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House cleaning businesses in Fredericksburg city, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Fredericksburg city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #552 of 847 scored counties
#25 of 33 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,638 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
67% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
3.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,393
+8.6% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Fredericksburg city comes to about $19.2M a year: $1,638 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 9 house cleaning businesses, that is $2.1M per business, 67% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Fredericksburg city has 9 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.7, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Fredericksburg city classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 1,465 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $356K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Fredericksburg city.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fredericksburg city grew 8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For house cleaning businesses, Fredericksburg city has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #552 of 847 scored counties and #25 of 33 scored counties in Virginia.

How Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFredericksburg cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.72.52.2
Spending per listing$2.1M$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,4651,4481,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,638$1,683$1,414
Median household income$86,071$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score4361

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 8
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$556K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$356K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg city

Population, 2025 estimate
30,393+8.6% since 2020
Households
11,720
Median age
33.6
Homes lived in by their owners
40%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
11 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,762
Median household income
$86,071+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,520
Median home value
$483,700
Jobs located here
24,298
Daytime population
40,915Residents 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 Fredericksburg 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
25Fredericksburg city, VA4397.7$2.1M+8.6%#552 of 847

Other business types in Fredericksburg city

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 house cleaning businesses in Fredericksburg city. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $19.2M a year, or $1,638 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 11,720 households in Fredericksburg city and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fredericksburg city has 7.7 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $2.1M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Fredericksburg city would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,465 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Fredericksburg city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Fredericksburg city at 30,393 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,720 households. The median household income in Fredericksburg city is $86,071 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.1% 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. Fredericksburg city scores 43 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #552 of 847 scored counties.

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