Free cleaning business tools and guides
Everything you need to plan, price, and launch your cleaning business, free. Use the calculators, take the checklist, and read the template guides.
- Three calculators for pricing, startup costs, and earnings, plus a name generator
- Two step-by-step guides to starting and growing
- Ten template guides covering the paperwork
Free tools and guides
No sign-up needed. Use them as often as you like.
Cleaning Price Calculator
Put in a job and get a price you can defend. It works from the hours the work actually takes, the rate you need to hit, and what the materials cost, so the number at the end has reasons behind it. Use it before you quote, and again when a client asks why the price is what it is.
Open it nowStartup Cost Calculator
What it costs to open, in one place. Equipment, insurance, registration, the first round of marketing, and the float you need to cover the gap before anybody pays an invoice. Most people underestimate the last one, which is the one that decides whether the first three months are survivable.
Open it nowEarnings Calculator
Model a week and a year. Put in the jobs you can realistically fit, the rate you charge and the costs you carry, and see what is left. Change one number at a time to find out which ones actually move your take-home, which is usually not the one people focus on.
Open it nowBusiness Name Generator
Names that sound like a business rather than a hobby. It builds from the words clients search for and the ones that still sound like a person you would let into your house, and it skips the constructions that are already on every van in the country.
Open it nowHow to Start a Cleaning Business
The full guide, in order. Ten steps from deciding which services to offer through registering, pricing and insuring, to landing the first paying client. It is the long read on this site, and it is the one to start with if you have not decided anything yet.
Open it nowHow Much Can You Make?
What the work actually pays, with the arithmetic shown. Residential, commercial and specialist work broken out separately, because they are three different businesses, and the honest version of what changes when you go from cleaning yourself to sending somebody else.
Open it nowTemplate library
What each document a cleaning business runs on needs to contain.
Cleaning Business Plan Template
A clear business plan turns "I want to start a cleaning business" into a plan you can actually act on. This guide walks through every section a lender, a partner, or a future you needs to see, in the order it is easiest to write them, without the jargon.
Read the guideCleaning Business Startup Checklist
Starting a cleaning business has a lot of moving parts, and it is easy to forget one. This checklist puts every launch task in order so you can move from idea to first paying client without missing a step or doing one too early.
Read the guideCleaning Service Checklist Template
Consistent quality is what turns one-off jobs into repeat clients. A room-by-room checklist makes sure nothing gets missed, whether you are cleaning a home, an office, a bathroom, or a kitchen, and it lets somebody else clean to your standard when you start to hire.
Read the guideCleaning Business Card Template
A clear, professional business card is still one of the cheapest ways to win local cleaning work, because it is the thing a happy client hands to a neighbor. This guide covers what to put on the front and back, what to leave off, and where the cards actually earn their cost.
Read the guideCleaning Service Contract Template
A simple written agreement protects you and sets clear expectations with every client. This guide covers the clauses that matter most in a cleaning service contract, so you get paid on time and avoid disputes over what was included.
Read the guideCleaning Business Proposal Template
Commercial cleaning contracts recur on a schedule, which makes them valuable, and they are usually won with a written proposal. This guide gives you the structure a good proposal follows, so you look established even on your first bid and the buyer can say yes easily.
Read the guideCleaning Business Invoice Template
A clear, professional invoice gets you paid faster and keeps your records ready for tax time. This guide covers every field a cleaning business invoice needs, the details commercial clients require before they will pay, and how to set up invoicing so it happens without you thinking about it.
Read the guideCleaning Services Price List Template
When clients can see your prices laid out clearly, they trust you and decide faster. This guide shows how to build a cleaning services price list from your own costs, how to structure it so clients understand it, and how to publish starting prices without locking yourself into numbers that lose money.
Read the guideCleaning Business Flyer Template
Flyers and door hangers can still win local cleaning work, but only when the message and the targeting are right. This guide covers what a cleaning flyer should say, how to shape an offer that brings the right clients, and how to judge whether a door drop paid for itself.
Read the guideCleaning Business Introduction Letter Template
A good introduction letter opens doors with the people who hand out repeat work: property managers, real estate agents, and local businesses. This guide shows how to write one that gets read and answered, with versions for each kind of recipient and a follow-up that does not feel pushy.
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