Market size of janitorial services in the U.S. 2011-2022

The market size of janitorial services in the United States increased significantly between 2011 and 2022 by approximately 40 billion U.S. dollars. The largest annual increase was between 2017 and 2018, where the market size increased by approximately eight billion U.S. dollars in one year.

An expanding service

In 2022, the janitorial services industry saw its market size grow by 6.6 percent. Between 2017 and 2022 the annualized percentage of this market growth was at 6.7 percent. Furthermore, the number of janitors and cleaners working in the United States increased by almost 50,000 between 2020 and 2021.

A valuable service

Industries with the highest levels of employment of janitors and cleaners between 2020 and 2021 in the United States were services to buildings and dwellings; elementary and secondary schools; general medical and surgical hospitals; local government; and colleges, universities, and professional schools. Considering the importance of these industries, janitors had an average annual wage of almost 32,000 U.S. dollars in 2021, an increase of approximately 450 U.S. dollars compared to 2020.