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House cleaning businesses in Merced County, CA
How Merced County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #78 of 847 scored counties
#1 of 39 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- +16.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $102.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,195 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.9M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,260
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Merced County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #78 of 847 scored counties and #1 of 39 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for house cleaning businesses.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Merced County comes to about $102.9M a year: $1,195 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 house cleaning businesses, that is $12.9M per business, twice the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Merced County has 8 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Merced County in 2023, up 16.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,967 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Merced County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Merced 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.
| Measure | Merced County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $12.9M | $6.3M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,967 | 1,762 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.0% | +15.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,195 | $1,494 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $65,510 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 29+16.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 175
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Merced 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 Merced County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,260+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 86,055
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 150
- Median household income
- $65,510+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,781
- Median home value
- $391,800
- Jobs located here
- 77,775
- Daytime population
- 255,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merced County, CA | 73 | 8 | 0.9 | $12.9M | +5.1% | #78 of 847 |
| 2Yolo County, CA | 72 | 12 | 1.6 | $9.1M | +3.1% | #87 of 847 |
| 3Madera County, CA | 72 | 7 | 1.5 | $8.3M | +7.4% | #89 of 847 |
| 4San Joaquin County, CA | 68 | 39 | 1.6 | $8.8M | +5.5% | #121 of 847 |
| 5El Dorado County, CA | 65 | 15 | 2.0 | $7.9M | +0.6% | #158 of 847 |
| 6Alameda County, CA | 64 | 114 | 1.9 | $8.9M | −2.6% | #164 of 847 |
| 7San Francisco County, CA | 63 | 76 | 2.1 | $8.4M | −5.6% | #181 of 847 |
| 8Kern County, CA | 62 | 45 | 1.6 | $7.9M | +2.3% | #196 of 847 |
| 9Kings County, CA | 61 | 7 | 1.6 | $7.7M | +1.0% | #218 of 847 |
| 10San Bernardino County, CA | 61 | 122 | 1.8 | $7.5M | +1.9% | #220 of 847 |
Other business types in Merced 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 Merced County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 house cleaning businesses in Merced County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 16.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Merced County, CA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $102.9M a year, or $1,195 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $12.9M 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 86,055 households in Merced County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merced County, CA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Merced County has 0.9 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $12.9M, twice the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Merced County would have about 16, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,967 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Merced County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Merced County at 297,260 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,055 households. The median household income in Merced County is $65,510 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. Merced County scores 73 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #78 of 847 scored counties.
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