Whats the Going Rate to Bid Cleaning Contracts?
This simple question has created more confusion and frustration for cleaning business owners than nearly any other. So, why is it so hard to get a straight answer to what seems like such a straightforward question? If you’ve been in the cleaning business for even a short time – you may have caught yourself asking this, or at least can remember hearing another well-intentioned, but frustrated, janitorial business owners ask it…. as they desperately tried to figure out what to bid on a cleaning job. Actually, you may have heard a slight variation of it which goes something like, “What’s the going rate for pricing cleaning in my city?” But, no matter which way you’ve heard it – the question is pretty clear. People want to know the simple ‘one-number’ answer to how much they should charge per square foot for their cleaning services. They want to hear an answer, like 9 cents/ sq. ft. You see, that way they could just take the size of the building, multiply it by the square foot rate, and
