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House cleaning businesses in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area
The house cleaning businesses in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- −14.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $83.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,349 a household
- Spending per listing
- $21M
- 3.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 164,065
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area comes to about $83.8M a year: $1,349 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $21M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3.3 times 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, down 14.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,701 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area grew 10.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Amherst Town-Northampton metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $21M | $4.7M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,701 | 1,512 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.8% | +6.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,349 | $1,491 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $87,001 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23−14.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 258
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 the Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,065+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 62,114
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 527 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 307
- Median household income
- $87,001
- Average household income
- $117,338
- Median home value
- $390,300
- Jobs located here
- 70,980
- Daytime population
- 165,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pittsfield, MA | 60 | 6 | 1.0 | $12.2M | −1.2% | #93 of 375 |
| 2Worcester, MA | 51 | 83 | 2.5 | $5.7M | +3.7% | #175 of 375 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 47 | 136 | 2.0 | $6.7M | +2.1% | #214 of 375 |
| 3Springfield, MA | 41 | 40 | 2.2 | $5.6M | +0.2% | #260 of 375 |
| 4Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 40 | 670 | 3.5 | $4.5M | +2.3% | #271 of 375 |
| 5Barnstable Town, MA | 27 | 62 | 5.9 | $2.4M | +2.4% | #354 of 375 |
| Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | Not scored | 4 | 0.6 | $21M | +10.4% |
Other business types in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area
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 the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 house cleaning businesses in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 14.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $83.8M a year, or $1,349 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $21M 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 62,114 households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 0.6 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $21M, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area would have about 13, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,701 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area at 164,065 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,114 households. The median household income in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area is $87,001 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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