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House cleaning businesses in Manitowoc County, WI

How Manitowoc County, WI 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$41.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,168 a household
Spending per listing
$20.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
81,710
+0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 house cleaning businesses in Manitowoc County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Households in Manitowoc County spend about $41.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,168 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $20.6M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Manitowoc County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 4,399 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Manitowoc County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Manitowoc County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureManitowoc CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.62.02.2
Spending per listing$20.6M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment4,3991,7921,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+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$1,168$1,250$1,414
Median household income$69,148$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 8
Employees, 2023
71
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,710+0.4% since 2020
Households
35,188
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
589 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$69,148+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,528
Median home value
$186,900
Jobs located here
33,176
Daytime population
74,436Residents 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 Manitowoc 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
Manitowoc County, WINot scored20.6$20.6M+0.4%

Other business types in Manitowoc County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Manitowoc County, WI?

There are 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings in Manitowoc County as of September 2026. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

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

About $41.1M a year, or $1,168 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $20.6M 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 35,188 households in Manitowoc County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Manitowoc County has 2 house cleaning businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Manitowoc County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,399 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Manitowoc County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Manitowoc County at 81,710 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,188 households. Median household income in Manitowoc County is $69,148, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. Manitowoc County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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