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House cleaning businesses in Bucks County, PA
How Bucks County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #597 of 847 scored counties
#30 of 38 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 73
- 6 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 198
- −5.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $386.7M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,552 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 647,828
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 house cleaning businesses in Bucks County. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
At $1,552 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Bucks County spend about $386.7M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 73 house cleaning businesses, that is $5.3M per business, 17% below 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 198 businesses with payroll in Bucks County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, down 5.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,259 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $613K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Bucks County.
Population estimates put the population change in Bucks County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Bucks County is 40 (lower middle), #597 of 847 scored counties and #30 of 38 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Bucks 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.
| Measure | Bucks County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $6.9M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,259 | 1,992 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.7% | +0.8% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,552 | $1,286 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $114,764 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 210 → 198−5.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,365
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $74.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 736 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $613K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Bucks 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 Bucks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 647,828+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 249,187
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,071
- Median household income
- $114,764+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $150,985
- Median home value
- $445,700
- Jobs located here
- 282,004
- Daytime population
- 597,342Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Butler County, PA | 71 | 9 | 1.1 | $12.2M | +3.2% | #94 of 847 |
| 2Schuylkill County, PA | 66 | 5 | 0.9 | $13.4M | +1.5% | #143 of 847 |
| 3Northampton County, PA | 62 | 24 | 2.0 | $6.9M | +3.7% | #200 of 847 |
| 4Chester County, PA | 60 | 52 | 2.5 | $6.5M | +4.2% | #242 of 847 |
| 5Berks County, PA | 58 | 27 | 1.7 | $7.7M | +2.7% | #265 of 847 |
| 6Fayette County, PA | 57 | 6 | 1.1 | $10M | −4.3% | #277 of 847 |
| 7Beaver County, PA | 56 | 10 | 1.4 | $8.7M | −1.1% | #291 of 847 |
| 8Lackawanna County, PA | 55 | 14 | 1.6 | $7.4M | +0.5% | #313 of 847 |
| 9Washington County, PA | 55 | 16 | 1.8 | $7.1M | +0.7% | #316 of 847 |
| 10Lycoming County, PA | 54 | 6 | 1.3 | $8.9M | −1.3% | #320 of 847 |
| 30Bucks County, PA | 40 | 73 | 2.9 | $5.3M | +0.3% | #597 of 847 |
Other business types in Bucks County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Bucks County, PA?
There are 73 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Bucks County as of September 2026. 6 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 198 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Bucks County, PA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $386.7M a year, or $1,552 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 249,187 households in Bucks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bucks County, PA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Bucks County has 2.9 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.3M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Bucks County would have about 61, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,259 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Bucks County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Bucks County at 647,828 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,187 households. Median household income in Bucks County is $114,764, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Bucks County scores 40 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #597 of 847 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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