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House cleaning businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
The house cleaning businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #569 of 847 scored counties
#2 of 3 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,388 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $50.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,388 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.2M per business, 13% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Fairbanks North Star Borough was 36 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,010 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough is 41 (lower middle), #569 of 847 scored counties and #2 of 3 scored counties in Alaska.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $7.7M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,010 | 987 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +13.2% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,388 | $1,416 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 360.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 190
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Fairbanks North Star Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 51 | 9 | 2.3 | $6.2M | +10.4% | #394 of 847 |
| 2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 41 | 7 | 1.9 | $7.2M | −1.4% | #569 of 847 |
| 3Anchorage Municipality, AK | 40 | 26 | 2.4 | $6.2M | −1.3% | #592 of 847 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 house cleaning businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $50.5M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 1.9 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.2M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,010 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 41 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #569 of 847 scored counties.
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