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House cleaning businesses in Berks County, PA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #265 of 847 scored counties
#5 of 38 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
27
3 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
86
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$207.7M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,273 a household
Spending per listing
$7.7M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
440,072
+2.7% 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 27 house cleaning businesses in Berks County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 11%, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

At $1,273 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Berks County spend about $207.7M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 86 businesses with payroll in Berks County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,898 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $859K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Berks County.

Population estimates show Berks County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Berks County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #265 of 847 scored counties and #5 of 38 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Berks County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Berks County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureBerks CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.71.92.2
Spending per listing$7.7M$6.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,8981,9921,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+0.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,273$1,286$1,414
Median household income$79,777$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5851

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
86 → 860.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
661
Annual payroll, 2023
$18.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
273 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$859K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Berks 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 Berks County

Population, 2025 estimate
440,072+2.7% since 2020
Households
163,236
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
856 sq. mi.
People per square mile
506
Median household income
$79,777+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,265
Median home value
$257,300
Jobs located here
179,513
Daytime population
404,462Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Butler County, PA7191.1$12.2M+3.2%#94 of 847
2Schuylkill County, PA6650.9$13.4M+1.5%#143 of 847
3Northampton County, PA62242.0$6.9M+3.7%#200 of 847
4Chester County, PA60522.5$6.5M+4.2%#242 of 847
5Berks County, PA58271.7$7.7M+2.7%#265 of 847
6Fayette County, PA5761.1$10M−4.3%#277 of 847
7Beaver County, PA56101.4$8.7M−1.1%#291 of 847
8Lackawanna County, PA55141.6$7.4M+0.5%#313 of 847
9Washington County, PA55161.8$7.1M+0.7%#316 of 847
10Lycoming County, PA5461.3$8.9M−1.3%#320 of 847

Other business types in Berks County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Berks County, PA?

Berks County has 27 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 86 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $207.7M a year, or $1,273 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 163,236 households in Berks County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Berks County, PA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Berks County has 1.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.7M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Berks County would have about 33, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,898 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Berks County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Berks County at 440,072 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,236 households. Median household income in Berks County is $79,777, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Berks County scores 58 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #265 of 847 scored counties.

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