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House cleaning businesses in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #17 of 375 scored metro areas
#8 of 24 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
236
25 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
489
+20.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.7B
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,740 a household
Spending per listing
$7.3M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,620,945
+14.0% 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area is 79 (high), #17 of 375 scored metro areas and #8 of 24 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for house cleaning businesses.

As of September 2026, map listings count 236 house cleaning businesses in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area. Of those, 25 are chain locations, or 11%, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 9% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

At $1,740 per household (23% above the U.S. average), households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area spend about $1.7B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $7.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 14% 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.

Official counts show 489 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,023 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 25 SBA-backed loans worth $9M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area grew 14.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.42.12.2
Spending per listing$7.3M$7.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,0232,5791,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.0%+6.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,740$1,545$1,414
Median household income$100,431$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7987

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
489+20.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
8,380
Annual payroll, 2023
$284.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
23625 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
269The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
25
Amount
$9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,620,945+14.0% since 2020
Households
989,434
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,220 sq. mi.
People per square mile
575
Median household income
$100,431+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,444
Median home value
$465,000
Jobs located here
1,303,265
Daytime population
2,543,902Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX841731.8$8.4M+9.5%#3 of 375
2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX82230.9$15M+5.6%#6 of 375
3Abilene, TX8291.4$10.2M+4.8%#7 of 375
4Killeen-Temple, TX82281.6$8.9M+7.2%#8 of 375
5Sherman-Denison, TX81122.2$6.7M+12.8%#10 of 375
6Longview, TX8080.7$18.7M+3.8%#11 of 375
7Laredo, TX8070.9$15.5M+5.2%#12 of 375
8Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX792362.4$7.3M+14.0%#17 of 375
9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX796742.3$7.1M+10.6%#18 of 375
10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX77100.7$17.5M+3.0%#23 of 375

Other business types in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area?

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 236 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 489 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $1.7B a year, or $1,740 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 236 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.3M 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 989,434 households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 2.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.3M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area would have about 269, against 236 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,023 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area at 2,620,945 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 989,434 households. Median household income in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area is $100,431, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 79 for house cleaning businesses (high), #17 of 375 scored metro areas.

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