Washington, DC · Cleaning Businesses
Cleaning Businesses in Washington, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,644 janitorial and cleaning services in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in 2023, employing 44,337 people with $1.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,644
5th most of 387 US metro areas
44,337
27.0 per business, against 15.8 across all metros
$1.3 billion
$29,875 per employee
71%
of businesses, against 77% across all metros
-2.7%
in the number of businesses (1,689 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Washington.
- Washington is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for janitorial and cleaning services, 5th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 27.0 employees each, against 15.8 across all metros.
- The count fell by 45 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps cleaning businesses in Washington.
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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 Washington
How many janitorial and cleaning services are there in Washington?
1,644 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 44,337 people and paid $1.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Washington market for cleaning businesses growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 1,689 to 1,644 (-2.7%).
What does VERA do for cleaning businesses in Washington?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Washington 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 Washington 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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