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House cleaning businesses in Union County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Union 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,066 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
11,829
−2.5% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Union County comes to about $5.5M a year: $1,066 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no house cleaning businesses in Union County. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Union County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Union County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Union County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no house cleaning businesses on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Union 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 Union County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.02.02.2
Spending per listingn/a$6.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8351,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,066$1,230$1,414
Median household income$57,772$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,829−2.5% since 2020
Households
5,116
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
424 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$57,772+15.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,876
Median home value
$122,000
Jobs located here
5,571
Daytime population
12,097Residents 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 Union 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
Union County, IANot scored00.0n/a−2.5%

Other business types in Union County

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

Questions

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

There are no house cleaning businesses on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. No official count is published for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Union County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $5.5M a year, or $1,066 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 5,116 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Union County has no house cleaning businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Union County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Union County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 11,829 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,116 households. The median household income in Union County is $57,772 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.8% 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. Union County has no market score for house cleaning businesses, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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