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House cleaning businesses in Marshall County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Marshall County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,163 a household
Spending per listing
$9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
39,890
−0.5% since 2020

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What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 house cleaning businesses in Marshall County. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

Households in Marshall County spend about $18M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,163 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $9M 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Marshall County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 1,937 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Marshall County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Marshall County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Marshall 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.

House cleaning in Marshall County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureMarshall CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.32.02.2
Spending per listing$9M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,9371,8351,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,163$1,230$1,414
Median household income$73,315$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 8
Employees, 2023
141
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Marshall 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 Marshall County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,890−0.5% since 2020
Households
15,496
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
573 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$73,315+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,510
Median home value
$145,500
Jobs located here
15,779
Daytime population
36,753Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dubuque County, IA4871.7$7.2M+0.1%#454 of 847
2Polk County, IA45472.3$5.7M+4.8%#514 of 847
3Woodbury County, IA4471.7$6.9M+0.7%#524 of 847
4Johnson County, IA40182.8$4.5M+4.6%#603 of 847
5Scott County, IA36172.3$5.4M+0.4%#660 of 847
6Story County, IA31112.8$4.3M+2.7%#741 of 847
7Linn County, IA29262.7$4.6M+0.7%#760 of 847
8Marion County, IA2653.8$3.3M+2.3%#780 of 847
9Black Hawk County, IA18193.5$3.4M+0.4%#830 of 847
10Hardin County, IA1357.1$1.6M−2.2%#842 of 847
Marshall County, IANot scored21.3$9M−0.5%

Other business types in Marshall County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Marshall County, IA?

There are 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Marshall County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $18M a year, or $1,163 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $9M 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 15,496 households in Marshall County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marshall County, IA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Marshall County has 2 house cleaning businesses 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, Marshall County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,937 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Marshall County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Marshall County at 39,890 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,496 households. Median household income in Marshall County is $73,315, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. Marshall County 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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