How much should I charge for house cleaning?

Enough to cover the cleaner time the home takes, plus the drive and supplies, at an hourly rate that covers your wages, insurance, overhead and profit over the hours you can actually bill. That depends on your team, your pay and your area, so the calculator above works it out from your own numbers instead of quoting someone else's price.

How do I price a house cleaning job?

Time your team: how many cleaner-minutes a standard clean takes per 1,000 square feet, plus extra time for each bathroom. Add the drive time for every cleaner on the team and price the total at your hourly rate, plus supplies. Deep and move-out cleans take longer, so give them their own extra time instead of a guessed surcharge.

Should I charge by the hour or a flat rate?

Many cleaning businesses quote a flat price per clean, built from the time they expect it to take; customers like knowing the price, and a fast team keeps the difference. Charging by the hour is simpler for jobs you can't size up front. Either way, the price comes from your time and your rate.

How much more should a deep clean or move-out clean cost?

As much more as the extra time it really takes your team. Time a few deep and move-out jobs against a standard clean of the same home and put the difference in the calculator; it prices all three from the same rate.

How do I price commercial cleaning per square foot?

Find your team's production rate: minutes to clean 1,000 square feet of that kind of space. Multiply by the size of the space and the visits per month, add drive time and supplies, and price it at your hourly rate. Divide the monthly price by the square footage for a price per square foot per month.

What should go into my cleaning business hourly rate?

Cleaner wages with payroll taxes, plus everything else you pay every month: insurance and bonding, vehicles or mileage, equipment, software, phone, marketing and your own pay. Divide by the hours your cleaners actually spend in customers' homes and offices, then divide by (1 minus your profit share).

Do I need a minimum charge?

A small job still costs a drive, set-up and pack-up, so a minimum charge per clean keeps small jobs from costing you money.

How often should I update my cleaning prices?

Whenever your costs move: a raise for your cleaners, insurance, fuel, supplies. Re-run your rate and your price chart, and tell recurring customers ahead of the change.

Cleaning business pricing

House cleaning pricing calculator: what to charge per clean, by home size

Price a cleaning by the cleaner time it takes, not by what another company charges. Work out what an hour your cleaners spend in customers’ homes costs you, wages, insurance and overhead included, and add your profit: that is your hourly rate. Then time your team: minutes per 1,000 square feet, extra time per bathroom, the drive, the supplies. The calculator below turns that into standard, deep and move-out prices, a price chart for every home size, and a commercial bid per square foot. The numbers in it are examples; replace them with yours.

1. The hourly rate your cleaning business needs

Count only the hours your cleaners spend cleaning as billable; the drive is added to each job below.

Cleaners Pay per cleaner per hourwith payroll taxes $ Paid hours per cleaner per week Share of paid hours spent cleaningthe rest is driving, supplies, gaps % Overhead per monthinsurance and bonding, vehicles, equipment, software, your pay $ Profit you wantas a share of sales %

$40.47per cleaner-hour you need

$34.40break-even per cleaner-hour

6,000billable cleaner-hours a year

$242,824sales a year at that rate

Based on 50 working weeks: $206,400 a year in wages and overhead over 6,000 billable cleaner-hours.

2. Price a house cleaning

Time your own team on a few homes; speed depends on the team, the clutter and the condition of the home.

Your hourly ratefilled in from step 1, rounded up $ Home size sq ft Bathrooms Cleaner-minutes per 1,000 sq ftstandard clean min Extra cleaner-minutes per bathroom min Cleaners on the team Drive minutes to the jobpaid for every cleaner in the car min Supplies per clean $ Extra time, deep clean % Extra time, move-out clean % Minimum charge per clean $

$140standard clean

$205deep clean

$250move-out clean

1.3 hon site for the team, standard

Standard clean works out to $0.070 per sq ft. Prices rounded up to the nearest $5.

Round prices up to the nearest $5

3. Your house cleaning price chart

Built from your rate and cleaning times above, for homes with 2 bathrooms.

