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Commercial cleaning cost calculator - bid the job by the square foot.
Enter the floor area, facility type, and how often you service it to get a transparent commercial cleaning price range in seconds. Built for cleaners bidding office and commercial contracts who want a fast, defensible per-visit number - and for facility managers checking what an office clean should cost.
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- Per-visit & per sq ft
Estimate worksheet
General office space - workstations, common areas, restrooms and a breakroom kept on a regular schedule.
5,000 sq ft
1,00050,000+
Estimated price per visit
$545–$735
Office · 5,000 sq ft · One-time / first clean
Rooms & area base$640
A transparent ballpark using typical local ranges - not a quote. Your real price depends on your own rates, region, and the job in front of you.
What drives the price
How commercial cleaning is priced
Commercial work is not priced like a house. The big levers are floor area, the type of facility, and how often you service it - and most recurring contracts are quoted per square foot once the scope is stable.
Square footage is the starting point: a recurring office clean usually runs $0.07 – $0.20 / sq ft, while an hourly figure of $30 to $75 per cleaner is the floor most cleaners keep in mind. On top of that, the facility type changes the workload dramatically - a medical suite or a restaurant takes far more time per square foot than an open office, and post-construction cleanup is in a category of its own.
Frequency is the third lever. A building serviced nightly stays close to baseline, so each visit is lighter and prices a little lower per visit than a one-time or first clean, which always takes the most labor. The calculator above models all three so you can move from a square-foot rate to a per-visit number you can actually put on a bid.
Commercial price list
Commercial cleaning rates per square foot
Each range is the span of the published rates cited under the table. The restaurant row is the exception: neither source prices food service, so that one is our own estimate. Treat all of it as a starting point - local labor rates, after-hours access, and specialty work move the final number.
| Facility type | Typical range |
|---|---|
| General officeStandard recurring office cleaning | $0.07 – $0.20 / sq ft |
| Retail / showroomCustomer-facing floor space | $0.07 – $0.18 / sq ft |
| Medical / healthcareHigher for infection control | $0.12 – $0.30 / sq ft |
| Restaurant / food serviceHeavy sanitation scope · Estimaid model, not a published figure | $0.15 – $0.30 / sq ft |
| Industrial / warehouseLarge open area, but a heavier scope than an office | $0.08 – $0.20 / sq ft |
| Post-constructionDust, debris and detail work | $0.10 – $0.60 / sq ft |
| By the hour (per cleaner)Used for one-time and unpredictable jobs | $30 – $75 / hr |
| Per job (what customers paid)Most jobs land between $161 and $402 | ~$253 |
Source
- Housecall Pro (field-service software vendor), How to Price Commercial Cleaning Jobs · No publication date stated · Retrieved 2026-08-01
- ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, Commercial Cleaning Rates Per Square Foot · No publication date stated · Retrieved 2026-08-01
- Thumbtack (booking data from jobs on its own platform), Commercial Cleaning Prices · Data: 2026-03-31 (stated as last updated) · Retrieved 2026-08-01
- HomeGuide (Liaison Inc.), Post-Construction Cleaning Rates · Data: 2025-12-29 (page byline) · Retrieved 2026-08-01
Pricing tip for cleaners
Bid from your production rate, not a flat per-foot number. Time how many square feet your team cleans per hour for that facility type, cost the labor, add supplies, overhead, and margin, then divide by the square footage to check it against the office benchmark above. That is how you win contracts without underpricing the labor. The calculator on this page runs on Estimaid's own rate card rather than market data; our pricing methodology says which numbers here are published and which are ours.
