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House cleaning businesses in the Elizabeth City, NC area
The house cleaning businesses in the Elizabeth City, NC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,364 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 42,201
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 house cleaning businesses in the Elizabeth City area. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in the Elizabeth City area spend about $21.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,364 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 house cleaning businesses, that is $10.8M 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Elizabeth City area in 2023. That is one for every 1,754 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Elizabeth City area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, the Elizabeth City area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Elizabeth City area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Elizabeth City area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $10.8M | $5.8M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,754 | 1,703 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,364 | $1,482 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $66,589 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 the Elizabeth City area, 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 the Elizabeth City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,201+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,785
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 227 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 180
- Median household income
- $66,589
- Average household income
- $85,046
- Median home value
- $234,600
- Jobs located here
- 15,323
- Daytime population
- 38,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 85 | 10 | 2.0 | $7M | +12.3% | #4 of 142 |
| 2Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 77 | 7 | 1.8 | $7.3M | +3.4% | #11 of 142 |
| 3Sanford, NC | 73 | 6 | 2.4 | $5.7M | +10.8% | #16 of 142 |
| 4Mount Airy, NC | 71 | 5 | 1.7 | $7.7M | +1.3% | #19 of 142 |
| 5Albemarle, NC | 69 | 6 | 2.4 | $5.7M | +9.8% | #25 of 142 |
| 6Waynesville, NC | 68 | 6 | 2.2 | $6.1M | +1.9% | #28 of 142 |
| 7New Bern, NC | 64 | 14 | 2.7 | $5.1M | +3.6% | #35 of 142 |
| 8Kill Devil Hills, NC | 51 | 6 | 3.6 | $4.6M | +3.3% | #62 of 142 |
| 9Morehead City, NC | 51 | 11 | 3.4 | $4.3M | +4.1% | #63 of 142 |
| 10Kinston, NC | 46 | 7 | 3.0 | $4M | +1.4% | #76 of 142 |
| Elizabeth City, NC | Not scored | 2 | 1.3 | $10.8M | +4.5% |
Other business types in the Elizabeth City area
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 the Elizabeth City, NC area?
There are 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Elizabeth City area as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in the Elizabeth City, NC area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $21.5M a year, or $1,364 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $10.8M 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 15,785 households in the Elizabeth City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elizabeth City, NC area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Elizabeth City area has 2 house cleaning businesses 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, the Elizabeth City area would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,754 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is the Elizabeth City, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Elizabeth City area at 42,201 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,785 households. Median household income in the Elizabeth City area is $66,589, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Elizabeth City area has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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