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House cleaning businesses in Sitka City and Borough, AK

How Sitka City and Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,393 a household
Spending per listing
$4.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,319
−1.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Sitka City and Borough. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Sitka City and Borough comes to about $4.8M a year: $1,393 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Sitka City and Borough classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 688 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sitka City and Borough declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Sitka City and 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.

House cleaning in Sitka City and Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureSitka City and BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.91.82.2
Spending per listing$4.8M$7.7M$6.4M
Households per official establishment6889871,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.2%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,393$1,416$1,414
Median household income$101,727$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$300K
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 Sitka City and 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 Sitka City and Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
8,319−1.3% since 2020
Households
3,440
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,870 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$101,727
Average household income
$110,277
Median home value
$450,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Alaska

Every Alaska market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Sitka City and Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK5192.3$6.2M+10.4%#394 of 847
2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK4171.9$7.2M−1.4%#569 of 847
3Anchorage Municipality, AK40262.4$6.2M−1.3%#592 of 847
Sitka City and Borough, AKNot scored12.9$4.8M−1.3%

Other business types in Sitka City and Borough

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Sitka City and Borough, AK?

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Sitka City and Borough as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in Sitka City and Borough, AK spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $4.8M a year, or $1,393 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per business. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,440 households in Sitka City and Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sitka City and Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Sitka City and Borough 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 688 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Sitka City and Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Sitka City and Borough at 8,319 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,440 households. Median household income in Sitka City and Borough is $101,727, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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