How house cleaning companies rank on Google in Austin
We searched Google for “house cleaning” and “cleaning service” from 49 spots across Austin, the way a customer does on a phone. Here is who shows up first in each part of the city, and what they have that other house cleaning companies don’t.
- 1Swept Up Cleaning Co.4.9(493)House cleaning service · Downtown Austin
- 2Sparkly Maid Austin Cleaning Services5.0(1,200)House cleaning service · Downtown Austin
- 3Austin Cleaning Service5.0(431)House cleaning service · Seaholm District
- searches for house cleaning in Austin in a typical month
- 5,715
- spots where Sparkly Maid Austin Cleaning Services is #1 for “house cleaning”
- 13 of 49
- reviews on the typical house cleaning listing. The regular top 3 have 38 to 1,200
- 11
- spots where a paid listing sat above the free ones
- 10 of 49
Who is #1 where the customer is searching
Google ranks house cleaning companies differently on every street. Switch searches, or follow one house cleaning company to see where it shows up.
Each pin is one spot, about 3.7 km from the next, showing what Google listed for someone searching on a phone there. Tap a pin to see that spot’s top 3.
The house cleaning companies Google shows most in Austin
Ranked by how many of the 49 spots put them in the top 3 for “house cleaning”. New reviews come from each one's latest 100 reviews.
- 1Sparkly Maid Austin Cleaning ServicesDowntown Austin · #1 at 13 spotsTop 3 at40 of 49 spotsReviews1,200 · 5.0 ★New, 90 days51 · 0% repliedPhotos111From downtown0.3 km
- 2The Boardwalk Cleaning Co.North Austin · #1 at 13 spotsTop 3 at19 of 49 spotsReviews1,200 · 4.8 ★New, 90 days60 · 98% repliedPhotos143From downtown11.4 km
- 3Austin Cleaning Crew of Barton HillsBarton Hills · #1 at 8 spotsTop 3 at13 of 49 spotsReviews202 · 4.9 ★New, 90 days27 · 96% repliedPhotos85From downtown3.3 km
- 4Swept Up House Cleaning of South AustinWestgate · #1 at 7 spotsTop 3 at11 of 49 spotsReviews38 · 5.0 ★New, 90 days26 · 100% repliedPhotos6From downtown6.9 km
- 5Mystik Cleaning ServiceParker Lane · #1 at 3 spotsTop 3 at10 of 49 spotsReviews1,100 · 5.0 ★New, 90 days68 · 97% repliedPhotos86From downtown5.4 km
- 6DF CLEANING LLCEast MLK · #1 at 2 spotsTop 3 at10 of 49 spotsReviews703 · 5.0 ★New, 90 days49 · 0% repliedPhotos103From downtown6.8 km
- 7Maids and Moore Cleaning AustinWooten · #1 at 1 spotTop 3 at9 of 49 spotsReviews1,500 · 4.9 ★New, 90 days26 · 96% repliedPhotos339From downtown10.3 km
- 8Swept Up Cleaning Co.Downtown Austin · #1 at 1 spotTop 3 at6 of 49 spotsReviews493 · 4.9 ★New, 90 days26 · 100% repliedPhotos101From downtown0.3 km
What the Austin leaders have in common
Measured on the 8 house cleaning companies that make the top 3 most often.
Every house cleaning company in the top 3 at 10 or more spots has at least 38 Google reviews. Half of the 253 house cleaning listings within 12 km of downtown have 11 or fewer reviews, and only 22 have 200 or more.
The leaders keep collecting reviews. In the last 90 days Mystik Cleaning Service added 68, The Boardwalk Cleaning Co. added 60 and Sparkly Maid Austin Cleaning Services added 51.
6 of the 8 leaders with recent reviews replied to at least three out of four of them.
The house cleaning companies that make the top 3 most often have 111, 143, 85, 6, 86 and 103 photos on their Google profiles. The typical house cleaning listing in Austin has 13 photos.
