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House cleaning businesses in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area

The house cleaning businesses in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #284 of 375 scored metro areas
#18 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
79
4 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
196
+3.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$436.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,556 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
830,851
−1.5% since 2020

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What this means

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #284 of 375 scored metro areas and #18 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 79 house cleaning businesses in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. 4 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.8, 27% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

At $1,556 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area spend about $436.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $5.5M per business, 14% below 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 196 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,430 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $421K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.82.42.2
Spending per listing$5.5M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,4301,7621,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.7%+15.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,556$1,494$1,414
Median household income$109,797$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score3846

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
196+3.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,585
Annual payroll, 2023
$54.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
794 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
68The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$421K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
830,851−1.5% since 2020
Households
280,360
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,841 sq. mi.
People per square mile
455
Median household income
$109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$144,867
Median home value
$822,700
Jobs located here
321,509
Daytime population
755,963Residents 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 metro areas in California for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in California, with the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba City, CA7571.1$11.5M+3.3%#29 of 375
2Merced, CA7480.9$12.9M+5.1%#35 of 375
3Stockton-Lodi, CA70391.6$8.8M+5.5%#46 of 375
4Bakersfield-Delano, CA61451.6$7.9M+2.3%#89 of 375
5Hanford-Corcoran, CA6171.6$7.7M+1.0%#90 of 375
6El Centro, CA6071.4$8.1M+1.1%#96 of 375
7Visalia, CA56271.9$6.6M+2.4%#125 of 375
8Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA539462.1$7M−2.6%#154 of 375
9Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA533362.3$6M+3.5%#155 of 375
10San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA521872.8$6.8M−0.6%#162 of 375
18Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA38792.8$5.5M−1.5%#284 of 375

Other business types in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

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Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?

There are 79 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 196 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $436.4M a year, or $1,556 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 79 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 2.8 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.5M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 68, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,430 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 38 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #284 of 375 scored metro areas.

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