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House cleaning businesses in Jefferson County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Jefferson County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,120 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 36,147
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Jefferson County spend about $16.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,120 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $16.6M per business. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Jefferson County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Jefferson County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 2,964 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Jefferson County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jefferson County declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Jefferson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Jefferson 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.
| Measure | Jefferson County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $16.6M | $6.8M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,964 | 1,789 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,120 | $1,322 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $63,118 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $592K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 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
- 1
- Amount
- $10K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,147−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 14,820
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $63,118+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,324
- Median home value
- $126,000
- Jobs located here
- 20,339
- Daytime population
- 40,708Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1LaSalle County, IL | 62 | 5 | 1.1 | $10.9M | −1.5% | #191 of 847 |
| 2Madison County, IL | 61 | 16 | 1.5 | $8.6M | −1.0% | #214 of 847 |
| 3Kendall County, IL | 58 | 13 | 2.9 | $5.1M | +9.9% | #274 of 847 |
| 4McHenry County, IL | 56 | 22 | 1.9 | $7.8M | +2.5% | #294 of 847 |
| 5Will County, IL | 54 | 56 | 2.3 | $6.4M | +2.2% | #333 of 847 |
| 6Tazewell County, IL | 53 | 7 | 1.3 | $9.6M | −0.9% | #343 of 847 |
| 7Rock Island County, IL | 53 | 10 | 1.6 | $7.1M | −1.7% | #347 of 847 |
| 8Williamson County, IL | 52 | 5 | 1.7 | $6.7M | +0.2% | #365 of 847 |
| 9Cook County, IL | 50 | 386 | 1.8 | $7.3M | −1.3% | #415 of 847 |
| 10McLean County, IL | 50 | 13 | 1.9 | $6.9M | +0.1% | #417 of 847 |
| Jefferson County, IL | Not scored | 1 | 0.7 | $16.6M | −2.3% |
Other business types in Jefferson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Jefferson County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Jefferson County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Jefferson County, IL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $16.6M a year, or $1,120 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $16.6M 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 14,820 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson County, IL compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Jefferson County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,964 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson County at 36,147 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,820 households. The median household income in Jefferson County is $63,118 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Jefferson County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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