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House cleaning businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area
The house cleaning businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #271 of 375 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 670
- 32 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 1,360
- +4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,567 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 59% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,034,221
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 670 house cleaning businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area. 32 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
At $1,567 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area spend about $3B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 670 house cleaning businesses, that is $4.5M per business, 29% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,360 businesses with payroll in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,427 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 73 SBA-backed loans worth $10.9M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area.
Population estimates show the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #271 of 375 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $4.7M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,427 | 1,512 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.3% | +6.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,567 | $1,491 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $115,863 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,360+4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 19,481
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $658.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 67032 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 475The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 73
- Amount
- $10.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,034,221+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,940,688
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 3,486 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,421
- Median household income
- $115,863+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $159,721
- Median home value
- $646,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,811,395
- Daytime population
- 5,216,901Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area?
There are 670 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area as of September 2026. 32 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 1,360 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $3B a year, or $1,567 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 670 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 1,940,688 households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area has 3.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.5M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area would have about 475, against 670 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,427 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area at 5,034,221 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,940,688 households. Median household income in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area is $115,863, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area scores 40 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #271 of 375 scored metro areas.
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