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House cleaning businesses in Mercer County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Mercer 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,219 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
15,229
−2.6% 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

Households in Mercer County spend about $8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,219 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no house cleaning businesses in Mercer County. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Mercer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Mercer County in 2023. That is one for every 2,188 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mercer County declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no house cleaning businesses on map listings, Mercer County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Mercer 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 Mercer County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMercer CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.02.02.2
Spending per listingn/a$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,1881,7891,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.5%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,219$1,322$1,414
Median household income$74,182$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$641K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,229−2.6% since 2020
Households
6,565
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
561 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$74,182+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,846
Median home value
$146,700
Jobs located here
3,052
Daytime population
11,354Residents 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 Mercer 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
Mercer County, ILNot scored00.0n/a−2.6%

Other business types in Mercer County

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

Questions

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

There are no house cleaning businesses on map listings in Mercer 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 Mercer County, IL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $8M a year, or $1,219 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 6,565 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mercer County has no house cleaning businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Mercer County would have about 1, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,188 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Mercer County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Mercer County at 15,229 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,565 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $74,182 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Mercer County has no market score for house cleaning businesses, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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