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House cleaning businesses in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area

The house cleaning businesses in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #46 of 142 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$36.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,220 a household
Spending per listing
$6M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
71,943
+2.2% 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

At $1,220 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Stevens Point-Plover area spend about $36.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 6 house cleaning businesses, that is $6M per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

The Stevens Point-Plover area has 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Stevens Point-Plover area in 2023. That is one for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Stevens Point-Plover area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Stevens Point-Plover area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Stevens Point-Plover area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #46 of 142 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.

How the Stevens Point-Plover 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 Stevens Point-Plover, WI area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureStevens Point-Plover areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.02.02.2
Spending per listing$6M$6.4M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,1201,7921,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,220$1,250$1,414
Median household income$76,070$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5840

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
464
Annual payroll, 2023
$8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 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
5
Amount
$2.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Stevens Point-Plover 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 Stevens Point-Plover area

Population, 2025 estimate
71,943+2.2% since 2020
Households
29,679
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
801 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,142
Median home value
$243,100
Jobs located here
33,759
Daytime population
69,944Residents 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 Stevens Point-Plover 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 Stevens Point-Plover area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 house cleaning businesses in the Stevens Point-Plover area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $36.2M a year, or $1,220 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,679 households in the Stevens Point-Plover area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Stevens Point-Plover area has 2.0 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $6M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area growing?

Population estimates put the Stevens Point-Plover area at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. The median household income in the Stevens Point-Plover area is $76,070 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. 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 Stevens Point-Plover area scores 58 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #46 of 142 scored small-town markets.

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