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House cleaning businesses in Elmore County, AL
How Elmore County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #208 of 847 scored counties
#10 of 18 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,460 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,577
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Elmore County spend about $48M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,460 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.8M per business, 25% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Elmore County has 10 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Elmore County in 2023. That is one for every 8,214 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Elmore County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Elmore County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Elmore County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #208 of 847 scored counties and #10 of 18 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Elmore County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all lawn care, cleaning and other household services by the house cleaning businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Elmore County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $7M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,214 | 2,478 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.7% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,460 | $1,393 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $78,243 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $372K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Elmore County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Elmore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,577+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 32,856
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 619 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $78,243+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $223,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,312
- Daytime population
- 74,014Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Elmore County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 91 | 5 | 1.2 | $12.8M | +18.0% | #6 of 847 |
| 2St. Clair County, AL | 78 | 7 | 2.0 | $7.2M | +7.1% | #52 of 847 |
| 3Tuscaloosa County, AL | 77 | 13 | 1.4 | $9.7M | +3.8% | #56 of 847 |
| 4Marshall County, AL | 77 | 6 | 1.6 | $8.3M | +6.0% | #58 of 847 |
| 5Lee County, AL | 74 | 14 | 2.0 | $6.9M | +8.6% | #75 of 847 |
| 6Morgan County, AL | 70 | 10 | 2.0 | $7M | +2.6% | #103 of 847 |
| 7Madison County, AL | 67 | 42 | 2.5 | $6.3M | +11.0% | #141 of 847 |
| 8Etowah County, AL | 63 | 5 | 1.3 | $10M | +0.4% | #180 of 847 |
| 9Houston County, AL | 63 | 7 | 1.6 | $8.3M | +2.8% | #182 of 847 |
| 10Elmore County, AL | 62 | 10 | 3.0 | $4.8M | +4.2% | #208 of 847 |
Other business types in Elmore County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Elmore County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 house cleaning businesses in Elmore County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Elmore County, AL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $48M a year, or $1,460 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,856 households in Elmore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elmore County, AL compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Elmore County has 3.0 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.8M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Elmore County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,214 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Elmore County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Elmore County at 91,577 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,856 households. The median household income in Elmore County is $78,243 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Elmore County scores 62 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #208 of 847 scored counties.
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