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House cleaning businesses in the Dover, DE metro area
The house cleaning businesses in the Dover, DE metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #75 of 375 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Delaware
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- −2.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $103.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,449 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 194,786
- +6.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 house cleaning businesses in the Dover metro area. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 2.0 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
At $1,449 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Dover metro area spend about $103.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $7.4M per business, 16% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 47 businesses with payroll in the Dover metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, down 2.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Dover metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Dover metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Dover metro area scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #75 of 375 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Delaware. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Dover metro area compares
The same measures for Delaware 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 | Dover metro area | Delaware | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $5.9M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,520 | 1,354 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.1% | +5.0% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.8% | +6.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,449 | $1,581 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $74,477 | $84,954 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47−2.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 242
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Dover 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 Dover metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 194,786+6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 71,424
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 586 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 320
- Median household income
- $74,477+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,801
- Median home value
- $316,600
- Jobs located here
- 66,799
- Daytime population
- 177,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Delaware market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Delaware for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Delaware (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dover metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Delaware
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dover, DE | 65 | 14 | 2.0 | $7.4M | +6.8% | #75 of 375 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 50 | 564 | 2.3 | $6.2M | +1.4% | #182 of 375 |
Other business types in the Dover metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in the Dover, DE metro area?
There are 14 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Dover metro area as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 2.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Dover, DE metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $103.5M a year, or $1,449 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 71,424 households in the Dover metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dover, DE metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Dover metro area has 2.0 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.4M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Dover metro area would have about 16, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dover, DE metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dover metro area at 194,786 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,424 households. Median household income in the Dover metro area is $74,477, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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 Dover metro area scores 65 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #75 of 375 scored metro areas.
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