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House cleaning businesses in Lauderdale County, AL

How Lauderdale County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,370 a household
Spending per listing
$13.4M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
97,135
+3.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,370 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Lauderdale County spend about $53.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $13.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Lauderdale County has 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 55% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lauderdale County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 5,608 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $17K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lauderdale County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lauderdale County grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Lauderdale County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lauderdale 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.

House cleaning in Lauderdale County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureLauderdale CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.02.02.2
Spending per listing$13.4M$7M$6.4M
Households per official establishment5,6082,4781,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.7%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,370$1,393$1,414
Median household income$62,649$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored70

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 7
Employees, 2023
60
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
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
$17K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County

Population, 2025 estimate
97,135+3.3% since 2020
Households
39,258
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
668 sq. mi.
People per square mile
143
Median household income
$62,649+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,306
Median home value
$200,300
Jobs located here
30,814
Daytime population
90,942Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Lauderdale County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL9151.2$12.8M+18.0%#6 of 847
2St. Clair County, AL7872.0$7.2M+7.1%#52 of 847
3Tuscaloosa County, AL77131.4$9.7M+3.8%#56 of 847
4Marshall County, AL7761.6$8.3M+6.0%#58 of 847
5Lee County, AL74142.0$6.9M+8.6%#75 of 847
6Morgan County, AL70102.0$7M+2.6%#103 of 847
7Madison County, AL67422.5$6.3M+11.0%#141 of 847
8Etowah County, AL6351.3$10M+0.4%#180 of 847
9Houston County, AL6371.6$8.3M+2.8%#182 of 847
10Elmore County, AL62103.0$4.8M+4.2%#208 of 847
Lauderdale County, ALNot scored41.0$13.4M+3.3%

Other business types in Lauderdale County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Lauderdale County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 house cleaning businesses in Lauderdale County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in Lauderdale County, AL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $53.8M a year, or $1,370 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $13.4M 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 39,258 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lauderdale County, AL compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Lauderdale County has 1.0 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $13.4M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,608 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Lauderdale County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 97,135 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,258 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $62,649 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Lauderdale County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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