Portland, OR · Cleaning Businesses
Cleaning Businesses in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 778 janitorial and cleaning services in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,484 people with $247.2 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
778
17th most of 387 US metro areas
7,484
9.6 per business, against 15.8 across all metros
$247.2 million
$33,027 per employee
81%
of businesses, against 77% across all metros
-1.0%
in the number of businesses (786 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of janitorial and cleaning services, 17th of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 9.6 employees each, against 15.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $33,027 per employee a year, against $30,242.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps cleaning businesses in Portland.
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Questions
Cleaning Businesses in Portland
How many janitorial and cleaning services are there in Portland?
778 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,484 people and paid $247.2 million in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for cleaning businesses growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 786 to 778 (-1.0%).
What does VERA do for cleaning businesses in Portland?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Portland 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 Portland 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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