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House cleaning businesses in Mercer County, WV

How Mercer County, WV 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
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,272 a household
Spending per listing
$30.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
57,503
−3.4% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Mercer County comes to about $30.8M a year: $1,272 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $30.8M per business. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Mercer County in 2023. That is one for every 4,037 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Mercer County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Mercer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Mercer County compares

The same measures for West 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 Mercer County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMercer CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.72.2
Spending per listing$30.8M$19.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment4,0373,3891,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,272$1,335$1,414
Median household income$53,210$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
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
5The 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 Mercer County, 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 Mercer County

Population, 2025 estimate
57,503−3.4% since 2020
Households
24,224
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
419 sq. mi.
People per square mile
140
Median household income
$53,210+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,510
Median home value
$121,700
Jobs located here
19,809
Daytime population
57,149Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Mercer County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, WV8681.6$9.5M+13.7%#16 of 847
2Wood County, WV6551.4$9.5M−2.1%#156 of 847
3Kanawha County, WV62111.4$9.4M−4.3%#192 of 847
Mercer County, WVNot scored10.4$30.8M−3.4%

Other business types in Mercer County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Mercer County, WV?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in Mercer County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in Mercer County, WV spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $30.8M a year, or $1,272 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $30.8M 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 24,224 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mercer County, WV compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Mercer County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Mercer County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,037 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Mercer County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Mercer County at 57,503 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,224 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $53,210 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. Mercer County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for house cleaning businesses · All 56 business types in Mercer County

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