Groundwork

Home services · Metro area · Missouri

House cleaning businesses in the Springfield, MO metro area

How the Springfield, MO metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #315 of 375 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
50
5 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
121
−4.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$229.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,153 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.5
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
500,694
+5.1% since 2020

See the house cleaning businesses around any address in the Springfield metro area

The site report maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Springfield metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Springfield metro area is 33 (lower middle), #315 of 375 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 50 house cleaning businesses in the Springfield metro area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Springfield metro area comes to about $229.2M a year: $1,153 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 50 house cleaning businesses, that is $4.6M per business, 28% 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.

Official counts show 121 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Springfield metro area in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,644 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Springfield metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Springfield metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Springfield metro area 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 Springfield, MO metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSpringfield metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.52.02.2
Spending per listing$4.6M$6.1M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,6441,8941,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.1%+1.9%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,153$1,211$1,414
Median household income$65,071$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3336

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
121−4.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,247
Annual payroll, 2023
$31M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
505 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
6
Amount
$1.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
500,694+5.1% since 2020
Households
198,884
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,007 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$65,071+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,400
Median home value
$230,700
Jobs located here
224,104
Daytime population
505,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in the Springfield metro area?

These figures cover the whole metro area. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the house cleaning businesses on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of the Springfield metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

House cleaning across Missouri

Every Missouri market ranked →

The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Springfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Louis, MO-IL492041.8$7.4M−0.2%#190 of 375
2Cape Girardeau, MO-IL4771.8$6.3M+1.7%#217 of 375
3Kansas City, MO-KS402202.5$5.3M+3.4%#269 of 375
4Joplin, MO-KS36212.6$4.2M+3.9%#300 of 375
5Springfield, MO33502.5$4.6M+5.1%#315 of 375
6Jefferson City, MO33162.7$4.4M+2.2%#316 of 375
7Columbia, MO29222.5$4.8M+3.9%#339 of 375
8St. Joseph, MO-KS20112.3$4.8M−2.0%#362 of 375

Other business types in the Springfield 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 Springfield, MO metro area?

The Springfield metro area has 50 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 121 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019.

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

About $229.2M a year, or $1,153 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 198,884 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Springfield metro area has 2.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.6M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 36, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,644 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Springfield, MO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 500,694 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 198,884 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $65,071, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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 Springfield metro area scores 33 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #315 of 375 scored metro areas.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Springfield metro area. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for house cleaning businesses · All 56 business types in the Springfield metro area

Screening a site or an acquisition in the Springfield metro area?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of the Springfield metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.