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House cleaning businesses in the Tucson, AZ metro area
How the Tucson, AZ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #192 of 375 scored metro areas
#3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 82
- 3 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 234
- +11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $547.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,251 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,074,685
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Tucson metro area comes to about $547.5M a year: $1,251 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.7M per business, 4% 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.
The Tucson metro area has 82 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 4%, 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 234 businesses with payroll in the Tucson metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,871 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Tucson metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tucson metro area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Tucson metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #192 of 375 scored metro areas and #3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Arizona.
How the Tucson metro area compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Tucson metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $5.7M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,871 | 1,900 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.4% | +12.9% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,251 | $1,322 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $70,315 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 234+11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,683
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 823 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Tucson metro area, 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 the Tucson metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,074,685+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 437,827
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 9,189 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $70,315+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,008
- Median home value
- $319,700
- Jobs located here
- 381,409
- Daytime population
- 1,030,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Tucson metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuma, AZ | 60 | 13 | 1.6 | $7M | +9.2% | #99 of 375 |
| 2Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 57 | 462 | 2.4 | $5.7M | +7.3% | #118 of 375 |
| 3Tucson, AZ | 49 | 82 | 1.9 | $6.7M | +2.8% | #192 of 375 |
| 4Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 44 | 28 | 2.7 | $4.1M | +6.5% | #246 of 375 |
| 5Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 34 | 31 | 2.8 | $4.4M | +6.5% | #309 of 375 |
| 6Flagstaff, AZ | 15 | 17 | 3.1 | $4.1M | −0.6% | #373 of 375 |
Other business types in the Tucson metro area
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 the Tucson, AZ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 house cleaning businesses in the Tucson metro area. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 234 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Tucson, AZ metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $547.5M a year, or $1,251 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 437,827 households in the Tucson metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tucson, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Tucson metro area has 1.9 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.7M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Tucson metro area would have about 86, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,871 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tucson, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tucson metro area at 1,074,685 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 437,827 households. The median household income in the Tucson metro area is $70,315 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.7% 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. The Tucson metro area scores 49 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #192 of 375 scored metro areas.
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