Commercial Cleaning business resources

Bids, service agreements and janitor pay, for companies that clean offices and other workplaces. All of it is free to use, with nothing to sign up for. When you want the office work done for you, see how commercial cleaning companies run on Koira.

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Price a job

Cost calculators, commercial cleaning pricing guides and the math behind an honest number for commercial cleaning work.

Cost calculators and pricing guides

Pricing guideHow to Price Commercial CleaningPrice commercial exterior building washing and office cleaning from your production rate, labor, supplies and overhead, with sourced benchmarks and worked examples.

Your rates and margins

Run the businessLabor rate calculatorThe rate per billable hour that covers wages, burden, unbilled time, overhead and profit.Run the businessProfit margin calculatorMargin on a job, the price for a target margin, or the whole year.Run the businessMarkup calculatorMarkup and margin both ways, plus a sliding-scale parts markup table.

Paperwork

Commercial Cleaning documents with the trade's own line items, terms and a worked example. Fill one in, then print it or download Word.

Free templateCommercial cleaning estimateLine items, deposit, good-until date and a signature line.Free templateCommercial cleaning invoiceLines, tax, deposit already paid and the balance due.Free templateCommercial cleaning receiptAmount received, how it was paid and the balance left.Free templateCommercial cleaning work orderTasks, materials, crew, site notes and a sign-off.Free templateCommercial cleaning proposalThree options side by side, each with its own total.Free templateCommercial cleaning change orderAdded work, credits, the new total and days added.Free templateCommercial cleaning service agreementVisits, coverage, price, billing, renewal and cancellation.

Pay

What the people in this work earn in every state, from the federal wage survey, and how a wage turns into a price.

Pay by stateJanitor salary by stateJanitors and commercial cleaners, office crews and custodians.ReportTrade wages by state 2026Median pay for 14 trades in every state, from the BLS wage survey.

Start a business

The steps to open a commercial cleaning business, a name, and a plan you can take to a bank.

Start a businessHow to Start a Cleaning BusinessHow to start a cleaning business: house or commercial, licenses, insurance and bonding, supplies, pricing from real benchmarks, first clients and recurring work.Name generatorCleaning business name generatorName ideas for a house cleaning or janitorial company.Business planCleaning business plan templateA cleaning business plan with trade sections and example text.Any tradeHow to Start a Home Services BusinessHow to start and own a home services business: picking a trade, licenses and insurance, pricing, first customers, getting paid and the tools a small shop needs.

Messages

Texts and emails to copy for the moments every job has: the follow-up, the deposit, the reminder and the review ask.

Message templateQuote follow-up textNudge an open estimate by text: first nudge, check-in, polite close.Message templateDeposit requestAsk for the deposit: what it covers and a link to pay.Message templatePayment reminderUnpaid invoice reminders: friendly, firm and final notice.Message templateReview requestAsk for a Google review after the job, with your link.Message templatesEvery message templateQuote follow-ups, payment reminders, appointment texts, review requests and more.