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House cleaning businesses in Wayne County, MI

How Wayne County, MI 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #387 of 847 scored counties
#8 of 31 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
107
9 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
272
+6.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$802.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,145 a household
Spending per listing
$7.5M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,769,038
−1.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 107 house cleaning businesses in Wayne County. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Households in Wayne County spend about $802.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,145 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.5M per business, 17% above 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 272 businesses with payroll in Wayne County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 6.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,576 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Wayne County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wayne County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #387 of 847 scored counties and #8 of 31 scored counties in Michigan.

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.92.2
Spending per listing$7.5M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,5762,1001,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.3%+10.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,145$1,230$1,414
Median household income$60,539$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score5143

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
256 → 272+6.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,899
Annual payroll, 2023
$182.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1079 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
125The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
13
Amount
$1.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,769,038−1.1% since 2020
Households
700,591
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
612 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,897
Median household income
$60,539+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,609
Median home value
$178,500
Jobs located here
669,243
Daytime population
1,771,020Residents 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 Wayne 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

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

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

Wayne County has 107 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 272 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 6.3% from 2019.

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

About $802.1M a year, or $1,145 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 700,591 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 1.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Wayne County would have about 125, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,576 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 1,769,038 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 700,591 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $60,539, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. Wayne County scores 51 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #387 of 847 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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