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House cleaning businesses in Plymouth County, IA

How Plymouth County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,254 a household
Spending per listing
$12.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
25,697
0.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Plymouth County. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.

Households in Plymouth County spend about $12.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,254 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $12.9M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Plymouth County in 2023. That is one for every 3,438 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Plymouth County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Plymouth County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Plymouth 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 Plymouth County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasurePlymouth CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.02.02.2
Spending per listing$12.9M$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment3,4381,8351,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,254$1,230$1,414
Median household income$83,251$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$388K
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
2The 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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,6970.0% since 2020
Households
10,313
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
863 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$83,251+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,116
Median home value
$228,900
Jobs located here
12,334
Daytime population
23,763Residents 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 Plymouth 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
Plymouth County, IANot scored11.0$12.9M0.0%

Other business types in Plymouth County

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

Questions

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

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Plymouth County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $12.9M a year, or $1,254 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $12.9M 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 10,313 households in Plymouth County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Plymouth 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, Plymouth County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,438 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Plymouth County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Plymouth County at 25,697 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,313 households. Median household income in Plymouth County is $83,251, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. Plymouth 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?

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