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House cleaning businesses in Howard County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Howard County, IN, 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
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,130 a household
- Spending per listing
- $40.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in Howard County. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Howard County comes to about $40.2M a year: $1,130 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $40.2M of household spending for each business on map listings. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Howard County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 3,559 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $952K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Howard County.
Population estimates put the population change in Howard County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Howard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Howard County 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.
| Measure | Howard County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $40.2M | $6.4M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,559 | 1,974 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,130 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $952K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Howard County?
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IN | 69 | 7 | 1.1 | $12M | +7.4% | #106 of 847 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 67 | 14 | 2.1 | $6.7M | +10.2% | #137 of 847 |
| 3Lake County, IN | 64 | 23 | 1.2 | $10.2M | +1.1% | #163 of 847 |
| 4Hamilton County, IN | 58 | 37 | 2.7 | $5.9M | +10.9% | #272 of 847 |
| 5Clark County, IN | 56 | 10 | 2.0 | $6.2M | +7.5% | #300 of 847 |
| 6Tippecanoe County, IN | 52 | 13 | 1.7 | $6.6M | +2.2% | #367 of 847 |
| 7Bartholomew County, IN | 49 | 7 | 2.1 | $6M | +4.3% | #439 of 847 |
| 8Porter County, IN | 46 | 15 | 2.2 | $6M | +1.6% | #494 of 847 |
| 9Madison County, IN | 46 | 10 | 1.9 | $6M | +3.8% | #495 of 847 |
| 10Elkhart County, IN | 42 | 12 | 1.7 | $7.1M | +0.9% | #553 of 847 |
| Howard County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 0.3 | $40.2M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Howard 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 Howard County, IN?
Howard County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Howard County, IN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $40.2M a year, or $1,130 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $40.2M 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 35,593 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, IN compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Howard County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Howard County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,559 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in Howard County is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Howard 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Howard County. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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