THE JANITORMATH FIELD GUIDES
What are you working on?
Follow a task from the first assumption to a number you can check. Examples use invented jobs; software walkthroughs state exactly what was tested.
Price the next job
Start with a defined scope. Choose a billing unit only after you understand the costs.
How to price a commercial cleaning job
A walkthrough-to-quote workflow with task quantities, cost allocation and a pre-send check.
Read guide ↗CHOOSING A BILLING UNITHourly vs. square-foot cleaning pricing
Compare hourly, area and fixed-visit pricing, including time overruns and rounded unit rates.
Read guide ↗UNDERSTANDING PROFITProfit margin is not the same as markup
Margin and markup formulas, conversion table, discount limits and break-even cleaner-hours.
Read guide ↗Compare the plan with the work
Normalize competing quotes, record completed tasks and check actual visit costs.
Office-cleaning estimates: from planned cost to actual result
Three office estimates plus a completed-visit cost review, labor allowance and follow-up decisions.
Read guide ↗COSTS & RATESCommercial cleaning costs and rates: what changes the quote?
Use a practical comparison worksheet to evaluate cleaning quotes, extras and monthly billing.
Read guide ↗TASKS & SCHEDULESCommercial cleaning checklist: daily, weekly and monthly tasks
Adapt a commercial cleaning checklist for small offices, with daily, weekly and monthly examples, completion statuses and a printable worksheet.
Read guide ↗Prepare the business and the bid
Use planning worksheets and documented software tests to make the next decision.
How to get commercial cleaning contracts: find work that fits
Find commercial cleaning contracts, follow a worked scope-to-price bid example and prepare your proposal with a free fillable PDF worksheet.
Read guide ↗STARTING YOUR BUSINESSHow to start a commercial cleaning business
Plan a commercial cleaning business with a service scope, startup-cost worksheet, cash-timing example and practical first-job checklist.
Read guide ↗SOFTWARE BUYING GUIDEJanitorial bidding software: what to check before you pay
Choose janitorial bidding software with checks for labor assumptions, proposal PDFs, saved bids, exports and subscription costs.
Read guide ↗SOFTWARE WORKFLOWZoho FSM for cleaning businesses: estimate to appointment walkthrough
Tested Zoho FSM cleaning workflow: save an estimate, check its PDF, create a work order and schedule an appointment. Includes scope and test limitations.
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