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House cleaning businesses in Comal County, TX

How Comal County, TX 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 91 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #7 of 847 scored counties
#4 of 48 scored counties in Texas

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
30
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$123.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,737 a household
Spending per listing
$12.4M
94% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
209,166
+27.9% 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

Comal County scores 91 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #7 of 847 scored counties and #4 of 48 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for house cleaning businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 house cleaning businesses in Comal County. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Households in Comal County spend about $123.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,737 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. Spread across 10 house cleaning businesses, that is $12.4M per business, 94% 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 30 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Comal County in 2023. That is one for every 2,378 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $650K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Comal County. Population estimates put the population change in Comal County from 2020 to 2025 at +27.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Comal County 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 Comal County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureComal CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.42.12.2
Spending per listing$12.4M$7.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,3782,5791,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+27.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,737$1,545$1,414
Median household income$101,889$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score9187

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 30
Employees, 2023
173
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$650K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
209,166+27.9% since 2020
Households
71,354
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
560 sq. mi.
People per square mile
329
Median household income
$101,889+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$133,953
Median home value
$427,200
Jobs located here
76,984
Daytime population
179,700Residents 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 counties in Texas for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Comal County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX9391.4$11.7M+15.8%#2 of 847
2Parker County, TX92101.8$9.8M+23.5%#4 of 847
3Ellis County, TX92142.0$8.5M+24.0%#5 of 847
4Comal County, TX91101.4$12.4M+27.9%#7 of 847
5Johnson County, TX91101.5$10.2M+20.5%#8 of 847
6Rockwall County, TX8581.9$9.9M+28.9%#19 of 847
7Denton County, TX83762.1$8.7M+16.9%#28 of 847
8Hays County, TX83191.9$8.6M+24.8%#29 of 847
9Bastrop County, TX8282.2$7.2M+21.3%#31 of 847
10Hidalgo County, TX81230.9$15M+5.6%#32 of 847

Other business types in Comal County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Comal County, TX?

There are 10 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Comal County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $123.9M a year, or $1,737 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $12.4M 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 71,354 households in Comal County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Comal County, TX compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Comal County has 1.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $12.4M, 94% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Comal County would have about 19, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,378 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Comal County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Comal County at 209,166 people in 2025, up 27.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,354 households. Median household income in Comal County is $101,889, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Comal County scores 91 for house cleaning businesses (very high), #7 of 847 scored counties.

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