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House cleaning businesses in the Baraboo, WI area

How the Baraboo, WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #119 of 142 scored small-town markets
#8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,233 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
95% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,652
+1.3% 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

The Baraboo area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #119 of 142 scored small-town markets and #8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 house cleaning businesses in the Baraboo area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 95% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Baraboo area comes to about $34.5M a year: $1,233 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 55% 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.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Baraboo area in 2023. That is one for every 1,749 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Baraboo area grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Baraboo area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Baraboo, WI area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureBaraboo areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.32.02.2
Spending per listing$2.9M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,7491,7921,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,233$1,250$1,414
Median household income$79,541$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score3240

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
93
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
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 the Baraboo 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 Baraboo area

Population, 2025 estimate
66,652+1.3% since 2020
Households
27,987
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
832 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$79,541+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,005
Median home value
$258,600
Jobs located here
36,015
Daytime population
65,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Baraboo area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wisconsin

Small-town markets in Wisconsin ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI6151.6$7.4M−0.2%#41 of 142
2Stevens Point-Plover, WI5862.0$6M+2.2%#46 of 142
3Marinette, WI-MI5751.7$6.5M+0.3%#49 of 142
4Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI5082.3$5.4M+0.3%#65 of 142
5Menomonie, WI4763.4$3.5M+1.7%#75 of 142
6Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI44112.6$5.1M+0.8%#82 of 142
7Beaver Dam, WI39102.8$4.3M−0.3%#104 of 142
8Baraboo, WI32124.3$2.9M+1.3%#119 of 142
9Rice Lake, WI2563.0$3.8M−0.5%#131 of 142

Other business types in the Baraboo area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Baraboo, WI area?

There are 12 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Baraboo area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in the Baraboo, WI area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $34.5M a year, or $1,233 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 27,987 households in the Baraboo area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Baraboo, WI area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Baraboo area has 4.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 95% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $2.9M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Baraboo area would have about 5, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,749 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the Baraboo, WI area growing?

Population estimates put the Baraboo area at 66,652 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,987 households. Median household income in the Baraboo area is $79,541, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Baraboo area scores 32 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #119 of 142 scored small-town markets.

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