Groundwork

Home services · County · Georgia

House cleaning businesses in Effingham County, GA

How Effingham County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$38.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,568 a household
Spending per listing
$9.5M
49% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,397
+14.1% since 2020

See the house cleaning businesses around any address in Effingham County

The site report maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Effingham County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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 4 house cleaning businesses in Effingham County. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Effingham County comes to about $38.1M a year: $1,568 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $9.5M per business, 49% 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 19 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Effingham County in 2023. That is one for every 1,278 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Effingham County from 2020 to 2025 at +14.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Effingham County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Effingham 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.

House cleaning in Effingham County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureEffingham CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.62.42.2
Spending per listing$9.5M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,2781,8631,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,568$1,526$1,414
Median household income$88,438$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 19
Employees, 2023
318
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Effingham 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 Effingham County

Population, 2025 estimate
74,397+14.1% since 2020
Households
24,287
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
479 sq. mi.
People per square mile
144
Median household income
$88,438+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,856
Median home value
$276,000
Jobs located here
12,262
Daytime population
50,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Effingham County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the house cleaning businesses on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Effingham County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

House cleaning across Georgia

Every Georgia market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Effingham County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Walton County, GA9061.7$9.1M+16.0%#9 of 847
2Carroll County, GA8361.4$10.4M+9.8%#26 of 847
3Houston County, GA80132.0$7.3M+8.5%#37 of 847
4Paulding County, GA79142.3$7M+12.7%#44 of 847
5Coweta County, GA78132.3$7.2M+9.2%#51 of 847
6Floyd County, GA7551.4$10.2M+2.8%#69 of 847
7Fulton County, GA711152.5$6.9M+2.7%#96 of 847
8DeKalb County, GA68622.2$7.5M+1.3%#123 of 847
9Clayton County, GA67131.2$10.7M−0.6%#133 of 847
10Barrow County, GA6682.6$5.7M+18.7%#153 of 847
Effingham County, GANot scored41.6$9.5M+14.1%

Other business types in Effingham County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Effingham County, GA?

There are 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Effingham County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $38.1M a year, or $1,568 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $9.5M 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 24,287 households in Effingham County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Effingham County, GA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Effingham County has 1.6 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $9.5M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Effingham County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,278 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Effingham County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Effingham County at 74,397 people in 2025, up 14.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,287 households. Median household income in Effingham County is $88,438, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Effingham County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Effingham County. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for house cleaning businesses · All 56 business types in Effingham County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Effingham County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Effingham County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.