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House cleaning businesses in Monroe County, AL
How Monroe 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,166 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,965
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,166 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Monroe County spend about $8.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $8.6M of household spending for each business on map listings. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Monroe County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Monroe County in 2023. That is one for every 1,841 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Monroe County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Monroe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Monroe 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 | Monroe County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $7M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,841 | 2,478 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.7% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,166 | $1,393 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $42,292 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 64
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Monroe 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 Monroe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,965−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,363
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,026 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $42,292+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,409
- Median home value
- $120,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,784
- Daytime population
- 17,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Monroe County, AL | Not scored | 1 | 1.4 | $8.6M | −3.8% |
Other business types in Monroe 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 Monroe County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Monroe County. 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 Monroe County, AL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $8.6M a year, or $1,166 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 7,363 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monroe County, AL compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Monroe County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,841 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Monroe County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Monroe County at 18,965 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,363 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $42,292 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Monroe County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Monroe County. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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