Economic Impact

Cleaning Products: Essential to America's Economy

The U.S. cleaning products industry is an essential contributor to both the nation's health and its economic strength. Beyond delivering the products that help keep people and places clean, safe, and healthy, the industry supports a vast network of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and workers across the country. 

ACI's Economic Impact of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry report details the substantial contribution of the cleaning products industry to the U.S. economy, both nationally and at the state level.

The Outsized Impact of Clean

Behind every bottle of detergent and every household cleaner is an industry quietly powering a much larger part of the American economy.

The U.S. cleaning products industry generates $88.5 billion in direct economic output and employs nearly 65,000 people directly. But that's just the starting point. Once you count the ripple effects through suppliers, packaging producers, and everyday worker spending, the industry's full footprint reaches:

• $103.6 billion in total economic output
• Nearly 125,000 jobs supported nationwide
• $15.1 billion in wages and benefits paid to American workers

For every job at a cleaning products manufacturer, nearly one additional job is supported elsewhere in the economy.