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House cleaning businesses in Laurel County, KY

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,272 a household
Spending per listing
$30.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
63,746
+1.6% 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 Laurel County comes to about $30.5M a year: $1,272 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $30.5M of household spending for each business on map listings. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Laurel County as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Laurel County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 2,181 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Laurel County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Laurel County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Laurel 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.

House cleaning in Laurel County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureLaurel CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.41.62.2
Spending per listing$30.5M$8.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,1812,4551,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.6%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,272$1,381$1,414
Median household income$57,771$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 11
Employees, 2023
155
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
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
5The 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 Laurel 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 Laurel County

Population, 2025 estimate
63,746+1.6% since 2020
Households
23,996
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
434 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$57,771+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,501
Median home value
$159,500
Jobs located here
28,658
Daytime population
68,298Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Campbell County, KY7961.5$10.1M+2.5%#41 of 847
2Boone County, KY76112.2$7.7M+6.5%#63 of 847
3Oldham County, KY7362.6$7.3M+4.9%#82 of 847
4Kenton County, KY69152.2$6.9M+3.9%#111 of 847
5Warren County, KY67132.3$5.9M+10.6%#142 of 847
6Franklin County, KY6552.2$6.3M+2.0%#161 of 847
7Hardin County, KY6381.8$7.9M+2.4%#183 of 847
8Jefferson County, KY56672.0$7.2M+1.6%#298 of 847
9Fayette County, KY54302.1$6.9M+2.2%#327 of 847
10McCracken County, KY5151.8$7.7M−0.5%#385 of 847
Laurel County, KYNot scored10.4$30.5M+1.6%

Other business types in Laurel County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Laurel County, KY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in Laurel County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $30.5M a year, or $1,272 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $30.5M 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 23,996 households in Laurel County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Laurel County, KY compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Laurel County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Laurel County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,181 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Laurel County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Laurel County at 63,746 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,996 households. The median household income in Laurel County is $57,771 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.1% 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. Laurel 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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How the score works · Top markets for house cleaning businesses · All 56 business types in Laurel County

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