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House cleaning businesses in Monroe County, IN

The house cleaning businesses in Monroe County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #825 of 847 scored counties
#19 of 19 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
22
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
44
+10.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$69.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,170 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
68% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
143,345
+1.9% 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

For house cleaning businesses, Monroe County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #825 of 847 scored counties and #19 of 19 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Monroe County comes to about $69.3M a year: $1,170 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Monroe County has 22 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Monroe County in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Population estimates show Monroe County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Monroe 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.

House cleaning in Monroe County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMonroe CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.71.92.2
Spending per listing$3.2M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,3461,9741,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.0%+4.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,170$1,211$1,414
Median household income$65,868$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score1945

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40 → 44+10.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
279
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
223 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County

Population, 2025 estimate
143,345+1.9% since 2020
Households
59,236
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
395 sq. mi.
People per square mile
357
Median household income
$65,868+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,438
Median home value
$285,200
Jobs located here
65,975
Daytime population
154,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Monroe County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, IN6971.1$12M+7.4%#106 of 847
2Hendricks County, IN67142.1$6.7M+10.2%#137 of 847
3Lake County, IN64231.2$10.2M+1.1%#163 of 847
4Hamilton County, IN58372.7$5.9M+10.9%#272 of 847
5Clark County, IN56102.0$6.2M+7.5%#300 of 847
6Tippecanoe County, IN52131.7$6.6M+2.2%#367 of 847
7Bartholomew County, IN4972.1$6M+4.3%#439 of 847
8Porter County, IN46152.2$6M+1.6%#494 of 847
9Madison County, IN46101.9$6M+3.8%#495 of 847
10Elkhart County, IN42121.7$7.1M+0.9%#553 of 847
19Monroe County, IN19223.7$3.2M+1.9%#825 of 847

Other business types in Monroe County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Monroe County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 house cleaning businesses in Monroe County. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Monroe County, IN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $69.3M a year, or $1,170 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 59,236 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Monroe County, IN compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Monroe County has 3.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $3.2M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Monroe County would have about 11, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Monroe County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Monroe County at 143,345 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 59,236 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $65,868 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Monroe County scores 19 for house cleaning businesses (low), #825 of 847 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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