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House cleaning businesses in the Pueblo, CO metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in the Pueblo, CO metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #285 of 375 scored metro areas
#4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado

Listings
15
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
28
+3.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$80.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,179 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,277
+0.6% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Pueblo metro area is 38 (lower middle), #285 of 375 scored metro areas and #4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 house cleaning businesses in the Pueblo metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Pueblo metro area comes to about $80.8M a year: $1,179 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 house cleaning businesses, that is $5.4M per business, 16% 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 28 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Pueblo metro area in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,447 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $570K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Pueblo metro area. Population estimates show the Pueblo metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Pueblo 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 Pueblo, CO metro area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasurePueblo metro areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.23.02.2
Spending per listing$5.4M$4.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,4471,3201,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.7%+0.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,179$1,449$1,414
Median household income$64,010$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3838

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28+3.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
242
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
150 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$570K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
169,277+0.6% since 2020
Households
68,523
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,387 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$64,010+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,458
Median home value
$291,300
Jobs located here
56,090
Daytime population
161,514Residents 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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo, CO metro area?

There are 15 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Pueblo metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019.

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

About $80.8M a year, or $1,179 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 68,523 households in the Pueblo metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Pueblo metro area has 2.2 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.4M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Pueblo metro area would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,447 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 Pueblo, CO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pueblo metro area at 169,277 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,523 households. Median household income in the Pueblo metro area is $64,010, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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 Pueblo metro area scores 38 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #285 of 375 scored metro areas.

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