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House cleaning businesses in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area

How the Colorado Springs, CO 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #320 of 375 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado

Listings
115
5 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
207
−3.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$421.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,396 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
43% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
73% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
781,796
+3.1% since 2020

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What this means

For house cleaning businesses, the Colorado Springs metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #320 of 375 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Colorado Springs metro area spend about $421.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,396 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 43% 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 115 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Colorado Springs metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Colorado Springs metro area was 207 in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,459 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Colorado Springs metro area. Population estimates show the Colorado Springs metro area grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Colorado Springs metro area compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Colorado Springs, CO metro area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureColorado Springs metro areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.83.02.2
Spending per listing$3.7M$4.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,4591,3201,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.8%+0.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,396$1,449$1,414
Median household income$90,144$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3338

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
207−3.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,909
Annual payroll, 2023
$49.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1155 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$2.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
781,796+3.1% since 2020
Households
302,050
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,684 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$90,144+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,390
Median home value
$461,800
Jobs located here
292,224
Daytime population
748,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Colorado

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Colorado Springs metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in Colorado ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO533232.6$5.8M+4.1%#157 of 375
2Boulder, CO42362.6$5.9M−0.7%#253 of 375
3Greeley, CO40453.6$3.9M+14.2%#272 of 375
4Pueblo, CO38152.2$5.4M+0.6%#285 of 375
5Fort Collins-Loveland, CO36573.7$3.8M+4.8%#301 of 375
6Colorado Springs, CO331153.8$3.7M+3.1%#320 of 375
7Grand Junction, CO29203.0$4.1M+4.4%#343 of 375

Other business types in the Colorado Springs 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 Colorado Springs, CO metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 115 house cleaning businesses in the Colorado Springs metro area. 5 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 207 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $421.6M a year, or $1,396 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 115 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 302,050 households in the Colorado Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Colorado Springs metro area has 3.8 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $3.7M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Colorado Springs metro area would have about 66, against 115 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,459 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Colorado Springs, CO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Colorado Springs metro area at 781,796 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 302,050 households. The median household income in the Colorado Springs metro area is $90,144 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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 Colorado Springs metro area scores 33 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #320 of 375 scored metro areas.

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