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House cleaning businesses in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area

How the St. Joseph, MO-KS 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 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #362 of 375 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
27
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,136 a household
Spending per listing
$4.8M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
119,170
−2.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the St. Joseph metro area is 20 (low), #362 of 375 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $1,136 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the St. Joseph metro area spend about $53.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $4.8M per business, 24% 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 11 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the St. Joseph metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the St. Joseph metro area was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 1,736 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Population estimates show the St. Joseph metro area declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Joseph metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.32.02.2
Spending per listing$4.8M$6.1M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,7361,8941,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,136$1,211$1,414
Median household income$65,005$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score2036

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27
Employees, 2023
588
Annual payroll, 2023
$17M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 the St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
119,170−2.0% since 2020
Households
46,883
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,656 sq. mi.
People per square mile
72
Median household income
$65,005+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,665
Median home value
$171,300
Jobs located here
53,778
Daytime population
120,693Residents 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 metro areas in Missouri for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 house cleaning businesses in the St. Joseph metro area. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $53.3M a year, or $1,136 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 46,883 households in the St. Joseph metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The St. Joseph metro area has 2.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.8M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the St. Joseph metro area would have about 8, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,736 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area growing?

Population estimates put the St. Joseph metro area at 119,170 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,883 households. The median household income in the St. Joseph metro area is $65,005 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. The St. Joseph metro area scores 20 for house cleaning businesses (low), #362 of 375 scored metro areas.

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