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House cleaning businesses in the Albuquerque, NM metro area

How the Albuquerque, NM 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #220 of 375 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico

Listings
76
9 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
164
+2.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$467.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,243 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
925,279
+0.8% 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

Households in the Albuquerque metro area spend about $467.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,243 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.2M per business, 4% 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 76 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Albuquerque metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Albuquerque metro area was 164 in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,293 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Albuquerque metro area.

Population estimates show the Albuquerque metro area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Albuquerque metro area is 47 (lower middle), #220 of 375 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico.

How the Albuquerque metro area compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Albuquerque, NM metro area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureAlbuquerque metro areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.01.62.2
Spending per listing$6.2M$7.5M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,2932,3461,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.5%−0.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,243$1,197$1,414
Median household income$70,783$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4752

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
164+2.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,043
Annual payroll, 2023
$46.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
769 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
73The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$1.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
925,279+0.8% since 2020
Households
376,025
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
9,284 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$70,783+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,312
Median home value
$287,800
Jobs located here
414,285
Daytime population
927,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across New Mexico

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

Top metro areas in New Mexico

Metro areas in New Mexico ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Santa Fe, NM60101.4$9.4M+1.2%#94 of 375
2Las Cruces, NM49172.0$5.6M+4.1%#194 of 375
3Albuquerque, NM47762.0$6.2M+0.8%#220 of 375
4Farmington, NM3081.9$5.9M−0.9%#330 of 375

Other business types in the Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque, NM metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 76 house cleaning businesses in the Albuquerque metro area. 9 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 164 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019.

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

About $467.6M a year, or $1,243 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 376,025 households in the Albuquerque metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Albuquerque metro area has 2.0 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.2M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Albuquerque metro area would have about 73, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,293 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Albuquerque, NM metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Albuquerque metro area at 925,279 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 376,025 households. The median household income in the Albuquerque metro area is $70,783 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.9% 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 Albuquerque metro area scores 47 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #220 of 375 scored metro areas.

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