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House cleaning businesses in Fond du Lac County, WI

How Fond du Lac County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #195 of 847 scored counties
#2 of 29 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$52.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,207 a household
Spending per listing
$8.7M
36% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,669
+0.5% 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 6 house cleaning businesses in Fond du Lac County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

At $1,207 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Fond du Lac County spend about $52.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $8.7M per business, 36% above 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 13 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Fond du Lac County in 2023. That is one for every 3,326 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Fond du Lac County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses in Fond du Lac County is 62 (upper middle), #195 of 847 scored counties and #2 of 29 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Fond du Lac County 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 Fond du Lac County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureFond du Lac CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.42.02.2
Spending per listing$8.7M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment3,3261,7921,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,207$1,250$1,414
Median household income$74,275$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6240

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 13
Employees, 2023
96
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac County

Population, 2025 estimate
104,669+0.5% since 2020
Households
43,243
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
720 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$74,275+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,084
Median home value
$222,800
Jobs located here
49,885
Daytime population
99,843Residents 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 counties in Wisconsin for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Fond du Lac County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ozaukee County, WI6651.3$11.1M+3.0%#144 of 847
2Fond du Lac County, WI6261.4$8.7M+0.5%#195 of 847
3Outagamie County, WI61141.8$7.3M+2.6%#221 of 847
4Winnebago County, WI58111.5$8M+1.4%#264 of 847
5Wood County, WI5551.6$7.4M−0.2%#312 of 847
6Columbia County, WI5452.1$6.2M−0.7%#335 of 847
7Marathon County, WI5391.6$7.9M+1.0%#345 of 847
8Brown County, WI49191.7$7.3M+2.6%#431 of 847
9Portage County, WI4862.0$6M+2.2%#456 of 847
10Dane County, WI46622.5$5.5M+4.9%#497 of 847

Other business types in Fond du Lac County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Fond du Lac County, WI?

There are 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Fond du Lac County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in Fond du Lac County, WI spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $52.2M a year, or $1,207 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 43,243 households in Fond du Lac County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fond du Lac County, WI compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Fond du Lac County has 1.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $8.7M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Fond du Lac County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,326 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Fond du Lac County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Fond du Lac County at 104,669 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,243 households. Median household income in Fond du Lac County is $74,275, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. Fond du Lac County scores 62 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #195 of 847 scored counties.

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