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House cleaning businesses in Forsyth County, GA

The house cleaning businesses in Forsyth County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #258 of 847 scored counties
#19 of 39 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
35
3 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
61
+13.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$182.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $2,051 a household
Spending per listing
$5.2M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
77% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
282,805
+11.8% 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

At $2,051 per household (45% above the U.S. average), households in Forsyth County spend about $182.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 35 house cleaning businesses, that is $5.2M per business, 18% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Forsyth County has 35 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Forsyth County was 61 in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,460 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $592K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Forsyth County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forsyth County grew 11.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Forsyth County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #258 of 847 scored counties and #19 of 39 scored counties in Georgia.

How Forsyth 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 Forsyth County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureForsyth CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.92.42.2
Spending per listing$5.2M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,4601,8631,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.0%+7.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$2,051$1,526$1,414
Median household income$143,784$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5964

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
54 → 61+13.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,079
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
353 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$592K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
282,805+11.8% since 2020
Households
89,030
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
225 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,190
Median household income
$143,784+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$170,744
Median home value
$550,400
Jobs located here
98,325
Daytime population
237,855Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Forsyth 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
19Forsyth County, GA59353.9$5.2M+11.8%#258 of 847

Other business types in Forsyth County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 house cleaning businesses in Forsyth County. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019.

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

About $182.6M a year, or $2,051 per household. That is 45% above the U.S. average (an index of 145, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.2M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 89,030 households in Forsyth County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Forsyth County has 3.9 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Forsyth County would have about 29, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,460 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Forsyth County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Forsyth County at 282,805 people in 2025, up 11.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 89,030 households. The median household income in Forsyth County is $143,784 a year, 78% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Forsyth County scores 59 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #258 of 847 scored counties.

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