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House cleaning businesses in the Zanesville, OH area
How the Zanesville, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #40 of 142 scored small-town markets
#2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,115 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 87,014
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,115 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Zanesville area spend about $38.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $6.4M per business, in line with 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 Zanesville area has 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Zanesville area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 8,589 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $106K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Zanesville area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Zanesville area grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, the Zanesville area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #40 of 142 scored small-town markets and #2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.
How the Zanesville 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 | Zanesville area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $6.5M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,589 | 2,217 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.3% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,115 | $1,218 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $60,780 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $883K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $106K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Zanesville 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 Zanesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 87,014+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 34,357
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 130
- Median household income
- $60,780+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,210
- Median home value
- $182,200
- Jobs located here
- 34,629
- Daytime population
- 84,765Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Zanesville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Philadelphia-Dover, OH | 62 | 5 | 1.3 | $8.6M | −0.9% | #39 of 142 |
| 2Zanesville, OH | 62 | 6 | 1.7 | $6.4M | +0.7% | #40 of 142 |
| 3Wooster, OH | 54 | 9 | 2.0 | $5.9M | −0.1% | #55 of 142 |
| 4Salem, OH | 52 | 6 | 1.4 | $7.5M | −2.2% | #57 of 142 |
| 5Wapakoneta, OH | 50 | 5 | 2.6 | $4.7M | −1.2% | #66 of 142 |
| 6Portsmouth, OH | 48 | 5 | 1.7 | $6M | −3.4% | #71 of 142 |
| 7Marion, OH | 43 | 6 | 2.4 | $4.5M | −0.4% | #85 of 142 |
| 8Marietta, OH | 42 | 5 | 2.0 | $5.6M | −2.1% | #86 of 142 |
| 9Ashland, OH | 42 | 5 | 2.4 | $4.7M | +0.1% | #88 of 142 |
| 10Wilmington, OH | 40 | 6 | 3.6 | $3.3M | +0.6% | #99 of 142 |
Other business types in the Zanesville 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 Zanesville, OH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 house cleaning businesses in the Zanesville area. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.
How much do households in the Zanesville, OH area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $38.3M a year, or $1,115 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 34,357 households in the Zanesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Zanesville, OH area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Zanesville area has 1.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,589 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.
How fast is the Zanesville, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Zanesville area at 87,014 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,357 households. The median household income in the Zanesville area is $60,780 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. 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 Zanesville area scores 62 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #40 of 142 scored small-town markets.
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