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House cleaning businesses in Watauga County, NC
How Watauga County, NC 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
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,326 a household
- Spending per listing
- $28.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 54,786
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Watauga County. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Watauga County comes to about $28.1M a year: $1,326 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $28.1M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Watauga County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,927 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Watauga County grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Watauga County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Watauga County 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 | Watauga County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $28.1M | $5.8M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,927 | 1,703 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,326 | $1,482 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $51,693 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- 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
- 4The 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 Watauga 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 Watauga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,786+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 21,198
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 176
- Median household income
- $51,693+8.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,665
- Median home value
- $358,900
- Jobs located here
- 24,062
- Daytime population
- 59,737Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, NC | 84 | 6 | 1.0 | $16.2M | +6.1% | #20 of 847 |
| 2Davidson County, NC | 79 | 7 | 1.0 | $13.7M | +6.6% | #39 of 847 |
| 3Lincoln County, NC | 78 | 7 | 1.9 | $8.2M | +13.2% | #47 of 847 |
| 4Harnett County, NC | 78 | 10 | 2.0 | $7M | +12.3% | #53 of 847 |
| 5Moore County, NC | 78 | 11 | 2.5 | $6.2M | +10.3% | #54 of 847 |
| 6Rowan County, NC | 73 | 10 | 1.7 | $8.1M | +5.6% | #81 of 847 |
| 7Wayne County, NC | 69 | 7 | 1.5 | $9M | +3.8% | #109 of 847 |
| 8Alamance County, NC | 68 | 12 | 1.7 | $8.1M | +8.5% | #122 of 847 |
| 9Durham County, NC | 68 | 31 | 2.2 | $7.3M | +7.7% | #125 of 847 |
| 10Cleveland County, NC | 68 | 7 | 1.8 | $7.3M | +3.4% | #126 of 847 |
| Watauga County, NC | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | $28.1M | +0.6% |
Other business types in Watauga 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Watauga County, NC?
There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Watauga County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in Watauga County, NC spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $28.1M a year, or $1,326 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $28.1M 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 21,198 households in Watauga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Watauga County, NC compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Watauga 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, Watauga County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,927 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is Watauga County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Watauga County at 54,786 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,198 households. Median household income in Watauga County is $51,693, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 8.8%, 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. Watauga 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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