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House cleaning businesses in the Jacksonville, NC metro area
How the Jacksonville, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #235 of 375 scored metro areas
#14 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- +55.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $104.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,383 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 217,175
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Jacksonville metro area spend about $104.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,383 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
The Jacksonville metro area has 24 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Jacksonville metro area was 42 in 2023, up 55.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,792 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $330K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Jacksonville metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Jacksonville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Jacksonville metro area is 46 (lower middle), #235 of 375 scored metro areas and #14 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Jacksonville metro 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 | Jacksonville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $5.8M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,792 | 1,703 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +55.6% | +4.2% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,383 | $1,482 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $68,148 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42+55.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 229
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $330K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Jacksonville metro 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 Jacksonville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 217,175+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,265
- Median age
- 30.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 762 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $68,148+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,766
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,126
- Daytime population
- 192,000Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Jacksonville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79 | 40 | 1.6 | $10.1M | +7.5% | #14 of 375 |
| 2Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 78 | 11 | 2.5 | $6.2M | +10.3% | #22 of 375 |
| 3Winston-Salem, NC | 74 | 47 | 1.7 | $8.4M | +5.3% | #37 of 375 |
| 4Goldsboro, NC | 71 | 7 | 1.5 | $9M | +3.8% | #45 of 375 |
| 5Burlington, NC | 69 | 12 | 1.7 | $8.1M | +8.5% | #51 of 375 |
| 6Rocky Mount, NC | 68 | 10 | 1.7 | $7.8M | +2.8% | #57 of 375 |
| 7Greensboro-High Point, NC | 56 | 67 | 2.1 | $6.6M | +4.1% | #124 of 375 |
| 8Raleigh-Cary, NC | 55 | 178 | 3.1 | $5.6M | +12.6% | #134 of 375 |
| 9Asheville, NC | 54 | 37 | 2.3 | $6.4M | +3.6% | #140 of 375 |
| 10Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 52 | 39 | 2.6 | $5.2M | +3.2% | #166 of 375 |
| 14Jacksonville, NC | 46 | 24 | 3.2 | $4.3M | +6.0% | #235 of 375 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville metro 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 Jacksonville, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 house cleaning businesses in the Jacksonville metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 55.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, NC metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $104.1M a year, or $1,383 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,265 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Jacksonville metro area has 3.2 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.3M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 16, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,792 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 55.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 217,175 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,265 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $68,148 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Jacksonville metro area scores 46 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #235 of 375 scored metro areas.
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