All 8 leaders use "House cleaning service" as their main Google category.
Google favors the house cleaning company closest to the person searching, so #1 changes across Austin. Sparkly Maid Austin Cleaning Services is #1 at 13 spots, from an office 0.3 km from downtown. The Boardwalk Cleaning Co. is #1 at 13 spots, from an office 11.4 km from downtown. Austin Cleaning Crew of Barton Hills is #1 at 8 spots, from an office 3.3 km from downtown.
Where Austin’s 253 house cleaning listings stand on reviews
Google profiles with a house cleaning category within 12 km of downtown. The highlighted ranges are where the house cleaning companies that make the top 3 most often sit.
253 Google listings in total. Share of listings in each review range.
What customers in Austin search, and what an ad click costs
Google's figures for Austin. A typical month is the middle of the last six months. The click price is what advertisers pay to show at the top of the page.
searches in a typical month. Highest in January 2026 at 7,760; lowest in November 2025 at 4,350.
What else customers see on Google
A paid listing sat at the top of Google’s list at 10 of 49 spots for “house cleaning”. My Ad Center paid for the first place at 18.
- 1reddit.combest #1
- 2tidy.combest #2
- 3maidsandmoore.combest #3
- 4care.combest #3
- 5yelp.combest #4
- 6thecleaningauthority.combest #5
Across “house cleaning austin”, “cleaning service austin” and “house cleaning near me”.
- What is the average cost of hiring a house cleaner in Austin, Texas?
- Is $30 an hour good for cleaning?
- What will a cleaner do in 3 hours?
- What is the 20 minute rule in cleaning?
- What are the typical costs of cleaning services in Austin?
- What is the 5-5-5 rule for cleaning?
Google did not show an AI Overview on these searches when we checked.
What Aaptly does for a cleaning service in Austin
Our SEO expert, a former Google engineer, does this work for you. You keep answering customers; we handle everything on Google and your website.
We set the right main category and list everything you offer: regular house cleaning, deep cleaning, move-out cleaning and apartment cleaning, with your service areas and hours.
We send every customer a review link after each cleaning and reply to every review. We track your new reviews against the Austin leaders every month.
We add before-and-after photos of your work to your Google profile every week, so it looks as active as the house cleaning companies above you.
We write a page on your website for each search on this page, and pages that answer the questions customers in Austin ask Google.
We make your name, address and phone number match on Yelp, Angi, BBB, Apple Maps and Bing.
We rerun this 49-spot check for your company every month and show you where you moved and where you did not.
Ranking a cleaning service in Austin
Who is the top house cleaning company on Google in Austin?
It depends on where the customer is searching. On September 29, 2026, Sparkly Maid Austin Cleaning Services was #1 for "house cleaning" at 13 of our 49 spots across Austin. For "cleaning service", Sparkly Maid Austin Cleaning Services was #1 at the most spots (11).
How many Google reviews does a house cleaning company need to rank in Austin?
There is no fixed number. The house cleaning companies in the top 3 at 10 or more of our spots had 38 to 1,200 reviews, and most leaders kept adding new ones. Half of the 253 house cleaning listings within 12 km of downtown Austin have 11 or fewer reviews.
How much does a Google ad click cost for house cleaning companies in Austin?
Google estimates advertisers pay $8.70 to $24.99 for a top-of-page click on "maid service austin" in Austin. The most expensive search we checked was "move out cleaning", at up to $27.62 a click.
Can a house cleaning company outside downtown Austin rank in the city?
Yes, near its own office. The Boardwalk Cleaning Co., about 11.4 km from downtown, was #1 at 13 of our spots. Reviews, photos and a complete Google profile decide how far past its own neighborhood a house cleaning company shows up.
Where does this data come from?
We ran these Google searches from 49 spots across Austin on September 29, 2026 and read the Google profiles and reviews of the house cleaning companies that came up. Search counts and ad prices are Google Ads figures for Austin. Google results change from day to day, so a new check can differ by a few places.