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Build a commercial cleaning quote, cost estimate or janitorial bid in seconds. Enter the facility type, cleanable floor area, service frequency and add-ons to estimate a low-to-high price per visit, month and year using published 2026 US rate bands as the starting point.
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The short version
Most US commercial cleaning is priced at $0.08 to $0.25 per square foot per visit in 2026, or about $30 to $75 an hour. Standard offices sit at the low end; medical, food service and fitness sit higher. A practical bid starts with square footage multiplied by the appropriate rate band, then adjusts for frequency, scope, travel, local wages, and the site walkthrough.
Facility type
Different environments carry different rates. Medical and food service sit highest; warehouses lowest per square foot.
Square footage
Total cleanable floor area of the site.
Cleaning frequency
More frequent cleans are lighter each visit, so the per-visit rate eases while the monthly total rises.
Add-ons
Scope that sits on top of a base recurring clean. Price these as separate line items in your bid.
Where these janitorial and commercial cleaning rates come from
The starting per-square-foot bands are compiled from the published US pricing guides below. The frequency factors, add-on percentages, and $55 minimum visit charge are transparent provvio modelling assumptions, not figures supplied by those publishers.
How this commercial cleaning cost calculator works
- 1. Base visit range: cleanable square footage multiplied by the low and high rate for the selected facility type.
- 2. Frequency adjustment: recurring work receives a modest per-visit adjustment because more frequent cleans usually have less soil build-up between visits.
- 3. Scope adjustment: selected floor care, windows, restroom service, and supplied consumables are added as visible percentage assumptions.
- 4. Monthly and annual totals: the visit range is multiplied by the selected weekly frequency and 4.333 weeks per month.
Janitorial pricing chart: 2026 commercial cleaning rates per square foot by facility type
Per-square-foot, per-visit ranges used by this calculator.
- Office / professional$0.08–$0.15 / sq ftStandard recurring office work anchors the low end of the market.
- Medical / dental / clinic$0.16–$0.28 / sq ftSanitisation, infection control and compliance push these highest.
- Retail / showroom$0.10–$0.18 / sq ftHigh foot traffic and customer-facing presentation lift the rate.
- Restaurant / food service$0.15–$0.25 / sq ftGrease, hygiene zones and back-of-house add labour per square foot.
- Gym / fitness / leisure$0.12–$0.20 / sq ftSanitising equipment and wet areas adds time beyond floor area.
- School / childcare$0.11–$0.18 / sq ftRestrooms, classrooms and safety standards keep these mid-range.
- Warehouse / industrial$0.05–$0.12 / sq ftLarge open floor area is cleaned fast, so the per-foot rate is lowest.
Questions
How much should I charge for commercial cleaning?
Most US commercial cleaning is priced between $0.08 and $0.25 per square foot per visit in 2026, or $30 to $75 per hour. Standard offices sit at the low end ($0.08–$0.15), while medical, food service and fitness facilities command more ($0.15–$0.28) because of sanitisation and compliance. The fastest way to a defensible number is to take your facility's per-square-foot band, multiply by floor area, then multiply by visits per month.
How do you calculate a commercial cleaning quote?
Multiply the square footage by a per-square-foot rate for the facility type to get a per-visit price, then multiply by the number of visits per month. For example, a 5,000 sq ft office at $0.12 per sq ft is about $600 per visit; cleaned twice a week (roughly 8.7 visits a month) that is about $5,200 a month. Always quote a range, add a site-visit minimum for small spaces, and price periodic floor care and consumables on top.
What is the average cost of office cleaning per square foot?
Office cleaning averages roughly $0.08 to $0.15 per square foot per visit in 2026, with most recurring contracts landing between $0.10 and $0.18 depending on frequency, layout and local labour costs. Higher service frequency usually carries a slightly lower per-visit rate because each clean is lighter.
Why should cleaning prices be quoted as a range?
Two buildings of the same size can take very different amounts of time to clean depending on foot traffic, layout, fixtures and soil load, so a single fixed number is almost always wrong. A range sets expectations honestly and leaves room to walk the site before you commit. This calculator returns a low-to-high band for exactly that reason.
Does cleaning frequency change the price per visit?
Yes. More frequent cleaning means less soil builds up between visits, so each individual clean is lighter and faster, which lowers the per-visit rate even though the monthly total is higher. A daily contract typically prices each visit below a once-a-week deep clean of the same space.
What raises a commercial cleaning quote above the base rate?
Periodic floor care (stripping, sealing, buffing or carpet extraction), interior window cleaning, restroom restocking and sanitisation, and supplying your own consumables all sit on top of a base recurring clean. Compliance-heavy environments like medical and food service also carry higher base rates. Price these as add-ons so the line items are transparent in your bid.
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