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House cleaning businesses in Cortland County, NY
How Cortland County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.4M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,177 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,850
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 house cleaning businesses in Cortland County. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 27% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Cortland County comes to about $22.4M a year: $1,177 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.5M per business, 16% above 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 7 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Cortland County in 2023. That is one for every 2,714 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Cortland County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Cortland County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Cortland 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 | Cortland County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $8.2M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,714 | 1,914 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,177 | $1,372 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $70,418 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $992K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Cortland 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 Cortland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,850−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,999
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $70,418+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,337
- Median home value
- $162,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,001
- Daytime population
- 43,892Residents 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 |
| Cortland County, NY | Not scored | 3 | 1.6 | $7.5M | −1.9% |
Other business types in Cortland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Cortland County, NY?
Cortland County has 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Cortland County, NY spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $22.4M a year, or $1,177 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 18,999 households in Cortland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cortland County, NY compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Cortland County has 1.6 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Cortland County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,714 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Cortland County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Cortland County at 45,850 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,999 households. Median household income in Cortland County is $70,418, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Cortland County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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