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House cleaning businesses in the Decatur, IN area

How the Decatur, IN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,152 a household
Spending per listing
$7.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
36,650
+2.2% 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 the Decatur area. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.

At $1,152 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Decatur area spend about $14.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 2 house cleaning businesses, that is $7.1M per business. 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 6 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Decatur area in 2023. That is one for every 2,067 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Decatur area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, the Decatur area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Decatur area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Decatur, IN area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureDecatur areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.61.92.2
Spending per listing$7.1M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,0671,9741,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,152$1,211$1,414
Median household income$65,289$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$721K
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
2The 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 the Decatur 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 Decatur area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,650+2.2% since 2020
Households
12,401
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
339 sq. mi.
People per square mile
107
Median household income
$65,289+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,576
Median home value
$178,400
Jobs located here
13,315
Daytime population
33,956Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Decatur area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Decatur, IN area?

There are 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Decatur area as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in the Decatur, IN area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $14.3M a year, or $1,152 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 12,401 households in the Decatur area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Decatur, IN area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Decatur area has 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,067 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the Decatur, IN area growing?

Population estimates put the Decatur area at 36,650 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,401 households. Median household income in the Decatur area is $65,289, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Decatur area 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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