Home size	Standard	Deep	Move-out
1,000 sq ft	$100	$140	$165
1,500 sq ft	$120	$170	$205
2,000 sq ft	$140	$205	$250
2,500 sq ft	$160	$235	$290
3,000 sq ft	$180	$270	$330
4,000 sq ft	$220	$335	$410

4. Commercial cleaning bid

Offices and commercial spaces usually clean faster per square foot than homes; use your team’s own production rate for that kind of space.

Space to clean sq ft Cleaner-minutes per 1,000 sq ft min Visits per week Drive minutes per visitfor the whole team min Supplies per visit $

$1,125.58a month

$86.58per visit

$0.225per sq ft per month

A month is 52 ÷ 12 weeks. Prices here are not rounded.

How to price cleaning jobs, step by step

Know your billable hours. The hours your cleaners actually spend cleaning, not the hours you pay them for. Driving, picking up supplies and gaps between jobs are paid but not billed.
Add up a year of costs. Cleaner wages with payroll taxes, plus insurance and bonding, vehicles or mileage, equipment, software, phone, marketing and your own pay.
Divide, then add profit. Costs ÷ billable hours is break-even. Divide again by (1 − your profit share) for your hourly rate.
Time your team. Cleaner-minutes per 1,000 square feet, extra minutes per bathroom, and how much longer deep and move-out cleans take.
Price the job, drive included. Cleaning time plus the drive for everyone in the car, at your rate, plus supplies, with a minimum for small jobs.
Re-run it when costs change. Wages, insurance and fuel all move; your price chart should move with them.

Your prices come from your costs. Your customers hear from the cleaning companies around you.

MyIntelBrief watches the cleaning companies near you — the services and specials they post, their new reviews, the cleaners they’re hiring, new companies starting up — and emails you a short brief on what changed. Type your company name and pick it from the dropdown for a free look at who you’re competing with. Here’s a sample brief for a house cleaning company.

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Frequently asked questions

How much should I charge for house cleaning?: Enough to cover the cleaner time the home takes, plus the drive and supplies, at an hourly rate that covers your wages, insurance, overhead and profit over the hours you can actually bill. That depends on your team, your pay and your area, so the calculator above works it out from your own numbers instead of quoting someone else's price.
How do I price a house cleaning job?: Time your team: how many cleaner-minutes a standard clean takes per 1,000 square feet, plus extra time for each bathroom. Add the drive time for every cleaner on the team and price the total at your hourly rate, plus supplies. Deep and move-out cleans take longer, so give them their own extra time instead of a guessed surcharge.
Should I charge by the hour or a flat rate?: Many cleaning businesses quote a flat price per clean, built from the time they expect it to take; customers like knowing the price, and a fast team keeps the difference. Charging by the hour is simpler for jobs you can't size up front. Either way, the price comes from your time and your rate.
How much more should a deep clean or move-out clean cost?: As much more as the extra time it really takes your team. Time a few deep and move-out jobs against a standard clean of the same home and put the difference in the calculator; it prices all three from the same rate.
How do I price commercial cleaning per square foot?: Find your team's production rate: minutes to clean 1,000 square feet of that kind of space. Multiply by the size of the space and the visits per month, add drive time and supplies, and price it at your hourly rate. Divide the monthly price by the square footage for a price per square foot per month.
What should go into my cleaning business hourly rate?: Cleaner wages with payroll taxes, plus everything else you pay every month: insurance and bonding, vehicles or mileage, equipment, software, phone, marketing and your own pay. Divide by the hours your cleaners actually spend in customers' homes and offices, then divide by (1 minus your profit share).
Do I need a minimum charge?: A small job still costs a drive, set-up and pack-up, so a minimum charge per clean keeps small jobs from costing you money.
How often should I update my cleaning prices?: Whenever your costs move: a raise for your cleaners, insurance, fuel, supplies. Re-run your rate and your price chart, and tell recurring customers ahead of the change.

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