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House cleaning businesses in the Terre Haute, IN metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in the Terre Haute, IN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #172 of 375 scored metro areas
#2 of 11 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
25
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$73.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,089 a household
Spending per listing
$7.3M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,241
+0.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 house cleaning businesses in the Terre Haute metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Terre Haute metro area comes to about $73.4M a year: $1,089 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 house cleaning businesses, that is $7.3M per business, 15% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. 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 the Terre Haute metro area was 25 in 2023. That is one for every 2,695 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Terre Haute metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, the Terre Haute metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #172 of 375 scored metro areas and #2 of 11 scored metro areas based in Indiana.

How the Terre Haute metro 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 Terre Haute, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureTerre Haute metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.92.2
Spending per listing$7.3M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,6951,9741,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,089$1,211$1,414
Median household income$56,594$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5145

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25
Employees, 2023
260
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Terre Haute metro 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 Terre Haute metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
169,241+0.3% since 2020
Households
67,374
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,465 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$56,594
Average household income
$78,125
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
62,390
Daytime population
165,337Residents 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 metro areas in Indiana for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Terre Haute metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN671001.8$8M+2.9%#62 of 375
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN651551.7$7.9M+2.7%#74 of 375
1Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN53141.5$7.4M+2.1%#151 of 375
2Terre Haute, IN51101.5$7.3M+0.3%#172 of 375
3Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN481852.2$5.9M+5.4%#205 of 375
4Columbus, IN4772.1$6M+4.3%#221 of 375
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN467552.1$6.7M0.0%#230 of 375
5Elkhart-Goshen, IN39121.7$7.1M+0.9%#274 of 375
6Fort Wayne, IN34462.5$4.7M+3.9%#307 of 375
7Evansville, IN32272.4$5M+1.6%#322 of 375

Other business types in the Terre Haute metro area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Terre Haute, IN metro area?

The Terre Haute metro area has 10 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $73.4M a year, or $1,089 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.3M 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 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Terre Haute metro area has 1.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.3M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 12, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,695 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Terre Haute metro area scores 51 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #172 of 375 scored metro areas.

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