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House cleaning businesses in Alcona County, MI

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Alcona County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,072 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
10,556
+3.7% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Alcona County comes to about $5.7M a year: $1,072 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no house cleaning businesses in Alcona County. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Alcona County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Alcona County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 1,768 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alcona County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no house cleaning businesses on map listings, Alcona County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Alcona County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Alcona County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAlcona CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.92.2
Spending per listingn/a$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,7682,1001,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,072$1,230$1,414
Median household income$54,993$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$163K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Alcona 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 Alcona County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,556+3.7% since 2020
Households
5,305
Median age
59.0
Homes lived in by their owners
90%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$54,993+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,179
Median home value
$162,800
Jobs located here
1,273
Daytime population
8,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Alcona County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston County, MI66141.8$7.9M+1.7%#149 of 847
2Midland County, MI6251.4$8.9M+0.3%#194 of 847
3Washtenaw County, MI55291.9$7.2M−0.4%#314 of 847
4Lapeer County, MI5461.7$7.1M+1.0%#324 of 847
5Muskegon County, MI54111.6$6.9M+1.8%#326 of 847
6Oakland County, MI541132.1$6.7M+1.2%#330 of 847
7Monroe County, MI53121.9$6.5M+0.7%#348 of 847
8Wayne County, MI511071.5$7.5M−1.1%#387 of 847
9Macomb County, MI50611.7$7.3M+0.7%#414 of 847
10Ottawa County, MI50262.3$5.7M+3.9%#424 of 847
Alcona County, MINot scored00.0n/a+3.7%

Other business types in Alcona County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Alcona County, MI?

There are no house cleaning businesses on map listings in Alcona County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in Alcona County, MI spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $5.7M a year, or $1,072 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 5,305 households in Alcona County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Alcona County, MI compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Alcona County has no house cleaning businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Alcona County would have about 1, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,768 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Alcona County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Alcona County at 10,556 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,305 households. The median household income in Alcona County is $54,993 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. Alcona County has no market score for house cleaning businesses, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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