Contract cleaners for your building, with bids you can compare side by side
Post your cleaning job once and get proposals from commercial cleaning companies that serve your area and clean your type of facility. Each bid arrives as a written proposal with a scope of work, a cleaning schedule and a monthly price, so you compare like with like. Posting is at no cost for buyers.
For property managers, office managers and facility directors. Commercial and public buildings only.
Who posts cleaning jobs on Janitorial
Buyers are the people responsible for a building that needs regular cleaning: office managers looking after a single tenant suite, property managers with common areas and several tenants, and facility directors running clinics, schools, retail sites or industrial buildings. Whether you are replacing a provider that stopped showing up or setting up cleaning for a new location, the process is the same.
- Offices, medical practices, retail stores, schools, warehouses, gyms, bank branches and places of worship
- Nightly, weekly or several-times-a-week service, plus periodic work such as floor care and windows
- One building or several locations in the same metro
Contract cleaners near me: what to include in your request
The more precise your request, the more comparable the bids. Include:
- Cleanable square footage, and whether it excludes storage, mechanical or server rooms
- Facility type and how the space is used, such as open offices, exam rooms or classrooms
- Frequency: how many times per week, and on which days
- Service hours: evenings, early mornings or during business hours
- Special areas: restrooms and their count, breakrooms, kitchens, locker rooms, glass entrances, carpet or hard floors
- Who supplies paper products, soap and liners
- Your preferred start date and contract length
- When the building is available for a walkthrough
A walkthrough is where good cleaning companies catch what a floor plan misses, so offer two or three time slots.
How bids arrive
Your request goes only to commercial cleaning companies whose service area and facility types match your building, not to every cleaner in the country. Interested companies ask to schedule a walkthrough or send questions, then submit a written proposal with a scope of work, cleaning schedule, pricing table and terms. You receive the proposals by email and can compare them before you talk to anyone further. You decide who to meet, who to hire and when.
How to compare cleaning bids
A lower monthly number is not always the cheaper contract. Compare these points before you decide.
- 1 Scope: are the same tasks listed at the same frequency in every bid, including restrooms, breakrooms and high-touch disinfection.
- 2 Labor: how many hours per visit and how many people. A bid with far fewer hours than the others is likely to cut corners.
- 3 Supplies: are paper products and liners included or billed separately.
- 4 Periodic work: floor care, carpet extraction and windows priced as separate lines or left out.
- 5 Supervision and quality control: who inspects the work and how you report a problem.
- 6 Insurance: ask for a certificate of insurance with general liability and workers compensation.
- 7 Terms: contract length, price adjustments and the notice period to end the agreement.
Contract cleaning prices: what drives the cost
Commercial cleaning is usually priced per month, and the monthly price comes mostly from labor: how many hours the crew spends in your building each visit, multiplied by the number of visits and the local wage level. The main factors are:
- Square footage and how densely it is used
- Facility type: medical and fitness spaces take more time per square foot than open offices or warehouses
- Frequency: five visits per week cost roughly five times the labor of one
- Restroom and breakroom count
- Floor types and periodic floor care
- Local labor cost, which varies a lot between metros
- Supplies, if they are included
- Security or access requirements and service hours
The ranges below are general industry ranges for routine commercial cleaning, expressed per square foot per month. They are not quotes and not figures from bids on Janitorial. Your building can land outside them.
| Facility type | Typical frequency | General range per sq ft per month |
|---|---|---|
| Office | 3x to 5x per week | 0.10 to 0.30 USD |
| Medical office | 5x per week | 0.20 to 0.40 USD |
| Retail store | 5x to 7x per week | 0.10 to 0.25 USD |
| School | 5x per week | 0.15 to 0.30 USD |
| Warehouse or light industrial | 1x to 2x per week | 0.03 to 0.10 USD |
Estimate a fair price before the bids arrive
The calculator below is preset to an office. Enter your square footage, frequency and region to see the labor hours and monthly price range a realistic bid should cover. It helps you spot a bid that is too low to be sustainable.
AI bid pricing
Enter the facility details. Get a monthly contract price, a crew plan and a proposal preview.
Results
Monthly contract price
6,000 USD
Price per sq ft0.326 USD
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- Production rate (sq ft per labor hour)
- Labor hours per visit
- Crew size
- Time on site
- Monthly labor hours
- Labor cost
- Supplies
- Overhead
- Margin
Note on the estimate
The estimate uses general industry ranges for commercial cleaning production rates and wages. On the Pro plan you set your own production rates and wage rates per area, and every price in your account uses them.
Proposal preview
Scope of work
Cleaning schedule
Pricing
- Labor cost
- Supplies
- Overhead
- Margin
- Monthly contract price
Full PDF proposals with your logo are part of every plan.
Hiring contract cleaners: common questions
Does it cost anything to post a cleaning job?
No. Posting a cleaning job is at no cost for buyers. Cleaning companies pay a subscription to receive requests.
How many bids will I receive?
It depends on your location and facility type. Your request goes only to companies that serve your area and clean your type of building, so you get a short list of relevant proposals rather than a flood of calls.
Are the cleaning companies insured?
Ask every company for a certificate of insurance before you sign, including general liability and workers compensation. Include your insurance requirements in the request so bids address them.
Do you handle residential cleaning?
No. Janitorial is for commercial and public buildings only: offices, clinics, retail, schools, industrial sites and similar facilities.
Am I obligated to hire anyone?
No. You review the proposals and decide whether to hire, who to meet and when to start.
Can I post a job for several locations?
Yes. Describe each location in your request with its square footage and frequency, or post each building separately if they need different schedules.
For cleaning companies
Run a cleaning company and want these requests? See commercial cleaning contracts, office cleaning contracts and the janitorial bid calculator.
Post your cleaning job today
Describe your building once and receive written proposals from contract cleaners that serve your area.