New York, NY · Cleaning Businesses
Cleaning Businesses in New York, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,918 janitorial and cleaning services in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 84,591 people with $3.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,918
1st most of 387 US metro areas
84,591
21.6 per business, against 15.8 across all metros
$3.3 billion
$39,125 per employee
77%
of businesses, against 77% across all metros
+1.2%
in the number of businesses (3,872 in 2022)
What the numbers say about New York.
- New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for janitorial and cleaning services, 1st of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 21.6 employees each, against 15.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $39,125 per employee a year, against $30,242.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps cleaning businesses in New York.
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Questions
Cleaning Businesses in New York
How many janitorial and cleaning services are there in New York?
3,918 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 84,591 people and paid $3.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the New York market for cleaning businesses growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 3,872 to 3,918 (+1.2%).
What does VERA do for cleaning businesses in New York?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a New York 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 New York 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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