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House cleaning businesses in Champaign County, IL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #788 of 847 scored counties
#21 of 24 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
28
2 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
48
+17.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$100.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,173 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
50% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
209,972
+1.8% 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

For house cleaning businesses, Champaign County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #788 of 847 scored counties and #21 of 24 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 house cleaning businesses in Champaign County. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Households in Champaign County spend about $100.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,173 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per business, 44% 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.

Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Champaign County in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,781 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $519K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Champaign County. Population estimates show Champaign County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Champaign 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 Champaign County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureChampaign CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.32.02.2
Spending per listing$3.6M$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,7811,7891,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.1%−2.5%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,173$1,322$1,414
Median household income$63,683$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2544

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41 → 48+17.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
821
Annual payroll, 2023
$26.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
282 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$519K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
209,972+1.8% since 2020
Households
85,472
Median age
35.2
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
996 sq. mi.
People per square mile
210
Median household income
$63,683+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,413
Median home value
$211,500
Jobs located here
92,426
Daytime population
220,386Residents 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 Champaign 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
21Champaign County, IL25283.3$3.6M+1.8%#788 of 847

Other business types in Champaign County

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

Questions

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

There are 28 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Champaign County as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019.

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

About $100.3M a year, or $1,173 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 85,472 households in Champaign County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Champaign County has 3.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $3.6M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Champaign County would have about 16, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,781 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Champaign County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Champaign County at 209,972 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,472 households. Median household income in Champaign County is $63,683, 21% 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. Champaign County scores 25 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #788 of 847 scored counties.

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