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House cleaning businesses in Marion County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Marion County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #224 of 847 scored counties
#8 of 40 scored counties in Florida

Listings
33
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
99
+33.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$219.7M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,332 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
442,660
+17.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 house cleaning businesses in Marion County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Marion County comes to about $219.7M a year: $1,332 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 house cleaning businesses, that is $6.7M per business, 4% 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.

Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Marion County in 2023, up 33.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,665 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Marion County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County grew 17.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Marion County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #224 of 847 scored counties and #8 of 40 scored counties in Florida.

How Marion 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 Marion County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.03.02.2
Spending per listing$6.7M$4.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,6651,1971,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+33.8%+11.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,332$1,503$1,414
Median household income$61,010$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6144

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74 → 99+33.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
617
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
331 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$2.1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
442,660+17.3% since 2020
Households
164,881
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,588 sq. mi.
People per square mile
252
Median household income
$61,010+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,982
Median home value
$243,100
Jobs located here
117,529
Daytime population
371,865Residents 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 Marion 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 Marion County

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

Questions

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

Marion County has 33 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 33.8% from 2019.

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

About $219.7M a year, or $1,332 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 164,881 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marion County has 2.0 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.7M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Marion County would have about 34, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,665 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 33.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Marion County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 442,660 people in 2025, up 17.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 164,881 households. Median household income in Marion County is $61,010, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Marion County scores 61 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #224 of 847 scored counties.

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