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House cleaning businesses in Niagara County, NY
How Niagara 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #319 of 847 scored counties
#11 of 30 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- −9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $109.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,195 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.1M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,912
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 house cleaning businesses in Niagara County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Households in Niagara County spend about $109.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,195 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 house cleaning businesses, that is $9.1M per business, 43% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in Niagara County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,297 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $293K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Niagara County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Niagara County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Niagara County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #319 of 847 scored counties and #11 of 30 scored counties in New York.
How Niagara 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 | Niagara County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $9.1M | $8.2M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,297 | 1,914 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.1% | +2.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,195 | $1,372 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $69,633 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 40−9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 195
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $293K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Niagara 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 Niagara County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,912−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 91,884
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 403
- Median household income
- $69,633+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,157
- Median home value
- $189,800
- Jobs located here
- 68,715
- Daytime population
- 179,319Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with Niagara County marked.
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 |
| 11Niagara County, NY | 54 | 12 | 1.3 | $9.1M | −1.5% | #319 of 847 |
Other business types in Niagara 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
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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 Niagara County, NY?
Niagara County has 12 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Niagara County, NY spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $109.8M a year, or $1,195 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $9.1M 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 91,884 households in Niagara County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Niagara County, NY compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Niagara County has 1.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $9.1M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Niagara County would have about 17, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,297 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Niagara County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Niagara County at 208,912 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 91,884 households. Median household income in Niagara County is $69,633, 14% 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. Niagara County scores 54 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #319 of 847 scored counties.
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