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House cleaning businesses in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #16 of 375 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland

Listings
20
3 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
58
−5.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$175.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,488 a household
Spending per listing
$8.8M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
315,280
+7.1% 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

For house cleaning businesses, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #16 of 375 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for house cleaning businesses.

Households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area spend about $175.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,488 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $8.8M per business, 38% 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.

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 20 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, down 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,038 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $598K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureHagerstown-Martinsburg metro areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.52.2
Spending per listing$8.8M$7.1M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,0381,5241,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.4%−2.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,488$1,757$1,414
Median household income$78,802$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score7961

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
58−5.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
484
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
203 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$598K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area, 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 the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
315,280+7.1% since 2020
Households
118,181
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
300
Median household income
$78,802+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,922
Median home value
$278,100
Jobs located here
107,689
Daytime population
269,788Residents 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 metro areas in Maryland for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV79201.7$8.8M+7.1%#16 of 375
2Lexington Park, MD69202.6$7.2M+2.1%#52 of 375
3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD652171.9$8.9M+0.4%#71 of 375
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV547483.2$6.2M+3.3%#142 of 375
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD505642.3$6.2M+1.4%#182 of 375
4Salisbury, MD44183.7$3.9M+2.9%#247 of 375

Other business types in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 house cleaning businesses in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019.

How much do households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $175.9M a year, or $1,488 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $8.8M 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 118,181 households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 1.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $8.8M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area would have about 28, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,038 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area at 315,280 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,181 households. The median household income in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area is $78,802 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area scores 79 for house cleaning businesses (high), #16 of 375 scored metro areas.

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