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House cleaning businesses in Kootenai County, ID

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Kootenai County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #767 of 847 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
32
4 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
70
+34.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$92.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,294 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
191,864
+11.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Kootenai County is 29 (lower middle), #767 of 847 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Kootenai County comes to about $92.1M a year: $1,294 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 32 house cleaning businesses, that is $2.9M per business, 55% 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.

Kootenai County has 32 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 13%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Kootenai County in 2023, up 34.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Kootenai County. Population estimates put the population change in Kootenai County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Kootenai County compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Kootenai County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureKootenai CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.53.12.2
Spending per listing$2.9M$4.2M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,0179601,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+34.6%+25.1%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.0%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,294$1,286$1,414
Median household income$81,861$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score2927

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
52 → 70+34.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
664
Annual payroll, 2023
$25.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
324 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
191,864+11.0% since 2020
Households
71,172
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,238 sq. mi.
People per square mile
147
Median household income
$81,861+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,508
Median home value
$518,700
Jobs located here
71,721
Daytime population
176,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Idaho

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

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bingham County, ID4753.1$4.1M+6.4%#490 of 847
2Bannock County, ID3882.4$5M+4.9%#636 of 847
3Canyon County, ID35242.8$4.5M+18.1%#683 of 847
4Ada County, ID34773.8$3.7M+9.6%#697 of 847
5Twin Falls County, ID3192.6$4.7M+7.9%#739 of 847
6Bonneville County, ID30173.8$3.4M+8.9%#752 of 847
7Kootenai County, ID29324.5$2.9M+11.0%#767 of 847
8Bonner County, ID2783.9$3.1M+14.8%#776 of 847
9Blaine County, ID2765.8$2.5M+4.8%#777 of 847
10Madison County, ID20118.3$1.4M+4.2%#822 of 847

Other business types in Kootenai County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Kootenai County, ID?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 house cleaning businesses in Kootenai County. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 34.6% from 2019.

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

About $92.1M a year, or $1,294 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 71,172 households in Kootenai County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kootenai County, ID compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Kootenai County has 4.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $2.9M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Kootenai County would have about 14, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 34.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Kootenai County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Kootenai County at 191,864 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,172 households. The median household income in Kootenai County is $81,861 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.0% 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. Kootenai County scores 29 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #767 of 847 scored counties.

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