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House cleaning businesses in Broome County, NY
How Broome County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #455 of 847 scored counties
#21 of 30 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 15
- 5 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −17.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $95M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,158 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 195,736
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 house cleaning businesses in Broome County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Households in Broome County spend about $95M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,158 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, in line with 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Broome County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, down 17.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,417 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Broome County.
Population estimates put the population change in Broome County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For house cleaning businesses, Broome County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #455 of 847 scored counties and #21 of 30 scored counties in New York.
How Broome County compares
The same measures for New York 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.
| Measure | Broome County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $8.2M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,417 | 1,914 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.2% | +2.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,158 | $1,372 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $62,616 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 24−17.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 805
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 155 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Broome 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 Broome County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 195,736−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 82,005
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 706 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $62,616+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,128
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 82,220
- Daytime population
- 201,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond County, NY | 72 | 16 | 0.9 | $15.3M | +1.3% | #85 of 847 |
| 2Kings County, NY | 66 | 125 | 1.2 | $10.8M | −2.5% | #145 of 847 |
| 3Rensselaer County, NY | 64 | 7 | 1.0 | $12.5M | −0.2% | #162 of 847 |
| 4Queens County, NY | 63 | 97 | 1.2 | $11.7M | −1.1% | #179 of 847 |
| 5Rockland County, NY | 62 | 22 | 2.1 | $7.3M | +5.9% | #198 of 847 |
| 6Dutchess County, NY | 60 | 21 | 1.8 | $8M | +1.5% | #237 of 847 |
| 7Ulster County, NY | 59 | 13 | 1.8 | $7.7M | +1.1% | #247 of 847 |
| 8Saratoga County, NY | 59 | 21 | 2.1 | $7M | +2.3% | #249 of 847 |
| 9Bronx County, NY | 58 | 50 | 0.9 | $11.2M | −3.8% | #260 of 847 |
| 10Nassau County, NY | 56 | 111 | 2.4 | $7.2M | +0.6% | #297 of 847 |
| 21Broome County, NY | 48 | 15 | 1.8 | $6.3M | −1.2% | #455 of 847 |
Other business types in Broome County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Broome County, NY?
There are 15 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Broome County as of September 2026. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 17.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Broome County, NY spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $95M a year, or $1,158 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 82,005 households in Broome County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Broome County, NY compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Broome County has 1.8 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,417 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Broome County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Broome County at 195,736 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 82,005 households. Median household income in Broome County is $62,616, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Broome County scores 48 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #455 of 847 scored counties.
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