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House cleaning businesses in Bureau County, IL

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,163 a household
Spending per listing
$8.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
32,510
−2.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 house cleaning businesses in Bureau County. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.

At $1,163 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Bureau County spend about $16.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 2 house cleaning businesses, that is $8.2M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Bureau County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 4,676 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Bureau County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Bureau County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bureau County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Bureau County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureBureau CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.42.02.2
Spending per listing$8.2M$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment4,6761,7891,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.5%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,163$1,322$1,414
Median household income$69,257$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Bureau 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 Bureau County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,510−2.1% since 2020
Households
14,028
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
869 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$69,257+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,255
Median home value
$126,900
Jobs located here
10,627
Daytime population
28,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1LaSalle County, IL6251.1$10.9M−1.5%#191 of 847
2Madison County, IL61161.5$8.6M−1.0%#214 of 847
3Kendall County, IL58132.9$5.1M+9.9%#274 of 847
4McHenry County, IL56221.9$7.8M+2.5%#294 of 847
5Will County, IL54562.3$6.4M+2.2%#333 of 847
6Tazewell County, IL5371.3$9.6M−0.9%#343 of 847
7Rock Island County, IL53101.6$7.1M−1.7%#347 of 847
8Williamson County, IL5251.7$6.7M+0.2%#365 of 847
9Cook County, IL503861.8$7.3M−1.3%#415 of 847
10McLean County, IL50131.9$6.9M+0.1%#417 of 847
Bureau County, ILNot scored21.4$8.2M−2.1%

Other business types in Bureau County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Bureau County, IL?

There are 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Bureau County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $16.3M a year, or $1,163 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 14,028 households in Bureau County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bureau County, IL compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Bureau County has 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Bureau County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,676 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Bureau County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Bureau County at 32,510 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,028 households. Median household income in Bureau County is $69,257, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Bureau County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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