Commercial cleaning price per square foot calculator

Price per square foot is the number clients compare, but it should come out of labour hours, not go in. Enter the building and your costs, get the monthly price, then divide by the square feet (shown below the result). Runs in your browser.

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Rough monthly price for routine office cleaning. Every rate is an editable assumption, not a market quote. Your crew's timed speed beats any default.

Cleanable area (sq ft) Production rate (sq ft per labour hour) Visits per week Restroom fixtures (toilets + urinals + sinks)

Hourly wage ($) Payroll burden % Supplies + overhead, % of labour Target profit margin %

Monthly price: -
Labour hours / month: - · Price per visit: - · Cost / month: -

Assumes 4 minutes per restroom fixture and 52/12 = 4.33 weeks per month. Excludes travel time, consumables, periodic work.

Your free estimate: -/month. Underbid it by 10% and you lose - a year on this one building. That's one blended number. To send it to a client, you need the detailed version:

Room-by-room costing spreadsheet (up to 15 areas, each at its own rate, plus travel, consumables and a minimum-rate check)
3 editable proposal templates: put your logo on them, paste in the price and export to PDF
30-question site-walk checklist so the numbers match the building

Get the detailed version - $29

Secure Stripe checkout. The payment page says Hundred Haat: that is our payment processor, the seller is MopMath. Instant download right after paying. Not useful? Full refund within 14 days, no questions. See a finished sample bid first (free).

Price per sq ft per month: -

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The production rate (sq ft one person cleans per hour) drives everything. Defaults are placeholders: see production rates by area, time your own crew, and price on margin, not markup (why). A finished example: sample bid for a 10,000 sq ft office.

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