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House cleaning businesses in the Kenosha, WI metro area
The house cleaning businesses in the Kenosha, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #268 of 375 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +19.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $88M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,277 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 168,448
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 house cleaning businesses in the Kenosha metro area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.3, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Households in the Kenosha metro area spend about $88M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,277 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.5M per business, 14% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Kenosha metro area classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 19.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,223 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $97K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Kenosha metro area.
Population estimates show the Kenosha metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Kenosha metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #268 of 375 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Kenosha metro 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.
| Measure | Kenosha metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $6.4M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,223 | 1,792 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.2% | +5.4% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,277 | $1,250 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $81,239 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31+19.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 284
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $97K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Kenosha 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 Kenosha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 168,448−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 68,904
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 272 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 620
- Median household income
- $81,239
- Average household income
- $103,301
- Median home value
- $265,500
- Jobs located here
- 76,591
- Daytime population
- 157,773Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kenosha metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Appleton, WI | 65 | 15 | 1.5 | $8.7M | +2.7% | #72 of 375 |
| 2Fond du Lac, WI | 62 | 6 | 1.4 | $8.7M | +0.5% | #86 of 375 |
| 3Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 57 | 11 | 1.5 | $8M | +1.4% | #113 of 375 |
| 4Wausau, WI | 53 | 9 | 1.6 | $7.9M | +1.0% | #148 of 375 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 53 | 299 | 2.0 | $7.1M | +2.6% | #152 of 375 |
| 5Green Bay, WI | 49 | 23 | 1.7 | $7.4M | +2.5% | #189 of 375 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 46 | 24 | 2.0 | $6M | +0.2% | #233 of 375 |
| 6Madison, WI | 45 | 72 | 2.4 | $5.6M | +4.1% | #236 of 375 |
| 7Kenosha, WI | 40 | 16 | 2.3 | $5.5M | −0.4% | #268 of 375 |
| 8Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 38 | 129 | 2.0 | $6.5M | 0.0% | #281 of 375 |
Other business types in the Kenosha 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 Kenosha, WI metro area?
The Kenosha metro area has 16 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 19.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kenosha, WI metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $88M a year, or $1,277 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 68,904 households in the Kenosha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kenosha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
The Kenosha metro area has 2.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $5.5M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Kenosha metro area would have about 14, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,223 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kenosha, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kenosha metro area at 168,448 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 68,904 households. Median household income in the Kenosha metro area is $81,239, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Kenosha metro area scores 40 for house cleaning businesses (lower middle), #268 of 375 scored metro areas.
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