Commercial Cleaning Pricing

Your business has recently moved into a new office suite. Things are starting to get messy and you realize you need to hire an outside cleaning service. How much should you expect to pay for office cleaning services? The answer to this question is that there is no exact, fixed price that people can expect to pay. However, there are a number of determining factors that should be taken into consideration when a cleaning service company provides you with a quote for their services.
Every cleaning service company bases their prices and quotes on a few major determining factors. They include geographic area, size of facility, scope of services, and frequency of services. Besides these main factors, there are individual factors, personal relationships, bartering, premiums, and other variables that play other minor roles in how quotes are calculated. For the sake of explaining this rarely talked about topic, we will focus on the big players.

Geographic Area

The geographic area that the company and client are located in has an impact on pricing. Small rural town commercial cleaning service companies might be few and far between, and quality cleaning service companies, might be even rarer. Therefore cleaning service companies in these areas may be able to charge a higher rate. On the other hand, a large metropolitan city janitor service might not be able to charge as much, because even though the demand for cleaning services is high, the supply of prospective cleaning service companies is also high.

Type of Services

Scope of services includes tasks such as green cleaning, specialty cleaning, floor cleaning, carpet cleaning, and exterior cleaning. Businesses that require only janitorial services or office cleaning will be quotes a company’s standard commercial cleaning rate. However, if a business requires only green cleaning products, or a specialized skill such as carpet cleaning, floor buffing or window cleaning, they will end up paying higher rates.

Frequency of Cleaning Services

The frequency of services plays a minor yet determining role in the pricing of cleaning services. An office that only requires one (1) cleaning visit per week, may be charged more per visit, than if they were to hire a cleaning service for five (5) times a week. The reason is simple: facilities that are serviced every day of the week, do not accrue and accumulate as much dust and dirt between visits, and hence they require less hours of cleaning. Cleaning service companies might also give a discount per service visit if a client requires more of their service.

Building Size

Lastly, the size of facility will inherently be a major factor in the price of commercial cleaning services. A larger facility will equal more square footage, and the cleaning service company will schedule their employee for more hours cleaning the facility. The higher the labor costs are for the company, the higher the rate will be for the customer.

Cleaning Quotes

Many cleaning service companies allow you to request a free quote and/or schedule a walk-through of your facility. When hiring a cleaning service company, or any contractor, you should perform due diligence and compare and contrast the different proposals and quotes of several different service companies. Many companies have a basic request a quote form online, which will allow them to contact you with a quote based on your facility specifications.