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House cleaning businesses in the Gaffney, SC area
How the Gaffney, SC 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,236 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.1M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,275
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,236 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Gaffney area spend about $27.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $9.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 42% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
There are 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Gaffney area as of September 2026. That comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Gaffney area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show the Gaffney area grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings, the Gaffney area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Gaffney area compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Gaffney area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $9.1M | $6.1M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,766 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,236 | $1,441 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $50,288 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 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 the Gaffney 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 Gaffney area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,275+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 22,063
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $50,288+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,479
- Median home value
- $142,000
- Jobs located here
- 18,680
- Daytime population
- 47,816Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seneca, SC | 93 | 5 | 1.4 | $9.6M | +6.3% | #1 of 142 |
| 2Greenwood, SC | 77 | 6 | 1.6 | $8.1M | +1.7% | #10 of 142 |
| 3Murrells Inlet, SC | 72 | 6 | 2.2 | $6.6M | +3.8% | #18 of 142 |
| 4Orangeburg, SC | 56 | 7 | 2.1 | $5.7M | −0.9% | #52 of 142 |
| Gaffney, SC | Not scored | 3 | 1.4 | $9.1M | +3.7% |
Other business types in the Gaffney 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 Gaffney, SC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 house cleaning businesses in the Gaffney area. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. No official count is published for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Gaffney area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Gaffney, SC area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $27.3M a year, or $1,236 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $9.1M 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 22,063 households in the Gaffney area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gaffney, SC area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Gaffney area has 1.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $9.1M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Gaffney area would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is the Gaffney, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Gaffney area at 58,275 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,063 households. The median household income in the Gaffney area is $50,288 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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 Gaffney area has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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