Cleaning Business Guides
Pricing, licensing, insurance, pay and supplies — every figure carries the source it came from and the date.
15 in total, across 4 categories.
Pricing & Bidding
6 guidesHow Much a Deep Clean Costs
9 min read
What a deep clean adds over a standard clean, the hours it really takes, and the price bands operators quote.
Move-Out Cleaning Cost
8 min read
What an end-of-lease clean should cost, what the deposit standard adds, and how to quote empty units.
Post-Construction Cleaning Prices
8 min read
Rough, final and touch-up phases priced separately, plus the dust load that breaks a flat rate.
Carpet Cleaning Price Per Room
7 min read
Per-room versus per-square-foot pricing, what counts as a room, and the add-ons that decide margin.
How to Bid a Cleaning Job
10 min read
The walkthrough, the production rate, the burden and the margin — the four numbers behind every bid.
Maid Service Cost
8 min read
Weekly, fortnightly and monthly service priced properly, and why the first visit is not the recurring rate.
Checklists & SOPs
1 guidesRunning the Business
7 guidesHow to Start a Cleaning Business
14 min read
Registration, insurance, first clients, pricing and the kit list — the whole first ninety days.
Cleaning Business Name Ideas
7 min read
How to pick a name that survives a trademark screen and still fits on a van door.
How to Get Cleaning Contracts
11 min read
Where commercial contracts actually come from, and the walkthrough that wins them.
Cleaning Business Insurance Cost
10 min read
General liability, janitorial bonds and workers' comp — what each covers and what carriers charge.
Cleaning Business Licence Requirements
12 min read
What a cleaning company must register, state by state, and what a 'cleaning licence' really means.
Is a Cleaning Business Profitable?
9 min read
The real margin structure: labour, burden, supplies, drive time and what is left at the end.
House Cleaner Pay Rates
8 min read
What cleaners earn, what the burden adds on top, and how to set a rate that keeps people.