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House cleaning businesses in Hardin County, KY
How Hardin County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #183 of 847 scored counties
#7 of 15 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63.4M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,421 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,482
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Hardin County comes to about $63.4M a year: $1,421 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $7.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 24% 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.
Hardin County has 8 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 18% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Hardin County was 24 in 2023. That is one for every 1,859 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hardin County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Hardin County is 63 (upper middle), #183 of 847 scored counties and #7 of 15 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hardin County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Hardin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $8.9M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,859 | 2,455 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,421 | $1,381 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $67,647 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 24
- Employees, 2023
- 251
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,482+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 44,622
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 624 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 179
- Median household income
- $67,647+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,596
- Median home value
- $225,800
- Jobs located here
- 42,829
- Daytime population
- 107,983Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Campbell County, KY | 79 | 6 | 1.5 | $10.1M | +2.5% | #41 of 847 |
| 2Boone County, KY | 76 | 11 | 2.2 | $7.7M | +6.5% | #63 of 847 |
| 3Oldham County, KY | 73 | 6 | 2.6 | $7.3M | +4.9% | #82 of 847 |
| 4Kenton County, KY | 69 | 15 | 2.2 | $6.9M | +3.9% | #111 of 847 |
| 5Warren County, KY | 67 | 13 | 2.3 | $5.9M | +10.6% | #142 of 847 |
| 6Franklin County, KY | 65 | 5 | 2.2 | $6.3M | +2.0% | #161 of 847 |
| 7Hardin County, KY | 63 | 8 | 1.8 | $7.9M | +2.4% | #183 of 847 |
| 8Jefferson County, KY | 56 | 67 | 2.0 | $7.2M | +1.6% | #298 of 847 |
| 9Fayette County, KY | 54 | 30 | 2.1 | $6.9M | +2.2% | #327 of 847 |
| 10McCracken County, KY | 51 | 5 | 1.8 | $7.7M | −0.5% | #385 of 847 |
Other business types in Hardin 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 Hardin County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 house cleaning businesses in Hardin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Hardin County, KY spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $63.4M a year, or $1,421 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.9M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,622 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, KY compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Hardin County has 1.8 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.9M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Hardin County would have about 10, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,859 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 113,482 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,622 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $67,647 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Hardin County scores 63 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #183 of 847 scored counties.
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