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House cleaning businesses in the Bellingham, WA metro area
How the Bellingham, WA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #314 of 375 scored metro areas
#9 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 27
- 4 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 93
- +4.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,331 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 236,392
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For house cleaning businesses, the Bellingham metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #314 of 375 scored metro areas and #9 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 house cleaning businesses in the Bellingham metro area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 15%, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 32% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Households in the Bellingham metro area spend about $125.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,331 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 house cleaning businesses, that is $4.6M per business, 28% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Bellingham metro area was 93 in 2023, up 4.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,011 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $875K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Bellingham metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bellingham metro area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Bellingham metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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.
| Measure | Bellingham metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $6.6M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,011 | 1,288 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.5% | +10.3% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,331 | $1,474 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $81,784 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 93+4.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 554
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 274 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $875K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Bellingham metro area, 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 the Bellingham metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 236,392+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 94,021
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,108 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $81,784+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,611
- Median home value
- $585,800
- Jobs located here
- 90,570
- Daytime population
- 221,278Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yakima, WA | 60 | 12 | 1.4 | $8.9M | +1.0% | #95 of 375 |
| 2Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 60 | 21 | 1.9 | $7.6M | +2.7% | #98 of 375 |
| 3Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 57 | 379 | 2.4 | $6.8M | +3.3% | #117 of 375 |
| 4Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 49 | 41 | 1.7 | $7.5M | +3.5% | #188 of 375 |
| 5Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 47 | 11 | 2.1 | $6.5M | +2.4% | #215 of 375 |
| 6Longview-Kelso, WA | 43 | 8 | 1.8 | $6.9M | +3.5% | #249 of 375 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 42 | 245 | 2.4 | $6M | +1.0% | #252 of 375 |
| 7Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 37 | 33 | 2.8 | $5M | +2.8% | #294 of 375 |
| 8Kennewick-Richland, WA | 35 | 34 | 3.2 | $4.4M | +6.5% | #304 of 375 |
| 9Bellingham, WA | 33 | 27 | 2.9 | $4.6M | +3.9% | #314 of 375 |
Other business types in the Bellingham metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in the Bellingham, WA metro area?
There are 27 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Bellingham metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 4.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Bellingham, WA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $125.1M a year, or $1,331 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 94,021 households in the Bellingham metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bellingham, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Bellingham metro area has 2.9 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $4.6M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Bellingham metro area would have about 20, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,011 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bellingham, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bellingham metro area at 236,392 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,021 households. Median household income in the Bellingham metro area is $81,784, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. The Bellingham metro area scores 33 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #314 of 375 scored metro areas.
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