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House cleaning businesses in Lake County, MN

How Lake County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,174 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,746
−1.6% since 2020

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What this means

Households in Lake County spend about $5.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,174 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.8M per business. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lake County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,236 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Lake County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lake County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Lake County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.02.02.2
Spending per listing$5.8M$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,2361,5291,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.6%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,174$1,352$1,414
Median household income$75,541$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,746−1.6% since 2020
Households
4,942
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,109 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$75,541+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,384
Median home value
$241,300
Jobs located here
3,658
Daytime population
9,997Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Carver County, MN8361.5$11.1M+6.6%#24 of 847
2Washington County, MN76161.5$10.2M+6.9%#62 of 847
3Scott County, MN64101.8$8.7M+5.1%#165 of 847
4Olmsted County, MN61111.6$8.6M+2.3%#213 of 847
5Stearns County, MN5891.5$8.4M+3.6%#262 of 847
6Sherburne County, MN5872.0$7.2M+6.8%#267 of 847
7Anoka County, MN55272.0$7.2M+4.7%#315 of 847
8Dakota County, MN52392.2$6.5M+3.9%#369 of 847
9St. Louis County, MN48182.1$5.8M+0.2%#460 of 847
10Wright County, MN47152.8$5.2M+11.1%#486 of 847
Lake County, MNNot scored12.0$5.8M−1.6%

Other business types in Lake County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Lake County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in Lake County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $5.8M a year, or $1,174 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 4,942 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lake County, MN compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Lake County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,236 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 10,746 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,942 households. The median household income in Lake County is $75,541 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Lake County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lake County. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for house cleaning businesses · All 56 business types in Lake County

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