There is a reason commercial cleaning is never priced from a published table. The work is defined by what happens inside the building, and buildings of the same size can be doing completely different things.
Facility type is the first input
| Facility | Cost concentrated in | Typical frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Office | Restrooms, break room, trash, entrance | Two to five days |
| Retail | Entry glass, sales floor, fitting rooms, customer restroom | Three to seven days |
| Restaurant | Dining floors, restrooms, entryway — front of house only | Five to seven days |
| Medical office | Waiting room, restrooms, corridors, non-clinical rooms | Three to five days |
| School or childcare | Restrooms, classrooms, cafeteria, low surfaces | Daily in term |
| Church | Restrooms, lobby, sanctuary, fellowship hall | One to three days, weighted to the weekend |
| Warehouse | Offices, restrooms, break rooms — not the racked floor | Two to five days |
| Gas station | Restrooms above everything else, then sales floor | Daily to seven days |
The second input is frequency
Frequency does not scale the price linearly, and this is the part that surprises people. Five visits a week costs far less than five times one visit, because a standing route is efficient in ways an occasional one is not: no re-familiarization, no backlog, supplies on site, consistent team.
That efficiency is what funds the savings. Qualifying businesses on frequent multi-day recurring schedules may receive up to 35% off. It depends on frequency, scope, facility size, facility type and visit count, and it is a maximum rather than a standard rate.
The third input is the scope document
A commercial price without a scope is not a price. The scope is what states which areas are serviced every visit, which tasks rotate and on what cycle, what is excluded, and what happens when something is missed. Two proposals with the same number and different scopes are two different products.
- Areas serviced every visit, and the tasks in each
- Rotating tasks and the week they fall on
- Access arrangements, alarm codes and key handling
- Service window and days
- Consumables you supply and who restocks them
- Exclusions, written plainly
- Escalation route and correction timeframe
Where commercial budgets usually go wrong
- 1Buying weekly for a daily problem. Restrooms in a busy facility do not hold for seven days, and the building looks four days past its clean for most of the week.
- 2Uniform frequency across an uneven week. Hybrid offices and weekend-heavy retail both need weighted schedules.
- 3Assuming specialist work is included. Carpet extraction, floor stripping and re-sealing, exterior windows and hood cleaning are separate trades.
- 4No rotation plan. Detail work that is not scheduled does not happen, and the building degrades invisibly over a year.
- 5Choosing on price alone. The cheapest proposal is often the one with the smallest scope, which becomes obvious in month three.
What we need to quote
Facility type, approximate square footage, restroom count, headcount or typical foot traffic, the hours you want us on site, and how many days a week. That is enough to come back with a written scope and a number. Request a commercial quote.