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House cleaning businesses in Columbia County, GA
How Columbia County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #229 of 847 scored counties
#15 of 39 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +24.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $92.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,682 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,189
- +7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 house cleaning businesses in Columbia County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Columbia County comes to about $92.8M a year: $1,682 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5.5M 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Columbia County was 31 in 2023, up 24.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,779 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Columbia County grew 7.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Columbia County is 61 (upper middle), #229 of 847 scored counties and #15 of 39 scored counties in Georgia.
How Columbia 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 | Columbia County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $6.3M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,779 | 1,863 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.0% | +7.4% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,682 | $1,526 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $95,592 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 31+24.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 198
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,189+7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 55,149
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 560
- Median household income
- $95,592+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,651
- Median home value
- $305,300
- Jobs located here
- 38,609
- Daytime population
- 137,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 15Columbia County, GA | 61 | 17 | 3.1 | $5.5M | +7.9% | #229 of 847 |
Other business types in Columbia 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
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Columbia County, GA?
There are 17 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Columbia County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 24.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Columbia County, GA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $92.8M a year, or $1,682 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 55,149 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, GA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Columbia County has 3.1 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.5M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Columbia County would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,779 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Columbia County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 169,189 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,149 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $95,592, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.1%, 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. Columbia County scores 61 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #229 of 847 scored counties.
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