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House cleaning businesses in Herkimer County, NY

How Herkimer 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,158 a household
Spending per listing
$29.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
59,219
−1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Herkimer County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Herkimer County comes to about $29.8M a year: $1,158 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $29.8M per business. 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 4 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Herkimer County in 2023. That is one for every 6,435 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Herkimer County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Herkimer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Herkimer 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.

House cleaning in Herkimer County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureHerkimer CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.41.72.2
Spending per listing$29.8M$8.2M$6.4M
Households per official establishment6,4351,9141,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,158$1,372$1,414
Median household income$68,515$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$171K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Herkimer 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 Herkimer County

Population, 2025 estimate
59,219−1.4% since 2020
Households
25,741
Median age
44.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,411 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$68,515+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,546
Median home value
$147,700
Jobs located here
15,576
Daytime population
47,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across New York

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond County, NY72160.9$15.3M+1.3%#85 of 847
2Kings County, NY661251.2$10.8M−2.5%#145 of 847
3Rensselaer County, NY6471.0$12.5M−0.2%#162 of 847
4Queens County, NY63971.2$11.7M−1.1%#179 of 847
5Rockland County, NY62222.1$7.3M+5.9%#198 of 847
6Dutchess County, NY60211.8$8M+1.5%#237 of 847
7Ulster County, NY59131.8$7.7M+1.1%#247 of 847
8Saratoga County, NY59212.1$7M+2.3%#249 of 847
9Bronx County, NY58500.9$11.2M−3.8%#260 of 847
10Nassau County, NY561112.4$7.2M+0.6%#297 of 847
Herkimer County, NYNot scored10.4$29.8M−1.4%

Other business types in Herkimer County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Herkimer County, NY?

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Herkimer County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $29.8M 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 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $29.8M 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 25,741 households in Herkimer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Herkimer County, NY compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Herkimer County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Herkimer County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,435 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Herkimer County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Herkimer County at 59,219 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,741 households. Median household income in Herkimer County is $68,515, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Herkimer County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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