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House cleaning businesses in Erie County, NY
How Erie 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 #453 of 847 scored counties
#20 of 30 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 49
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 288
- −4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $507M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,238 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.3M
- 62% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,741
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 house cleaning businesses in Erie County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 4%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Erie County comes to about $507M a year: $1,238 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 62% 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 288 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Erie County in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Erie County.
Population estimates put the population change in Erie County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Erie County is 48 (lower middle), #453 of 847 scored counties and #20 of 30 scored counties in New York.
How Erie 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 | Erie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $10.3M | $8.2M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,422 | 1,914 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.0% | +2.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,238 | $1,372 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $72,839 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 300 → 288−4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,975
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $73.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 492 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,741−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 409,665
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 912
- Median household income
- $72,839+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,750
- Median home value
- $233,800
- Jobs located here
- 478,475
- Daytime population
- 994,716Residents 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 |
| 20Erie County, NY | 48 | 49 | 1.2 | $10.3M | −0.6% | #453 of 847 |
Other business types in Erie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Erie County, NY?
There are 49 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Erie County as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 288 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Erie County, NY spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $507M a year, or $1,238 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $10.3M 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 409,665 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, NY compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Erie County has 1.2 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $10.3M, 62% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Erie County would have about 79, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 946,741 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 409,665 households. Median household income in Erie County is $72,839, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Erie County scores 48 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #453 of 847 scored counties.
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