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House cleaning businesses in the Redding, CA metro area

How the Redding, CA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #338 of 375 scored metro areas
#24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
23
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
32
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$90.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,268 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
181,648
−0.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Redding metro area is 30 (lower middle), #338 of 375 scored metro areas and #24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Redding metro area comes to about $90.3M a year: $1,268 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

There are 23 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Redding metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in the Redding metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,226 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Redding metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Redding metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Redding 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 Redding, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureRedding metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.22.42.2
Spending per listing$3.9M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,2261,7621,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+15.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,268$1,494$1,414
Median household income$72,636$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score3046

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
32+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
313
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
232 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Redding 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 Redding metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
181,648−0.3% since 2020
Households
71,232
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,776 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$72,636+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,245
Median home value
$366,400
Jobs located here
65,820
Daytime population
181,391Residents 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 Redding 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
24Redding, CA30233.2$3.9M−0.3%#338 of 375

Other business types in the Redding metro area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Redding, CA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 23 house cleaning businesses in the Redding metro area. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Redding, CA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $90.3M a year, or $1,268 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 71,232 households in the Redding metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Redding, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Redding metro area has 3.2 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $3.9M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Redding metro area would have about 14, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,226 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Redding, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Redding metro area at 181,648 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 71,232 households. The median household income in the Redding metro area is $72,636 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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 Redding metro area scores 30 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #338 of 375 scored metro areas.

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