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House cleaning businesses in San Benito County, CA

How San Benito 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #232 of 847 scored counties
#11 of 39 scored counties in California

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$32.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,580 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,082
+8.6% 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

Households in San Benito County spend about $32.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,580 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per business, 27% 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.

San Benito County has 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 55% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in San Benito County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,285 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates show San Benito County grew 8.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). San Benito County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #232 of 847 scored counties and #11 of 39 scored counties in California.

How San Benito 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 San Benito County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureSan Benito CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.42.42.2
Spending per listing$4.6M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,2851,7621,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,580$1,494$1,414
Median household income$114,394$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score6146

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 9
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 San Benito 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 San Benito County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,082+8.6% since 2020
Households
20,561
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
1,389 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$114,394+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$143,684
Median home value
$793,400
Jobs located here
17,302
Daytime population
57,797Residents 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 San Benito 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
11San Benito County, CA6173.4$4.6M+8.6%#232 of 847

Other business types in San Benito County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in San Benito County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 house cleaning businesses in San Benito County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $32.5M a year, or $1,580 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 20,561 households in San Benito County and national spending patterns by income.

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

San Benito County has 3.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.6M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, San Benito County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,285 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is San Benito County, CA growing?

Population estimates put San Benito County at 70,082 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,561 households. The median household income in San Benito County is $114,394 a year, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. San Benito County scores 61 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #232 of 847 scored counties.

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