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House cleaning businesses in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area

The house cleaning businesses in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #30 of 375 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
69
6 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
201
+8.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$558.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,454 a household
Spending per listing
$8.1M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,014,101
+9.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area is 75 (high), #30 of 375 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for house cleaning businesses.

At $1,454 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area spend about $558.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 69 house cleaning businesses, that is $8.1M per business, 26% 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.

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area has 69 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area was 201 in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,910 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area grew 9.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro 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.

House cleaning in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreenville-Anderson-Greer metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.82.42.2
Spending per listing$8.1M$6.1M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,9101,7661,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.7%+0.1%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,454$1,441$1,414
Median household income$71,240$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score7558

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
201+8.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
8,991
Annual payroll, 2023
$201.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
696 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
87The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,014,101+9.0% since 2020
Households
383,842
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,710 sq. mi.
People per square mile
355
Median household income
$71,240+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,317
Median home value
$264,600
Jobs located here
442,869
Daytime population
979,975Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spartanburg, SC81221.5$8.9M+14.3%#9 of 375
2Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC75691.8$8.1M+9.0%#30 of 375
3Florence, SC66131.7$7.9M+0.9%#67 of 375
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC62572.5$5.8M+4.7%#88 of 375
4Charleston-North Charleston, SC541033.1$5.2M+10.7%#144 of 375
5Sumter, SC5392.2$6M−0.3%#156 of 375
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC523513.3$4.9M+10.1%#167 of 375
6Columbia, SC49882.6$5.5M+6.0%#195 of 375
7Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC40485.0$3.2M+12.0%#273 of 375
8Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC37754.7$2.9M+20.9%#296 of 375

Other business types in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 house cleaning businesses in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 201 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $558.1M a year, or $1,454 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 383,842 households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area has 1.8 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $8.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area would have about 87, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,910 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area at 1,014,101 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 383,842 households. The median household income in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area is $71,240 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.8% 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. 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area scores 75 for house cleaning businesses (high), #30 of 375 scored metro areas.

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