

5222
29 firms · LQ 4.57

Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.

Named in the register
  • Active Investors Mortgage Co — 210 E Aztec Ave
  • Colonial Finance — 115 S 1st St
  • Continental Loans — 1602 E Highway 66 # 25
  • Easy Money — 605 W Highway 66
  • First Choice Title Loans — 1110 N Highway 666 # A
  • First Payday Loans — 817 Metro Ave
  • First Payday Loans — 815 N Highway 666
  • Gentry Finance — 201 W Coal Ave
  • Metro Finance — 502 E Highway 66
  • National Payday Loans — 1650 E Historic Hwy 66
  • Payday Plus — 510 Highway 491
  • Payday USA — 1600 E Highway 66
  • Star Loans New Mexico — 3312 E Highway 66
  • Vista Finance — 2020 E Highway 66

On "how many doors"

How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the /property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.

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Work where you go to them

The Ultimate 411 half of local: everything where the customer does not have to come to you.

A shop needs the customer to walk in. These 157 services do the opposite — the mobile mechanic, the mobile groomer, the bookkeeper, the junk haul — and they are the ones a person can start without a lease. 0 of them already match a trait filed in this city's register.

The 157 Service=1 rows in search.local: work where the provider travels to the customer. "present" counts businesses already filed under that exact trait name; a blank is a coverage gap, not proof of absence, because the two vocabularies were built separately.

home services

Short-Term Rental TurnoverAppliance InstallationBabyproofing & Safety InstallsCarpet & Upholstery CleaningDeep CleaningDrywall RepairErrand RunningExterior PaintingFence & Deck StainingFurniture AssemblyGarden Weeding & MaintenanceGrocery Pickup & DeliveryGutter CleaningHandyman (General Repairs)Hedge & Shrub TrimmingHouse CleaningHouse SittingInterior PaintingJunk Removal & Dump RunsLandscape Design & PlantingLawn MowingFall Leaf CleanupMove-In / Move-Out CleaningMoving Help (Labour Only)Moving with TruckOffice CleaningPersonal ShopperPressure WashingMove Things Around the HouseSnow Shovelling & RemovalPacking & UnpackingTV & Picture MountingWardrobe StylingWindow Cleaning

events

BartenderDesignated Driver (Your Car)CateringTents, Tables & ChairsFloristFuneral & Celebration of Life ArrangementsGame-Day Bus or VanBook a Pub for Your GroupKaraoke Machine RentalParty Bus & Group ShuttlePub Crawl HostTaxi to the PubSports & Game PhotographyStag & Doe / Jack & Jill PlanningTailgate Party SetupTrivia Night HostVenue SourcingBig-Game Watch Party SetupWedding OfficiantWedding Planner / Coordinator

pets

Aquarium & Terrarium CleaningCatio (Cat Patio) BuildChicken Coop BuildDog House BuildDog TrainingDog WalkingHome Pet BoardingLost Pet SearchMobile Dog GroomingOvernight Pet SittingBuild & Install a Pet DoorPet Cages & EnclosuresPet Fencing & Dog RunsPet PhotographyPet-Proofing Your HomePet Sitting & Dog WalkingPet TaxiYard Poop Scooping

luxury

Chauffeur & Luxury CarDJ & Sound Gear RentalDJEvent PhotographerEvent PlannerLive MusiciansHair & Makeup ArtistMatchmakerPersonal ConciergePortrait & Headshot PhotographerPrivate ChefVideographerVIP / Social Club MembershipWedding PhotographerYacht & Boat Charter

healthcare

Wheelchair-Accessible TransportGrab Bars, Ramps & Home AccessibilityLight Housekeeping for SeniorsCooking & Meal Prep for SeniorsMedical Appointment EscortMedication & Appointment RemindersMobility Equipment RentalRespite Care for Family CaregiversSenior CompanionshipTech Help for SeniorsWalking Companion

sporting goods

Bike Tune-UpBorrow a Bike or E-BikeBorrow Camping GearBorrow Golf ClubsBorrow Hockey GearBorrow Ice SkatesBorrow a Kayak, Canoe or PaddleboardBorrow Skis, Poles & Ski BootsBorrow a Snowboard & Snow BootsSkate SharpeningSki & Snowboard Tuning

sports

Backyard Rink BuildLocal Fishing GuideGolf CaddieFind Players for a Pickup GamePrivate Sports LessonJoin or Build a Rec League TeamBook Ice, Courts & FieldsWorkout & Sports BuddyRoommates Who Also Like Sports

business

BookkeepingStart a Local BusinessCareer Coaching & RésumésFind a Local ManufacturerFind Local Work / Contract GigsLocal Advertising PlacementPrototype & Small-Batch ProductionTranslation & InterpretationWebsite & Online Presence

outdoors

Brush & Land ClearingChainsaw Rental (from a local owner)Firewood (Cut, Split & Delivered)Log Bucking & Cutting (Chainsaw)Portable SawmillingSmall-Lot Logging & Land ClearingStump GrindingTree FellingWood Splitting

construction

CarpenterElectricianHeating & Cooling (HVAC)Mobile MechanicPlumberRoof RepairSmall Engine RepairWelder / Metal Fabrication

travel

Airport Transfer & Car ServiceCorporate & Business TravelCruise BookingFamily Travel for a WeddingBereavement / Funeral TravelLeisure Travel PlanningLocal Tour Guide

tools

Camera & Lens RentalGenerator RentalLog Splitter RentalParty Equipment RentalPower Tool RentalTrailer & Truck Rental
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Schools and colleges

wander.schools is a post-secondary table — universities and colleges. K-12 public and private schools are not in it, and only 7 of its 1,686 rows carry coordinates, so these are listed and not mapped.

In the business register

Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.

school 41daycare 9
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Health and care

What a person moving a parent here would ask first. The register files clinics and pharmacies; it has no category for a hospital at all, so hospitals are matched by name and the limit is stated rather than hidden.

Medical clinics5
Pharmacies2
Dental practices11

Matched on the name "hospital"

  • Red Rock Animal Hospital — 816 S Boardman Ave
  • Ceader Animal Hospital — P.O. BOX 550
  • Rmch Hospital — 1901 Redrock Dr
  • Rexobotx Hospital — 2407 Boyd Ave Ste 11

geonet carries no 'hospital' trait, so these are matched on the business name. A distance-to-hospital figure needs a source that states hospital locations.

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What this record cannot tell you

Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.

  • No census figures on this page: this region is not mapped to a census subdivision in local/census-map.json, so the community counts here are business-register institutions, which is a different measurement and cannot substitute for a population.
  • wander.schools is now readable, but it holds universities and colleges only and 1,679 of its 1,686 rows have no coordinates. K-12 public and private schools need a separate source — in Ontario the Ministry of Education school finder, in British Columbia the provincial school list. wander.citytowns, hotels and territories remain denied to the ru user.
  • No 'hospital' trait exists in geonet; distance to a hospital needs an external source such as StatCan's Open Database of Healthcare Facilities.
  • 0.0% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 100%.

Built from

  • geonet.albuquerque — the local business register
  • wander.regions — city name, population, metro
  • search.local — trait vocabulary and the come-to-you services
  • search.cozfranchises — 2,024 franchise brands