Commercial Cleaning Calculator

Monthly janitorial contract pricing from square footage, production rate, and frequency — with the per-square-foot number the property manager will compare. Free, no signup, nothing leaves your browser.

The Building & Your Numbers

Open office 3,000–4,000 · medical/restrooms-heavy 2,000–2,500
Payroll tax, comp, bonding
Commercial runs thinner than residential — volume pays for it

The Bid

Monthly contract price
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Hours per visit—
Cleaner-hours per month—
Labor (incl. burden)—
Supplies—
Overhead—
Break-even cost—
Price per sq ft per month—

Typical office bids land between $0.08 and $0.25 per sq ft monthly depending on frequency — if you're far outside that band, re-check the production rate first.

Production rate is the whole bid

Every janitorial bid is secretly a bet on square feet per hour. Overestimate it by 20% and your "15% margin" contract runs at break-even for a year, because commercial contracts don't renegotiate when your crew is slow. Walk the building before bidding: count restrooms (they clean at a third of the open-office rate), check floor types, and ask what the last company missed — that answer is usually where the hours hide. Bid the building you walked, not the square footage on the RFP.

Bid it on one sheet

The Cleaning Business Pricing Workbook (Pro) includes this commercial bid sheet with per-area production rates, plus the residential quote builder, team costing, and a client book with income tracking. One-time $29, Excel & LibreOffice, no macros.

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