For residential cleaners moving into commercial

Commercial Cleaning Bid Calculator

Turn a building's specs into a defensible monthly bid. Enter what you know about the space and your costs — the number updates as you go.

The building

The space you'd be cleaning and how often.

sq ft
Floor area you actually clean — not the whole lot.
× / week
Sets how fast one cleaner covers the floor.
sq ft / hr
Each one adds ~15 min of detailed work per visit.
Your labor

What a cleaner actually costs you per hour.

$ / hr
Wage plus payroll taxes, workers' comp & benefits — usually 1.25–1.4× the hourly wage you pay.
Your business

The costs and profit that turn a labor number into a real bid.

8%
Chemicals, liners, paper — as a % of labor.
15%
Insurance, admin, equipment, travel — spread across jobs.
20%
What you keep after every cost above is covered.

Suggested monthly bid

$0 / month

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Per cleaning
$0
Per sq ft / mo
$0
Annual value
$0

How the bid breaks down

Labor hours / cleaning0
Cleanings / month0
Monthly labor$0
Supplies$0
Overhead$0
Your profit$0
Monthly bid$0
How this number is built ▾

Commercial cleaning isn't priced per room like a house — it's priced from time. Every good janitorial bid works the same way:

  1. Time the job. Square footage ÷ production rate gives cleaning hours, plus extra time for restrooms. 10,000 ÷ 3,000 + restrooms
  2. Cost the labor. Hours × your loaded rate — the real cost of an employee, not just their wage.
  3. Scale to the month. Cost per cleaning × cleanings per month (weekly × 4.33).
  4. Add supplies & overhead. The costs that don't show up on a timesheet but are real.
  5. Add your margin. Price so profit is a share of the bid, not an afterthought: cost ÷ (1 − margin).

The per-sq-ft-per-month figure is your reality check — it's how facilities managers compare bids, and it's how you spot when you've priced yourself into a loss.

These are planning estimates. Always walk the building before you sign — access, condition, and after-hours rules change the real number.

Get a ready-to-send proposal template

You've got your number — now win the job. Drop your email and grab a free fill-in-the-blank commercial cleaning proposal to send with your bid.