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House cleaning businesses in Dubuque County, IA
The house cleaning businesses in Dubuque County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #454 of 847 scored counties
#1 of 11 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.7M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,237 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,381
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Dubuque County comes to about $50.7M a year: $1,237 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Dubuque County has 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 29%, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Dubuque County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 1,863 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Dubuque County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Dubuque County is 48 (lower middle), #454 of 847 scored counties and #1 of 11 scored counties in Iowa.
How Dubuque County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Dubuque County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $6.3M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,863 | 1,835 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,237 | $1,230 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $77,630 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 169
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Dubuque 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 Dubuque County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,381+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 40,989
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $77,630+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,177
- Median home value
- $237,300
- Jobs located here
- 58,941
- Daytime population
- 105,695Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dubuque County, IA | 48 | 7 | 1.7 | $7.2M | +0.1% | #454 of 847 |
| 2Polk County, IA | 45 | 47 | 2.3 | $5.7M | +4.8% | #514 of 847 |
| 3Woodbury County, IA | 44 | 7 | 1.7 | $6.9M | +0.7% | #524 of 847 |
| 4Johnson County, IA | 40 | 18 | 2.8 | $4.5M | +4.6% | #603 of 847 |
| 5Scott County, IA | 36 | 17 | 2.3 | $5.4M | +0.4% | #660 of 847 |
| 6Story County, IA | 31 | 11 | 2.8 | $4.3M | +2.7% | #741 of 847 |
| 7Linn County, IA | 29 | 26 | 2.7 | $4.6M | +0.7% | #760 of 847 |
| 8Marion County, IA | 26 | 5 | 3.8 | $3.3M | +2.3% | #780 of 847 |
| 9Black Hawk County, IA | 18 | 19 | 3.5 | $3.4M | +0.4% | #830 of 847 |
| 10Hardin County, IA | 13 | 5 | 7.1 | $1.6M | −2.2% | #842 of 847 |
Other business types in Dubuque 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 Dubuque County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 house cleaning businesses in Dubuque County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Dubuque County, IA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $50.7M a year, or $1,237 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 40,989 households in Dubuque County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dubuque County, IA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Dubuque County has 1.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.2M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Dubuque County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,863 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Dubuque County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Dubuque County at 99,381 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,989 households. The median household income in Dubuque County is $77,630 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Dubuque County scores 48 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #454 of 847 scored counties.
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