Raleigh, NC · Cleaning Businesses

Cleaning Businesses in Raleigh, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 407 janitorial and cleaning services in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area in 2023, employing 4,357 people with $111.9 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

407

38th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

4,357

10.7 per business, against 15.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$111.9 million

$25,686 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

80%

of businesses, against 77% across all metros

Change since 2022

+0.2%

in the number of businesses (406 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Raleigh.

  • Raleigh is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of janitorial and cleaning services, 38th of 387.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 10.7 employees each, against 15.8 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $25,686 per employee a year, against $30,242.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps cleaning businesses in Raleigh.

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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 Raleigh

How many janitorial and cleaning services are there in Raleigh?

407 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 4,357 people and paid $111.9 million in annual payroll.

Is the Raleigh market for cleaning businesses growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 406 to 407 (+0.2%).

What does VERA do for cleaning businesses in Raleigh?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Raleigh 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 Raleigh 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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