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House cleaning businesses in Hunterdon County, NJ

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Hunterdon County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #488 of 847 scored counties
#17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
19
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
31
+24.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$87.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,720 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
68% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,781
+2.3% 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 Hunterdon County comes to about $87.5M a year: $1,720 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. Spread across 19 house cleaning businesses, that is $4.6M per business, 28% 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.

Hunterdon County has 19 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Hunterdon County was 31 in 2023, up 24.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Hunterdon County.

Population estimates put the population change in Hunterdon County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Hunterdon County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #488 of 847 scored counties and #17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.

How Hunterdon County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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 Hunterdon County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureHunterdon CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.72.42.2
Spending per listing$4.6M$6.2M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,6411,5811,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+24.0%+6.2%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,720$1,489$1,414
Median household income$141,715$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score4752

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 31+24.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
130
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
191 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
131,781+2.3% since 2020
Households
50,860
Median age
45.8
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
428 sq. mi.
People per square mile
304
Median household income
$141,715+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$185,175
Median home value
$517,200
Jobs located here
48,352
Daytime population
111,173Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across New Jersey

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The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Hunterdon County marked.

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sussex County, NJ72101.7$8.9M+2.9%#88 of 847
2Hudson County, NJ70501.7$8.6M+1.8%#102 of 847
3Cumberland County, NJ6850.9$12.8M+2.2%#117 of 847
4Somerset County, NJ68221.7$10.3M+3.5%#118 of 847
5Middlesex County, NJ66561.8$8.4M+2.6%#148 of 847
6Mercer County, NJ65251.7$8.5M+3.3%#157 of 847
7Monmouth County, NJ59602.4$6.8M+1.4%#250 of 847
8Warren County, NJ57132.9$4.9M+3.2%#285 of 847
9Essex County, NJ56772.4$5.7M+4.2%#304 of 847
10Union County, NJ54502.5$6.1M+5.0%#336 of 847
17Hunterdon County, NJ47193.7$4.6M+2.3%#488 of 847

Other business types in Hunterdon County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Hunterdon County, NJ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 house cleaning businesses in Hunterdon County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 24.0% from 2019.

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

About $87.5M a year, or $1,720 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 50,860 households in Hunterdon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hunterdon County, NJ compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Hunterdon County has 3.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 68% 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 U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Hunterdon County would have about 14, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Hunterdon County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Hunterdon County at 131,781 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,860 households. The median household income in Hunterdon County is $141,715 a year, 76% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. Hunterdon County scores 47 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #488 of 847 scored counties.

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