Cleaning business tips, pricing, jobs, leads, and industry insights — written for the cleaning professionals who keep America working.
How to price a first-time deep clean: what to include, questions to ask, adding a condition clause, and turning one-time deep cleans into recurring clients.
A winter floor care plan for commercial cleaners: removing ice melt and salt residue, matting, slip safety, storm coverage, and pricing the extra winter work.
Should your cleaners be W-2 employees or 1099 contractors? Learn how worker classification works, why cleaning businesses get it wrong, and how to get it right.
How to choose cleaning business software: the main tool types, must-have scheduling, invoicing, and checklist features, and how to switch without disruption.
Too much cleaning work for your team? Learn when to subcontract, how to vet cleaning subcontractors, what goes in the agreement, and how to protect quality.
How to win and keep daycare and childcare center cleaning contracts: cleaning vs. sanitizing vs. disinfecting, licensing rules, chemical safety, and pricing.
Gym and fitness center cleaning contracts explained: what the work involves, equipment-safe products, scheduling around members, pricing, and keeping accounts.
How cleaning businesses can price Airbnb and short-term rental turnovers, build property checklists, schedule same-day turns, and win hosts who stay for years.
Learn how to calculate gross and net profit margin for your cleaning business, find which jobs actually make money, and use practical levers like pricing, routing, and labor efficiency to improve your margins.
A walkthrough checklist for commercial cleaning bids: the questions to ask, what to measure, the details that change your labor time, and how to turn your notes into an accurate quote.
Most cleaning quotes are lost to slow or missing follow-up, not price. Here is a simple follow-up system for cleaning businesses: how fast to respond, what to say, when to follow up, and when to stop.
A practical guide to post-construction cleaning for cleaning companies: the three cleaning phases, how to price rough, final, and touch-up cleans, what to put in the bid, and how to get repeat work from general contractors.