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House cleaning businesses in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area

How the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #294 of 375 scored metro areas
#7 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington

Listings
33
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
89
+8.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$165.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,390 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
304,261
+2.8% 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

For house cleaning businesses, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #294 of 375 scored metro areas and #7 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area spend about $165.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,390 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 22% 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.

The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has 33 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.8, 27% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 89 businesses with payroll in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,336 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $707K have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater 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.

House cleaning in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.82.22.2
Spending per listing$5M$6.6M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,3361,2881,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.5%+10.3%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,390$1,474$1,414
Median household income$96,563$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score3754

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
89+8.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
423
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
331 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$707K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
304,261+2.8% since 2020
Households
118,899
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
723 sq. mi.
People per square mile
414
Median household income
$96,563+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,140
Median home value
$480,300
Jobs located here
136,091
Daytime population
311,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Washington

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in Washington ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yakima, WA60121.4$8.9M+1.0%#95 of 375
2Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA60211.9$7.6M+2.7%#98 of 375
3Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA573792.4$6.8M+3.3%#117 of 375
4Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA49411.7$7.5M+3.5%#188 of 375
5Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA47112.1$6.5M+2.4%#215 of 375
6Longview-Kelso, WA4381.8$6.9M+3.5%#249 of 375
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA422452.4$6M+1.0%#252 of 375
7Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA37332.8$5M+2.8%#294 of 375
8Kennewick-Richland, WA35343.2$4.4M+6.5%#304 of 375
9Bellingham, WA33272.9$4.6M+3.9%#314 of 375

Other business types in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 house cleaning businesses in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $165.2M a year, or $1,390 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 118,899 households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has 2.8 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area would have about 26, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,336 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area at 304,261 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,899 households. The median household income in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area is $96,563 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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. The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area scores 37 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #294 of 375 scored metro areas.

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