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House cleaning businesses in Orange County, CA
How Orange 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #419 of 847 scored counties
#20 of 39 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 275
- 20 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 711
- +19.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,606 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,149,507
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 275 house cleaning businesses in Orange County. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 7%, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.5, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Households in Orange County spend about $1.7B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,606 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.3M per business, in line with 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 711 businesses with payroll in Orange County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 19.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,523 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 34 SBA-backed loans worth $12.6M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Orange County.
Population estimates show Orange County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Orange County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #419 of 847 scored counties and #20 of 39 scored counties in California.
How Orange 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 | Orange County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $6.3M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,523 | 1,762 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.9% | +15.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,606 | $1,494 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $116,289 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 593 → 711+19.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 14,894
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $504.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27520 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 272The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 34
- Amount
- $12.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,149,507−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,082,960
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,991
- Median household income
- $116,289+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,761
- Median home value
- $962,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,713,003
- Daytime population
- 3,381,147Residents 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 |
| 20Orange County, CA | 50 | 275 | 2.5 | $6.3M | −1.1% | #419 of 847 |
Other business types in Orange County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Orange County, CA?
Orange County has 275 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 711 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 19.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Orange County, CA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $1.7B a year, or $1,606 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 275 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 1,082,960 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, CA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Orange County has 2.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Orange County would have about 272, against 275 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,523 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 3,149,507 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,082,960 households. Median household income in Orange County is $116,289, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Orange County scores 50 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #419 of 847 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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