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House cleaning businesses in Worcester County, MD
How Worcester 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #671 of 847 scored counties
#17 of 18 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,579 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,459
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Worcester County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #671 of 847 scored counties and #17 of 18 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Worcester County spend about $38.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,579 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 54% 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.
Worcester County has 13 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Worcester County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 1,270 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Worcester County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Worcester County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Worcester 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 | Worcester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $7.1M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,270 | 1,524 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.3% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,579 | $1,757 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $81,745 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Worcester 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 Worcester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,459+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,136
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $81,745+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,610
- Median home value
- $374,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,476
- Daytime population
- 52,245Residents 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 Worcester 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 |
| 17Worcester County, MD | 36 | 13 | 5.4 | $2.9M | +3.7% | #671 of 847 |
Other business types in Worcester 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 Worcester County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 house cleaning businesses in Worcester County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Worcester County, MD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $38.1M a year, or $1,579 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 24,136 households in Worcester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Worcester County, MD compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Worcester County has 5.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $2.9M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Worcester County would have about 6, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,270 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Worcester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Worcester County at 54,459 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,136 households. The median household income in Worcester County is $81,745 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Worcester County scores 36 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #671 of 847 scored counties.
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