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House cleaning businesses in Frederick County, MD
The house cleaning businesses in Frederick County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 847 scored counties
#9 of 18 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 39
- 3 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 56
- −9.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $198.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 302,883
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Frederick County comes to about $198.8M a year: $1,900 per household, 34% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Frederick County has 39 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Frederick County was 56 in 2023, down 9.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,868 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $230K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Frederick County.
Population estimates show Frederick County grew 11.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Frederick County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #189 of 847 scored counties and #9 of 18 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Frederick 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 | Frederick County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $7.1M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,868 | 1,524 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.7% | −2.3% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,900 | $1,757 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $122,002 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62 → 56−9.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 545
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 393 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $230K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Frederick 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 Frederick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 302,883+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 104,635
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 661 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 434
- Median household income
- $122,002+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,311
- Median home value
- $464,600
- Jobs located here
- 108,637
- Daytime population
- 254,360Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Frederick 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 Frederick County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 house cleaning businesses in Frederick County. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 56 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 9.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Frederick County, MD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $198.8M a year, or $1,900 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 104,635 households in Frederick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Frederick County, MD compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Frederick County has 3.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Frederick County would have about 31, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,868 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Frederick County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Frederick County at 302,883 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,635 households. The median household income in Frederick County is $122,002 a year, 51% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Frederick County scores 63 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #189 of 847 scored counties.
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