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House cleaning businesses in Emporia city, VA

How Emporia city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.7M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,262 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
5,447
−4.4% 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 $1,262 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Emporia city spend about $2.7M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no house cleaning businesses in Emporia city.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Emporia city, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Emporia city from 2020 to 2025 at −4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Emporia city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Emporia city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureEmporia cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.02.52.2
Spending per listingn/a$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4481,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,262$1,683$1,414
Median household income$51,899$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Emporia city, 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 Emporia city

Population, 2025 estimate
5,447−4.4% since 2020
Households
2,157
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
38%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
7 sq. mi.
People per square mile
837
Median household income
$51,899
Average household income
$71,067
Median home value
$148,500
Jobs located here
4,395
Daytime population
7,108Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Emporia city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Suffolk city, VA8171.8$8.7M+10.4%#34 of 847
2Arlington County, VA81282.5$8.2M+2.1%#35 of 847
3Richmond city, VA72191.8$7.9M+4.6%#90 of 847
4Frederick County, VA7092.5$6.6M+8.8%#104 of 847
5Roanoke County, VA6861.5$10.3M+0.2%#119 of 847
6Rockingham County, VA6851.5$9.9M+6.6%#120 of 847
7Albemarle County, VA67112.4$7.4M+5.1%#135 of 847
8Loudoun County, VA59533.7$6.2M+6.4%#253 of 847
9Stafford County, VA58193.6$5.5M+8.3%#273 of 847
10Hanover County, VA57174.0$4.5M+5.6%#286 of 847
Emporia city, VANot scored00.0n/a−4.4%

Other business types in Emporia city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Emporia city, VA?

There are no house cleaning businesses on map listings in Emporia city as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. No official count is published for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Emporia city: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Emporia city, VA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $2.7M a year, or $1,262 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 2,157 households in Emporia city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Emporia city, VA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Emporia city has no house cleaning businesses on map listings.

How fast is Emporia city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Emporia city at 5,447 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,157 households. The median household income in Emporia city is $51,899 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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