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House cleaning businesses in Allegan County, MI

The house cleaning businesses in Allegan County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

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The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$57.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,270 a household
Spending per listing
$14.4M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
59% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
123,188
+2.1% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Allegan County comes to about $57.8M a year: $1,270 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.3 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.

Allegan County has 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Allegan County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 3,502 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Allegan County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allegan County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Allegan County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Allegan 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 Allegan County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAllegan CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.92.2
Spending per listing$14.4M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment3,5022,1001,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,270$1,230$1,414
Median household income$83,283$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 13
Employees, 2023
486
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Allegan 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 Allegan County

Population, 2025 estimate
123,188+2.1% since 2020
Households
45,522
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
825 sq. mi.
People per square mile
147
Median household income
$83,283+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,889
Median home value
$267,100
Jobs located here
42,851
Daytime population
107,584Residents 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 Allegan 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
Allegan County, MINot scored40.9$14.4M+2.1%

Other business types in Allegan County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 house cleaning businesses in Allegan County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $57.8M a year, or $1,270 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $14.4M 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 45,522 households in Allegan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Allegan County has 0.9 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $14.4M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Allegan County would have about 9, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,502 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Allegan County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Allegan County at 123,188 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,522 households. The median household income in Allegan County is $83,283 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Allegan County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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