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House cleaning businesses in the Sandusky, OH metro area
How the Sandusky, OH 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #341 of 375 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $61.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,200 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 112,777
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Sandusky metro area is 29 (lower middle), #341 of 375 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Sandusky metro area comes to about $61.2M a year: $1,200 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 house cleaning businesses, that is $4.7M per business, 26% 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 Sandusky metro area has 13 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Sandusky metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,428 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sandusky metro area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sandusky metro area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Sandusky metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $6.5M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,428 | 2,217 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.3% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,200 | $1,218 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $73,502 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Sandusky 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 Sandusky metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 112,777−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 50,986
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 506 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 226
- Median household income
- $73,502
- Average household income
- $96,712
- Median home value
- $207,500
- Jobs located here
- 46,448
- Daytime population
- 109,099Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sandusky metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 67 | 15 | 1.0 | $13.2M | −2.6% | #59 of 375 |
| 1Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 65 | 155 | 1.7 | $7.9M | +2.7% | #74 of 375 |
| 2Lima, OH | 57 | 5 | 1.2 | $9.4M | −1.2% | #112 of 375 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 56 | 8 | 1.4 | $8.8M | −3.6% | #119 of 375 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 51 | 8 | 1.6 | $7.4M | −3.6% | #171 of 375 |
| 3Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 48 | 61 | 1.8 | $6.8M | +1.5% | #203 of 375 |
| 4Columbus, OH | 48 | 215 | 2.5 | $5.3M | +4.7% | #208 of 375 |
| 5Cleveland, OH | 47 | 155 | 1.7 | $7.4M | −0.8% | #212 of 375 |
| 6Springfield, OH | 47 | 10 | 1.8 | $6.3M | −0.4% | #216 of 375 |
| 7Youngstown-Warren, OH | 44 | 29 | 1.6 | $7M | −1.4% | #241 of 375 |
| 11Sandusky, OH | 29 | 13 | 2.5 | $4.7M | −2.6% | #341 of 375 |
Other business types in the Sandusky 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 Sandusky, OH metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 house cleaning businesses in the Sandusky metro area. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in the Sandusky, OH metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $61.2M a year, or $1,200 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 50,986 households in the Sandusky metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sandusky, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Sandusky metro area has 2.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.7M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Sandusky metro area would have about 10, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,428 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sandusky, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sandusky metro area at 112,777 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,986 households. The median household income in the Sandusky metro area is $73,502 a year, 9% 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. 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 Sandusky metro area scores 29 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #341 of 375 scored metro areas.
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