NAICS 561720
Janitorial & Commercial Cleaning Services in California
Establishments primarily engaged in cleaning building interiors, windows and related janitorial services on a contract basis.
- Establishments (2023)
- 6,956
- Statewide, California
- Employees
- 116,330
- Mid-March employment
- Annual payroll
- $4.2B
- All establishments
- Avg. establishment size
- 16.7
- Employees per establishment
What acquirers look at
Low capital intensity and contractual revenue, offset by labor turnover and thin margins. Customer concentration is the single most common deal-killer in diligence.
Commercial Cleaning by county
Ranked by establishment count, 2023 County Business Patterns. For the crowded-versus-underserved reading, see the saturation ranking, which ranks by establishments per resident instead.
| # | County | Establishments | Per 10k residents | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 1,456 | 1.5 | 20.9% |
| 2 | San Diego County | 710 | 2.2 | 10.2% |
| 3 | Orange County | 640 | 2.0 | 9.2% |
| 4 | Riverside County | 431 | 1.7 | 6.2% |
| 5 | Santa Clara County | 418 | 2.2 | 6.0% |
| 6 | Sacramento County | 303 | 1.9 | 4.4% |
| 7 | Alameda County | 285 | 1.7 | 4.1% |
| 8 | San Bernardino County | 283 | 1.3 | 4.1% |
| 9 | Contra Costa County | 277 | 2.4 | 4.0% |
| 10 | San Mateo County | 215 | 2.9 | 3.1% |
| 11 | San Francisco County | 183 | 2.2 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Ventura County | 174 | 2.1 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Fresno County | 145 | 1.4 | 2.1% |
| 14 | San Joaquin County | 129 | 1.6 | 1.9% |
| 15 | Santa Barbara County | 119 | 2.7 | 1.7% |
| 16 | Kern County | 106 | 1.1 | 1.5% |
| 17 | Sonoma County | 104 | 2.1 | 1.5% |
| 18 | Monterey County | 101 | 2.3 | 1.5% |
| 19 | Placer County | 97 | 2.2 | 1.4% |
| 20 | Stanislaus County | 79 | 1.4 | 1.1% |
| 21 | Marin County | 76 | 3.0 | 1.1% |
| 22 | Solano County | 75 | 1.6 | 1.1% |
| 23 | San Luis Obispo County | 63 | 2.2 | 0.9% |
| 24 | Santa Cruz County | 58 | 2.2 | 0.8% |
| 25 | Napa County | 44 | 3.3 | 0.6% |
Counties in California
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Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2026Q1). Quarterly establishment counts and employment for employers covered by unemployment insurance. Retrieved 2026-09-08.