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House cleaning businesses in Lamar County, MS

How Lamar County, MS 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #301 of 847 scored counties
#8 of 13 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$36.7M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,445 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
67,403
+4.7% 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 6 house cleaning businesses in Lamar County. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Households in Lamar County spend about $36.7M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,445 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per business, 4% below 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lamar County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,586 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $600K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lamar County.

Population estimates put the population change in Lamar County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Lamar County is 56 (upper middle), #301 of 847 scored counties and #8 of 13 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Lamar County 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 Lamar County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureLamar CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.41.32.2
Spending per listing$6.1M$10M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,5862,7871,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,445$1,315$1,414
Median household income$70,909$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score5668

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 16
Employees, 2023
158
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$600K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
67,403+4.7% since 2020
Households
25,381
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
497 sq. mi.
People per square mile
132
Median household income
$70,909+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,987
Median home value
$224,700
Jobs located here
22,631
Daytime population
63,441Residents 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 counties in Mississippi for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Lamar County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jackson County, MS7791.6$8.9M+3.0%#57 of 847
2Rankin County, MS7061.0$15M+3.2%#99 of 847
3DeSoto County, MS70172.4$6.4M+6.3%#105 of 847
4Madison County, MS6992.0$7.8M+6.5%#110 of 847
5Harrison County, MS67161.9$7M+4.0%#136 of 847
6Hinds County, MS59101.1$11.2M−6.6%#243 of 847
7Pearl River County, MS5862.7$4.8M+5.6%#276 of 847
8Lamar County, MS5662.4$6.1M+4.7%#301 of 847
9Lafayette County, MS5152.6$5.5M+6.6%#401 of 847
10Oktibbeha County, MS4352.3$5.5M+0.4%#545 of 847

Other business types in Lamar County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Lamar County, MS?

Lamar County has 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $36.7M a year, or $1,445 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 25,381 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lamar County, MS compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Lamar County has 2.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.1M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. 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 1,586 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Lamar County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Lamar County at 67,403 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,381 households. Median household income in Lamar County is $70,909, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.5%, 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. Lamar County scores 56 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #301 of 847 scored counties.

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