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House cleaning businesses in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #225 of 375 scored metro areas
#14 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
85
4 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
196
+7.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$393.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,527 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
50% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
663,982
+9.1% 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 85 house cleaning businesses in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 5%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area spend about $393.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,527 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 28% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 196 businesses with payroll in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,315 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #225 of 375 scored metro areas and #14 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePalm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.33.02.2
Spending per listing$4.6M$4.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,3151,1971,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.1%+11.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,527$1,503$1,414
Median household income$78,476$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4744

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
196+7.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,051
Annual payroll, 2023
$26.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
854 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$2.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
663,982+9.1% since 2020
Households
257,695
Median age
46.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,015 sq. mi.
People per square mile
623
Median household income
$78,476+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,213
Median home value
$339,600
Jobs located here
240,501
Daytime population
606,489Residents 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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
14Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL47853.3$4.6M+9.1%#225 of 375

Other business types in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area?

The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 85 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 196 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $393.4M a year, or $1,527 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 257,695 households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 3.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.6M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area would have about 62, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,315 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area at 663,982 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,695 households. Median household income in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is $78,476, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area scores 47 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #225 of 375 scored metro areas.

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