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House cleaning businesses in Cape Girardeau County, MO
How Cape Girardeau County, MO 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #546 of 847 scored counties
#8 of 17 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 7
- 3 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,167 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,999
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Cape Girardeau County spend about $37.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,167 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 15% 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.
Cape Girardeau County has 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.2, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Cape Girardeau County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 2,164 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Cape Girardeau County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Cape Girardeau County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #546 of 847 scored counties and #8 of 17 scored counties in Missouri.
How Cape Girardeau County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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.
| Measure | Cape Girardeau County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $6.1M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,164 | 1,894 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,167 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $68,464 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 153
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 73 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,999+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 32,454
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 579 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $68,464+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,147
- Median home value
- $220,700
- Jobs located here
- 39,481
- Daytime population
- 85,255Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Cape Girardeau County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 62 | 11 | 2.5 | $5.6M | +6.7% | #204 of 847 |
| 2Jefferson County, MO | 56 | 14 | 1.6 | $7.9M | +2.7% | #292 of 847 |
| 3St. Charles County, MO | 52 | 42 | 2.6 | $5.5M | +4.9% | #373 of 847 |
| 4St. Louis city, MO | 51 | 15 | 1.0 | $10.7M | −7.4% | #379 of 847 |
| 5Christian County, MO | 46 | 8 | 2.3 | $5.5M | +8.3% | #499 of 847 |
| 6St. Louis County, MO | 45 | 78 | 1.9 | $7.2M | −1.2% | #511 of 847 |
| 7Clay County, MO | 44 | 26 | 2.5 | $5.1M | +4.3% | #535 of 847 |
| 8Cape Girardeau County, MO | 43 | 7 | 2.2 | $5.4M | +2.7% | #546 of 847 |
| 9St. Francois County, MO | 40 | 6 | 2.4 | $4.5M | +2.1% | #602 of 847 |
| 10Jasper County, MO | 33 | 18 | 3.6 | $3M | +3.7% | #715 of 847 |
Other business types in Cape Girardeau County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Cape Girardeau County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 house cleaning businesses in Cape Girardeau County. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Cape Girardeau County, MO spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $37.9M a year, or $1,167 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 32,454 households in Cape Girardeau County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cape Girardeau County, MO compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Cape Girardeau County has 2.2 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.4M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Cape Girardeau County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,164 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Cape Girardeau County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Cape Girardeau County at 83,999 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,454 households. The median household income in Cape Girardeau County is $68,464 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. Cape Girardeau County scores 43 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #546 of 847 scored counties.
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