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House cleaning businesses in Clay County, FL

The house cleaning businesses in Clay County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #152 of 847 scored counties
#5 of 40 scored counties in Florida

Listings
21
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
46
+15.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$130M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,553 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.5
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
239,593
+9.4% 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

At $1,553 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Clay County spend about $130M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 21 house cleaning businesses, that is $6.2M per business, 3% 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.

Clay County has 21 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.5, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Clay County was 46 in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,820 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Clay County.

Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Clay County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #152 of 847 scored counties and #5 of 40 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Clay County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Clay County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureClay CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.53.02.2
Spending per listing$6.2M$4.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,8201,1971,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.0%+11.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,553$1,503$1,414
Median household income$87,820$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6644

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40 → 46+15.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
250
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Clay 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 Clay County

Population, 2025 estimate
239,593+9.4% since 2020
Households
83,707
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
605 sq. mi.
People per square mile
376
Median household income
$87,820+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,935
Median home value
$312,500
Jobs located here
60,502
Daytime population
185,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with Clay County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL9271.0$14.8M+21.1%#3 of 847
2Citrus County, FL74131.8$7.2M+11.1%#74 of 847
3Nassau County, FL67102.5$6.3M+17.4%#140 of 847
4Putnam County, FL6661.9$6.5M+5.9%#151 of 847
5Clay County, FL66212.5$6.2M+9.4%#152 of 847
6Polk County, FL62652.2$6.2M+19.8%#202 of 847
7Santa Rosa County, FL62263.6$4.5M+11.7%#209 of 847
8Marion County, FL61332.0$6.7M+17.3%#224 of 847
9Martin County, FL60162.4$6.8M+4.8%#241 of 847
10Lake County, FL59392.4$6.1M+18.1%#255 of 847

Other business types in Clay County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Clay County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 house cleaning businesses in Clay County. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Clay County, FL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $130M a year, or $1,553 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 83,707 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clay County, FL compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Clay County has 2.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.2M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Clay County would have about 20, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,820 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Clay County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Clay County at 239,593 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,707 households. The median household income in Clay County is $87,820 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Clay County scores 66 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #152 of 847 scored counties.

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