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House cleaning businesses in Lubbock County, TX

How Lubbock 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #226 of 847 scored counties
#39 of 48 scored counties in Texas

Listings
27
3 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
68
+13.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$176.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,401 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
328,906
+5.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 27 house cleaning businesses in Lubbock County. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Households in Lubbock County spend about $176.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,401 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $6.5M per business, 2% 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 68 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lubbock County in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,856 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $727K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Lubbock County.

Population estimates show Lubbock County grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lubbock County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #226 of 847 scored counties and #39 of 48 scored counties in Texas.

How Lubbock 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 Lubbock County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLubbock CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.12.12.2
Spending per listing$6.5M$7.3M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,8562,5791,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.3%+6.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,401$1,545$1,414
Median household income$64,155$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6187

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
60 → 68+13.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
789
Annual payroll, 2023
$25.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
273 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$727K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
328,906+5.6% since 2020
Households
126,225
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
896 sq. mi.
People per square mile
356
Median household income
$64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,750
Median home value
$214,100
Jobs located here
164,092
Daytime population
331,188Residents 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 Lubbock 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
39Lubbock County, TX61272.1$6.5M+5.6%#226 of 847

Other business types in Lubbock County

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

Questions

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

Lubbock County has 27 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019.

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

About $176.8M a year, or $1,401 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lubbock County has 2.1 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6.5M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 28, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,856 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 61 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #226 of 847 scored counties.

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