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House cleaning businesses in the Jacksonville, FL metro area

The house cleaning businesses in the Jacksonville, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #210 of 375 scored metro areas
#10 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
226
12 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
499
+8.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1B
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,540 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,785,500
+10.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 226 house cleaning businesses in the Jacksonville metro area. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 5%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Jacksonville metro area comes to about $1B a year: $1,540 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per business, 29% 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 499 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Jacksonville metro area in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,329 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 31 SBA-backed loans worth $8.8M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Jacksonville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Jacksonville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, the Jacksonville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #210 of 375 scored metro areas and #10 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Jacksonville metro area 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 Jacksonville, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureJacksonville metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.43.02.2
Spending per listing$4.5M$4.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,3291,1971,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.5%+11.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,540$1,503$1,414
Median household income$79,643$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4844

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
499+8.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,688
Annual payroll, 2023
$126.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
22612 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
160The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
31
Amount
$8.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,785,500+10.7% since 2020
Households
663,101
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
3,202 sq. mi.
People per square mile
526
Median household income
$79,643+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,638
Median home value
$343,400
Jobs located here
779,445
Daytime population
1,697,743Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Jacksonville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL9571.0$14.8M+21.1%#1 of 375
2Homosassa Springs, FL75131.8$7.2M+11.1%#32 of 375
3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL61652.2$6.2M+19.8%#91 of 375
4Ocala, FL60332.0$6.7M+17.3%#100 of 375
5Gainesville, FL54322.2$6.2M+5.4%#141 of 375
6Sebring, FL52153.2$4M+9.7%#169 of 375
7Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL50822.8$5.2M+11.2%#186 of 375
8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL49683.4$4.4M+6.5%#197 of 375
9Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL484013.0$5M+7.3%#209 of 375
10Jacksonville, FL482263.4$4.5M+10.7%#210 of 375

Other business types in the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville, FL metro area?

There are 226 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Jacksonville metro area as of September 2026. 12 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 499 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019.

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

About $1B a year, or $1,540 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 226 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 663,101 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Jacksonville metro area has 3.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.5M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 160, against 226 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,329 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Jacksonville, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 1,785,500 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 663,101 households. Median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $79,643, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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 Jacksonville metro area scores 48 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #210 of 375 scored metro areas.

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