Philadelphia, PA · Cleaning Businesses
Cleaning Businesses in Philadelphia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,333 janitorial and cleaning services in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 26,583 people with $817 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,333
6th most of 387 US metro areas
26,583
19.9 per business, against 15.8 across all metros
$817 million
$30,735 per employee
75%
of businesses, against 77% across all metros
-1.1%
in the number of businesses (1,348 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for janitorial and cleaning services, 6th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 19.9 employees each, against 15.8 across all metros.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps cleaning businesses in Philadelphia.
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Questions
Cleaning Businesses in Philadelphia
How many janitorial and cleaning services are there in Philadelphia?
1,333 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 26,583 people and paid $817 million in annual payroll.
Is the Philadelphia market for cleaning businesses growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,348 to 1,333 (-1.1%).
What does VERA do for cleaning businesses in Philadelphia?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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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