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House cleaning businesses in Lafayette County, MO

How Lafayette County, MO 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 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,235 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,531
+1.4% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Lafayette County comes to about $15.5M a year: $1,235 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 39% 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 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Lafayette County as of September 2026. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lafayette County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Lafayette County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Lafayette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lafayette 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.

House cleaning in Lafayette County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.22.02.2
Spending per listing$3.9M$6.1M$6.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8941,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,235$1,211$1,414
Median household income$80,612$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,531+1.4% since 2020
Households
12,576
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
628 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$80,612+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,896
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
8,542
Daytime population
27,087Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO62112.5$5.6M+6.7%#204 of 847
2Jefferson County, MO56141.6$7.9M+2.7%#292 of 847
3St. Charles County, MO52422.6$5.5M+4.9%#373 of 847
4St. Louis city, MO51151.0$10.7M−7.4%#379 of 847
5Christian County, MO4682.3$5.5M+8.3%#499 of 847
6St. Louis County, MO45781.9$7.2M−1.2%#511 of 847
7Clay County, MO44262.5$5.1M+4.3%#535 of 847
8Cape Girardeau County, MO4372.2$5.4M+2.7%#546 of 847
9St. Francois County, MO4062.4$4.5M+2.1%#602 of 847
10Jasper County, MO33183.6$3M+3.7%#715 of 847
Lafayette County, MONot scored43.2$3.9M+1.4%

Other business types in Lafayette County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Lafayette County, MO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 house cleaning businesses in Lafayette County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. No official count is published for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lafayette County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $15.5M a year, or $1,235 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 12,576 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lafayette County, MO compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Lafayette County has 3.2 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $3.9M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Lafayette County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette County at 33,531 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. The median household income in Lafayette County is $80,612 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.2% 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. Lafayette County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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