By region
Commercial cleaning cost per square foot by region
The work is the same everywhere - the labor cost is not. We could not find a published per-region rate table, so the bands below are Estimaid's own spread of the cited national range, on the reasoning that the per-square-foot rate tracks local wages more than anything else. Read them as a shape, not as regional data.
| Region | Typical range |
|---|---|
| National averageGeneral recurring office work | $0.07 – $0.20 / sq ft |
| Northeast metros (NYC, Boston)Higher wages, after-hours access | $0.12 – $0.25 / sq ft |
| West Coast (SF, Seattle, LA)High-cost labor markets | $0.12 – $0.24 / sq ft |
| Mountain & Southwest (Denver, Phoenix)Mid-range labor | $0.08 – $0.18 / sq ft |
| Midwest (Chicago, Columbus)Lower labor cost | $0.07 – $0.16 / sq ft |
| South & Southeast (Dallas, Atlanta)Lowest of the major regions | $0.06 – $0.15 / sq ft |
Source: Estimaid's own working model, not a market average or a published figure - see our pricing methodology
Why region matters for the bid
These bands are for general recurring office work; medical, food service, and post-construction scale up from there in every market. Do not import a national per-foot number into your local bid - price from your own crew’s labor cost, then check it against the regional band above to make sure you are not leaving money on the table or pricing yourself out.
By size
Office cleaning prices by size
Estimaid's own per-visit figures: the published $0.07 – $0.20 / sq ft band applied to each floor area. No publisher we could open prints a ladder like this. Monthly contract pricing depends on how many visits per week the account runs.
| Office size | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Small office (~2,000 sq ft)Per visit, standard recurring scope | $140 – $400 |
| Mid office (~5,000 sq ft)Per visit | $350 – $1,000 |
| Large office (~10,000 sq ft)Per visit | $700 – $2,000 |
| Large facility (20,000+ sq ft)Per visit | $1,400 – $4,000+ |
| Monthly contractRecurring janitorial, billed monthly | $500 – $4,000+ |
Source: Estimaid's own working model, not a market average or a published figure - see our pricing methodology
Recurring contracts
Monthly janitorial contract cost by size and frequency
Most commercial accounts are recurring, so they get billed as a monthly janitorial contract rather than per visit. The monthly figure is driven by floor area and visits per week - more frequent service means lighter, cheaper individual visits, but a higher monthly total. The numbers below are that arithmetic run on Estimaid's own per-visit model, not contract data from a publisher.
| Size & frequency | Monthly cost |
|---|---|
| 2,000 sq ft - weekly (1x)Small office, light recurring scope | $400 – $900 / mo |
| 2,000 sq ft - 3x per weekSmall office, higher touch | $900 – $1,800 / mo |
| 5,000 sq ft - weekly (1x)Mid office | $700 – $1,600 / mo |
| 5,000 sq ft - 3x per weekMid office, common cadence | $1,500 – $3,500 / mo |
| 10,000 sq ft - 3x per weekLarge office | $2,800 – $5,500 / mo |
| 10,000 sq ft - nightly (5x)Large office, full janitorial | $4,500 – $8,000+ / mo |
Source: Estimaid's own working model, not a market average or a published figure - see our pricing methodology
Reading the contract math
A building serviced nightly never accumulates much soil, so each visit is light and the effective per-visit rate drops - even as the monthly total climbs with the visit count. When you quote a contract, state the cadence and the per-visit scope so the client sees what the monthly number actually buys.
What moves the number
What changes a commercial cleaning quote
Two buildings of the same size can be bid very differently. These are the factors a commercial cleaner weighs before putting a price on the contract.
- Facility type - medical, food service, and post-construction take far more time per square foot than an open office
- Frequency - nightly service runs lighter per visit; one-time and first cleans take the most labor
- Traffic and use - public-facing, high-traffic floors need more frequent detail than back-office space
- Restrooms - they take more time per square foot than desks or hallways, and drive a lot of the labor
- Specialty work - floor strip-and-wax, carpet cleaning, and interior windows are usually billed on top of the base
- Access and hours - after-hours, secure, or restricted access raises the rate in most markets
- Supplies and compliance - hospital-grade or eco-certified products and disinfection protocols add cost
PaidPrice the contract, then send it as a real bid.
The calculator gives you the per-visit ballpark. Estimaid turns it into a branded, itemized commercial cleaning bid you can send the same day - square footage, facility type, frequency, floor care and disinfection add-ons all priced your way - then tracks it from sent to accepted to paid. Set your rates once and quote every account in minutes.
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