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House cleaning businesses in Los Angeles County, CA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Los Angeles County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #296 of 847 scored counties
#15 of 39 scored counties in California

Listings
671
135 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
1,586
+15.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4.9B
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,423 a household
Spending per listing
$7.2M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,694,934
−3.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 671 house cleaning businesses in Los Angeles County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Los Angeles County comes to about $4.9B a year: $1,423 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 1,586 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Los Angeles County in 2023, up 15.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,154 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 62 SBA-backed loans worth $21.2M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Los Angeles County.

Population estimates show Los Angeles County declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For house cleaning businesses, Los Angeles County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #296 of 847 scored counties and #15 of 39 scored counties in California.

How Los Angeles County compares

The same measures for California 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 Los Angeles County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureLos Angeles CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.02.42.2
Spending per listing$7.2M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,1541,7621,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.2%+15.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,423$1,494$1,414
Median household income$90,112$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5646

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,377 → 1,586+15.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
34,370
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
671135 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
760The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
62
Amount
$21.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
9,694,934−3.0% since 2020
Households
3,416,449
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
46%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,060 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,416
Median household income
$90,112+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,768
Median home value
$834,200
Jobs located here
4,875,632
Daytime population
10,082,231Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in California, with Los Angeles County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Merced County, CA7380.9$12.9M+5.1%#78 of 847
2Yolo County, CA72121.6$9.1M+3.1%#87 of 847
3Madera County, CA7271.5$8.3M+7.4%#89 of 847
4San Joaquin County, CA68391.6$8.8M+5.5%#121 of 847
5El Dorado County, CA65152.0$7.9M+0.6%#158 of 847
6Alameda County, CA641141.9$8.9M−2.6%#164 of 847
7San Francisco County, CA63762.1$8.4M−5.6%#181 of 847
8Kern County, CA62451.6$7.9M+2.3%#196 of 847
9Kings County, CA6171.6$7.7M+1.0%#218 of 847
10San Bernardino County, CA611221.8$7.5M+1.9%#220 of 847
15Los Angeles County, CA566712.0$7.2M−3.0%#296 of 847

Other business types in Los Angeles County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Los Angeles County, CA?

Los Angeles County has 671 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 135 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 1,586 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 15.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Los Angeles County, CA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $4.9B a year, or $1,423 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 671 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 3,416,449 households in Los Angeles County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Los Angeles County, CA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Los Angeles County has 2.0 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% 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 national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Los Angeles County would have about 760, against 671 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,154 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Los Angeles County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Los Angeles County at 9,694,934 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,416,449 households. Median household income in Los Angeles County is $90,112, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Los Angeles County scores 56 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #296 of 847 scored counties.

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