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House cleaning businesses in Staunton city, VA

How Staunton 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,347 a household
Spending per listing
$15.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,801
+3.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Staunton city. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

At $1,347 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Staunton city spend about $15.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $15.2M of household spending for each business on map listings. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Staunton city classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services. That is one for every 2,262 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Staunton city from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Staunton city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Staunton 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 Staunton city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureStaunton cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.92.52.2
Spending per listing$15.2M$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,2621,4481,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,347$1,683$1,414
Median household income$65,581$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
116
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
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 Staunton 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 Staunton city

Population, 2025 estimate
26,801+3.8% since 2020
Households
11,309
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
20 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,303
Median household income
$65,581+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,942
Median home value
$259,200
Jobs located here
11,910
Daytime population
25,488Residents 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 Staunton 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
Staunton city, VANot scored10.9$15.2M+3.8%

Other business types in Staunton city

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

Questions

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

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Staunton city as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $15.2M a year, or $1,347 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $15.2M 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 11,309 households in Staunton city and national spending patterns by income.

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

Staunton city has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Staunton city would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,262 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Staunton city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Staunton city at 26,801 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,309 households. Median household income in Staunton city is $65,581, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Staunton city has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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