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House cleaning businesses in the Mankato, MN metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in the Mankato, MN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #262 of 375 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,229 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,907
+1.2% 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

Households in the Mankato metro area spend about $49.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,229 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

There are 9 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Mankato metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 22%, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Mankato metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,256 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $736K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Mankato metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mankato metro area grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, the Mankato metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #262 of 375 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota.

How the Mankato metro area 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 Mankato, MN metro area compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureMankato metro areaMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.22.02.2
Spending per listing$5.5M$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,2561,5291,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,229$1,352$1,414
Median household income$75,808$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score4151

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
227
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$736K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Mankato 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 Mankato metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
104,907+1.2% since 2020
Households
40,608
Median age
35.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,196 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$75,808+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,501
Median home value
$268,100
Jobs located here
53,653
Daytime population
109,635Residents 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 metro areas in Minnesota for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mankato metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Minnesota

Metro areas in Minnesota ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rochester, MN65141.5$9.1M+2.0%#70 of 375
2St. Cloud, MN57121.5$8M+3.0%#114 of 375
3Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI532992.0$7.1M+2.6%#152 of 375
4Duluth, MN-WI46242.0$6M+0.2%#233 of 375
Sioux Falls, SD-MN41282.3$5.6M+9.5%#261 of 375
5Mankato, MN4192.2$5.5M+1.2%#262 of 375
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN30182.5$4.9M+0.4%#334 of 375
Fargo, ND-MN26484.3$2.9M+7.7%#357 of 375
Grand Forks, ND-MN20133.0$4M+0.8%#363 of 375

Other business types in the Mankato metro area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Mankato, MN metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 house cleaning businesses in the Mankato metro area. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in the Mankato, MN metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $49.9M a year, or $1,229 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 40,608 households in the Mankato metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mankato, MN metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Mankato metro area has 2.2 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Mankato metro area would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,256 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the Mankato, MN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Mankato metro area at 104,907 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,608 households. The median household income in the Mankato metro area is $75,808 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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. The Mankato metro area scores 41 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #262 of 375 scored metro areas.

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