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House cleaning businesses in Carroll County, MD
How Carroll County, MD 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #91 of 847 scored counties
#5 of 18 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 16
- 3 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −28.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $119.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,861 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,677
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 house cleaning businesses in Carroll County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
At $1,861 per household (32% above the U.S. average), households in Carroll County spend about $119.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $7.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. 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 30 businesses with payroll in Carroll County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, down 28.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,143 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Carroll County.
Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carroll County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #91 of 847 scored counties and #5 of 18 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Carroll County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $7.1M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,143 | 1,524 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −28.6% | −2.3% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,861 | $1,757 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $118,211 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42 → 30−28.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 388
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,677+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 64,285
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 392
- Median household income
- $118,211+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,587
- Median home value
- $434,000
- Jobs located here
- 57,897
- Daytime population
- 147,678Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Carroll County marked.
Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charles County, MD | 86 | 6 | 1.0 | $19M | +5.9% | #13 of 847 |
| 2Cecil County, MD | 83 | 6 | 1.5 | $10.9M | +3.2% | #25 of 847 |
| 3Calvert County, MD | 77 | 9 | 2.7 | $7.3M | +1.7% | #59 of 847 |
| 4Harford County, MD | 73 | 17 | 1.7 | $10.7M | +2.0% | #79 of 847 |
| 5Carroll County, MD | 72 | 16 | 2.5 | $7.5M | +2.2% | #91 of 847 |
| 6Howard County, MD | 66 | 26 | 2.1 | $9.8M | +1.9% | #146 of 847 |
| 7Baltimore city, MD | 65 | 30 | 1.2 | $11.9M | −2.3% | #154 of 847 |
| 8St. Mary’s County, MD | 64 | 11 | 2.6 | $7.2M | +2.4% | #169 of 847 |
| 9Frederick County, MD | 63 | 39 | 3.7 | $5.1M | +11.0% | #189 of 847 |
| 10Queen Anne’s County, MD | 62 | 7 | 3.5 | $5.2M | +8.8% | #206 of 847 |
Other business types in Carroll 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 Carroll County, MD?
There are 16 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 28.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Carroll County, MD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $119.6M a year, or $1,861 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 64,285 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, MD compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Carroll County has 2.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Carroll County would have about 19, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,143 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 28.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 176,677 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,285 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $118,211, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Carroll County scores 72 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #91 of 847 scored counties.
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