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House cleaning businesses in Escambia County, FL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #626 of 847 scored counties
#34 of 40 scored counties in Florida

Listings
42
2 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
87
+14.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$183M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,419 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
50% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
333,834
+3.5% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Escambia County comes to about $183M a year: $1,419 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per business, 32% 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.

Escambia County has 42 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Escambia County was 87 in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,483 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $785K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Escambia County.

Population estimates show Escambia County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Escambia County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #626 of 847 scored counties and #34 of 40 scored counties in Florida.

How Escambia 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 Escambia County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureEscambia CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.33.02.2
Spending per listing$4.4M$4.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,4831,1971,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.5%+11.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,419$1,503$1,414
Median household income$67,500$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3944

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
76 → 87+14.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,001
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
422 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$785K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
333,834+3.5% since 2020
Households
129,027
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
657 sq. mi.
People per square mile
496
Median household income
$67,500+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,802
Median home value
$257,200
Jobs located here
160,136
Daytime population
352,063Residents 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 Escambia 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
34Escambia County, FL39423.3$4.4M+3.5%#626 of 847

Other business types in Escambia County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 house cleaning businesses in Escambia County. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 87 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019.

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

About $183M a year, or $1,419 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 129,027 households in Escambia County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Escambia County has 3.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.4M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Escambia County would have about 29, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,483 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Escambia County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Escambia County at 333,834 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 129,027 households. The median household income in Escambia County is $67,500 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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. Escambia County scores 39 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #626 of 847 scored counties.

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