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House cleaning businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area
How the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #230 of 375 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 755
- 58 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 2,260
- −3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,379 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,434,123
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area spend about $5B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,379 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 755 house cleaning businesses, that is $6.7M per business, 4% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
There are 755 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 58 are chain locations, or 8%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area was 2,260 in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,612 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 85 SBA-backed loans worth $23.3M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area is 46 (lower middle), #230 of 375 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area 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.
| Measure | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $6.8M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,612 | 1,789 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.0% | −2.5% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,379 | $1,322 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $90,887 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,260−3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 40,319
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 75558 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 785The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 85
- Amount
- $23.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area, 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 the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,434,1230.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,643,783
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 6,923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,354
- Median household income
- $90,887
- Average household income
- $125,950
- Median home value
- $323,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,599,202
- Daytime population
- 9,509,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah, KY-IL | 58 | 5 | 1.2 | $11.2M | −1.2% | #105 of 375 |
| 1Peoria, IL | 51 | 19 | 1.2 | $9.9M | −1.3% | #170 of 375 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 49 | 204 | 1.8 | $7.4M | −0.2% | #190 of 375 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 48 | 28 | 1.7 | $7M | −0.9% | #200 of 375 |
| 2Bloomington, IL | 48 | 13 | 1.9 | $6.9M | +0.1% | #201 of 375 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 47 | 7 | 1.8 | $6.3M | +1.7% | #217 of 375 |
| 3Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 46 | 755 | 2.1 | $6.7M | 0.0% | #230 of 375 |
| 4Decatur, IL | 38 | 7 | 1.6 | $7.1M | −4.3% | #280 of 375 |
| 5Rockford, IL | 36 | 29 | 2.1 | $5.5M | −0.3% | #297 of 375 |
| 6Springfield, IL | 34 | 18 | 2.0 | $6.2M | −1.2% | #305 of 375 |
Other business types in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Health care
Child care
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Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 755 house cleaning businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area. 58 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 2,260 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $5B a year, or $1,379 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 755 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 3,643,783 households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area has 2.1 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.7M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area would have about 785, against 755 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,612 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area at 9,434,123 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,643,783 households. The median household income in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area is $90,887 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area scores 46 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #230 of 375 scored metro areas.
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