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House cleaning businesses in Orleans County, VT

How Orleans County, VT compares with other counties 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,194 a household
Spending per listing
$14.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
27,600
+0.7% 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

At $1,194 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Orleans County spend about $14.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $14.4M per business. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Orleans County as of September 2026. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Orleans County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,024 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Orleans County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Orleans County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Orleans County compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Orleans County, VT compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureOrleans CountyVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.81.82.2
Spending per listing$14.4M$7.2M$6.4M
Households per official establishment4,0241,2211,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,194$1,294$1,414
Median household income$70,103$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$391K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,600+0.7% since 2020
Households
12,072
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$70,103+42.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,678
Median home value
$223,400
Jobs located here
10,647
Daytime population
26,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Vermont

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The highest-scoring counties in Vermont for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Vermont, with Orleans County marked.

Top counties in Vermont

Counties in Vermont ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chittenden County, VT37172.4$5.9M+0.4%#644 of 847
2Franklin County, VT3652.5$5M+2.3%#664 of 847
3Windham County, VT2352.5$4.9M−1.4%#799 of 847
Orleans County, VTNot scored10.8$14.4M+0.7%

Other business types in Orleans County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Orleans County, VT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in Orleans County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $14.4M a year, or $1,194 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $14.4M 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 12,072 households in Orleans County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Orleans County, VT compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Orleans County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Orleans County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,024 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Orleans County, VT growing?

Population estimates put Orleans County at 27,600 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,072 households. The median household income in Orleans County is $70,103 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.6% 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. Orleans County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Orleans County. It maps the house cleaning businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for house cleaning businesses · All 56 business types in Orleans County

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