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House cleaning businesses in Shelby County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Shelby County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,217 a household
Spending per listing
$23M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
48,065
−0.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in Shelby County. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

Households in Shelby County spend about $23M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,217 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $23M 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Shelby County in 2023. That is one for every 3,781 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Shelby County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Shelby County 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.

House cleaning in Shelby County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureShelby CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.51.92.2
Spending per listing$23M$6.5M$6.4M
Households per official establishment3,7812,2171,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,217$1,218$1,414
Median household income$73,978$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
268
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
48,065−0.2% since 2020
Households
18,906
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$73,978+15.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,849
Median home value
$208,100
Jobs located here
26,886
Daytime population
50,791Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Shelby County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH89151.8$9.1M+12.5%#10 of 847
2Warren County, OH77141.5$9.9M+5.7%#55 of 847
3Greene County, OH7281.2$11.4M+3.7%#86 of 847
4Geauga County, OH7051.4$10.7M+0.3%#100 of 847
5Portage County, OH6350.8$16M+1.0%#178 of 847
6Miami County, OH6171.6$7.9M+3.4%#215 of 847
7Fairfield County, OH61122.0$6.7M+6.5%#223 of 847
8Lorain County, OH59221.7$7.2M+3.1%#248 of 847
9Clermont County, OH59182.1$6.2M+3.9%#254 of 847
10Tuscarawas County, OH5851.3$8.6M−0.9%#261 of 847
Shelby County, OHNot scored10.5$23M−0.2%

Other business types in Shelby County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Shelby County, OH?

Shelby County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in Shelby County, OH spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $23M a year, or $1,217 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $23M 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 18,906 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Shelby County, OH compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Shelby 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, Shelby County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,781 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Shelby County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 48,065 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,906 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $73,978, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.9%, 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. Shelby 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Shelby County. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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