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House cleaning businesses in San Francisco County, CA
How San Francisco 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #181 of 847 scored counties
#7 of 39 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 76
- 4 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 183
- −2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $635.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,747 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.4M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,079
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 house cleaning businesses in San Francisco County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 5%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Households in San Francisco County spend about $635.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,747 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. Spread across 76 house cleaning businesses, that is $8.4M per business, 31% above 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 183 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in San Francisco County in 2023, down 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,989 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in San Francisco County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of San Francisco County declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For house cleaning businesses, San Francisco County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #181 of 847 scored counties and #7 of 39 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How San Francisco 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 | San Francisco County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $8.4M | $6.3M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,989 | 1,762 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.7% | +15.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,747 | $1,494 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $140,970 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 188 → 183−2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,450
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $228.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 764 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 99The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in San Francisco 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 Francisco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,079−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 363,970
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 38%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 47 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17,777
- Median household income
- $140,970+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $206,854
- Median home value
- $1,394,500
- Jobs located here
- 747,999
- Daytime population
- 1,133,228Residents 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco County, CA?
There are 76 house cleaning businesses on map listings in San Francisco County as of September 2026. 4 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 183 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 2.7% from 2019.
How much do households in San Francisco County, CA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $635.8M a year, or $1,747 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $8.4M 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 363,970 households in San Francisco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Francisco County, CA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
San Francisco County has 2.1 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $8.4M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, San Francisco County would have about 99, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,989 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is San Francisco County, CA growing?
Population estimates put San Francisco County at 826,079 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 363,970 households. Median household income in San Francisco County is $140,970, 75% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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 Francisco County scores 63 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #181 of 847 scored counties.
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