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House cleaning businesses in Cherokee County, GA
The house cleaning businesses in Cherokee County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #175 of 847 scored counties
#12 of 39 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 33
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- +14.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $178.7M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,760 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 299,273
- +11.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 house cleaning businesses in Cherokee County. Chain locations make up 9% 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.
At $1,760 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $178.7M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $5.4M per business, 15% 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 55 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Cherokee County in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,846 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Cherokee County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cherokee County grew 11.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Cherokee County is 64 (upper middle), #175 of 847 scored counties and #12 of 39 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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.
| Measure | Cherokee County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $6.3M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,846 | 1,863 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.6% | +7.4% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,760 | $1,526 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $108,115 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48 → 55+14.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 274
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 333 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 299,273+11.6% since 2020
- Households
- 101,514
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 421 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 668
- Median household income
- $108,115+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,625
- Median home value
- $435,100
- Jobs located here
- 78,270
- Daytime population
- 228,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Cherokee County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Walton County, GA | 90 | 6 | 1.7 | $9.1M | +16.0% | #9 of 847 |
| 2Carroll County, GA | 83 | 6 | 1.4 | $10.4M | +9.8% | #26 of 847 |
| 3Houston County, GA | 80 | 13 | 2.0 | $7.3M | +8.5% | #37 of 847 |
| 4Paulding County, GA | 79 | 14 | 2.3 | $7M | +12.7% | #44 of 847 |
| 5Coweta County, GA | 78 | 13 | 2.3 | $7.2M | +9.2% | #51 of 847 |
| 6Floyd County, GA | 75 | 5 | 1.4 | $10.2M | +2.8% | #69 of 847 |
| 7Fulton County, GA | 71 | 115 | 2.5 | $6.9M | +2.7% | #96 of 847 |
| 8DeKalb County, GA | 68 | 62 | 2.2 | $7.5M | +1.3% | #123 of 847 |
| 9Clayton County, GA | 67 | 13 | 1.2 | $10.7M | −0.6% | #133 of 847 |
| 10Barrow County, GA | 66 | 8 | 2.6 | $5.7M | +18.7% | #153 of 847 |
| 12Cherokee County, GA | 64 | 33 | 3.3 | $5.4M | +11.6% | #175 of 847 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Cherokee County, GA?
Cherokee County has 33 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 14.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Cherokee County, GA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $178.7M a year, or $1,760 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 101,514 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, GA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Cherokee County has 3.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.4M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 28, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,846 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 299,273 people in 2025, up 11.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 101,514 households. Median household income in Cherokee County is $108,115, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. Cherokee County scores 64 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #175 of 847 scored counties.
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