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House cleaning businesses in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area

The house cleaning businesses in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #15 of 375 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi

Listings
25
2 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
47
−2.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$229.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,366 a household
Spending per listing
$9.2M
43% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
431,329
+3.5% 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

For house cleaning businesses, the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #15 of 375 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for house cleaning businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 house cleaning businesses in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

At $1,366 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area spend about $229.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $9.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 43% 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.

Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,573 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $25K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureGulfport-Biloxi metro areaMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.32.2
Spending per listing$9.2M$10M$6.4M
Households per official establishment3,5732,7871,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.2%+12.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,366$1,315$1,414
Median household income$62,418$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score7968

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
47−2.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
560
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
252 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$25K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
431,329+3.5% since 2020
Households
167,947
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,216 sq. mi.
People per square mile
190
Median household income
$62,418+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,681
Median home value
$205,000
Jobs located here
157,472
Daytime population
413,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Mississippi for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Mississippi

Metro areas in Mississippi ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gulfport-Biloxi, MS79251.5$9.2M+3.5%#15 of 375
2Jackson, MS64261.1$12.6M−1.4%#78 of 375
Memphis, TN-MS-AR541152.2$6.5M−0.3%#139 of 375
3Hattiesburg, MS46142.3$5.8M+2.6%#234 of 375

Other business types in the Gulfport-Biloxi 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area?

There are 25 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $229.4M a year, or $1,366 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $9.2M 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 167,947 households in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Gulfport-Biloxi metro area has 1.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $9.2M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area would have about 36, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,573 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area at 431,329 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 167,947 households. Median household income in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area is $62,418, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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 Gulfport-Biloxi metro area scores 79 for house cleaning businesses (high), #15 of 375 scored metro areas.

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