Boston, MA · Cleaning Businesses
Cleaning Businesses in Boston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,293 janitorial and cleaning services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area in 2023, employing 18,955 people with $632.4 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,293
8th most of 387 US metro areas
18,955
14.7 per business, against 15.8 across all metros
$632.4 million
$33,362 per employee
79%
of businesses, against 77% across all metros
+1.6%
in the number of businesses (1,273 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Boston.
- Boston is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for janitorial and cleaning services, 8th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 14.7 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $33,362 per employee a year, against $30,242.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps cleaning businesses in Boston.
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Keep the recurring calendar full
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Win back clients who drifted
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Questions
Cleaning Businesses in Boston
How many janitorial and cleaning services are there in Boston?
1,293 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 18,955 people and paid $632.4 million in annual payroll.
Is the Boston market for cleaning businesses growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,273 to 1,293 (+1.6%).
What does VERA do for cleaning businesses in Boston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Boston business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Cleaning Businesses in other markets
Other Boston markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is janitorial and cleaning services, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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