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House cleaning businesses in Dorchester County, MD

The house cleaning businesses in Dorchester County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,374 a household
Spending per listing
$18.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
33,628
+3.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in Dorchester County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Dorchester County comes to about $18.6M a year: $1,374 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $18.6M 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Dorchester County in 2023. That is one for every 2,709 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dorchester County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Dorchester County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Dorchester 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.

House cleaning in Dorchester County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureDorchester CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.72.52.2
Spending per listing$18.6M$7.1M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,7091,5241,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,374$1,757$1,414
Median household income$61,839$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$452K
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
3The 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,628+3.4% since 2020
Households
13,546
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
541 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,771
Median home value
$262,400
Jobs located here
12,352
Daytime population
29,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Maryland

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

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Charles County, MD8661.0$19M+5.9%#13 of 847
2Cecil County, MD8361.5$10.9M+3.2%#25 of 847
3Calvert County, MD7792.7$7.3M+1.7%#59 of 847
4Harford County, MD73171.7$10.7M+2.0%#79 of 847
5Carroll County, MD72162.5$7.5M+2.2%#91 of 847
6Howard County, MD66262.1$9.8M+1.9%#146 of 847
7Baltimore city, MD65301.2$11.9M−2.3%#154 of 847
8St. Mary’s County, MD64112.6$7.2M+2.4%#169 of 847
9Frederick County, MD63393.7$5.1M+11.0%#189 of 847
10Queen Anne’s County, MD6273.5$5.2M+8.8%#206 of 847
Dorchester County, MDNot scored10.7$18.6M+3.4%

Other business types in Dorchester County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Dorchester County, MD?

Dorchester County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $18.6M a year, or $1,374 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $18.6M 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 13,546 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Dorchester 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, Dorchester County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,709 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Dorchester County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Dorchester County at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in Dorchester County is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. Dorchester 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Dorchester County. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for house cleaning businesses · All 56 business types in Dorchester County

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