Chicago, IL · Cleaning Businesses
Cleaning Businesses in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 2,041 janitorial and cleaning services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 39,262 people with $1.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
2,041
3rd most of 387 US metro areas
39,262
19.2 per business, against 15.8 across all metros
$1.3 billion
$33,189 per employee
80%
of businesses, against 77% across all metros
-2.6%
in the number of businesses (2,096 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for janitorial and cleaning services, 3rd of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 19.2 employees each, against 15.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $33,189 per employee a year, against $30,242.
- The count fell by 55 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps cleaning businesses in Chicago.
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Never miss a booking request
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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 Chicago
How many janitorial and cleaning services are there in Chicago?
2,041 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 39,262 people and paid $1.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for cleaning businesses growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 2,096 to 2,041 (-2.6%).
What does VERA do for cleaning businesses in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago 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 Chicago 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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