How to Start Your Own
Highly Profitable Home Cleaning Business

If it can get dirty, chances are someone will be willing to pay you to clean it. And that's why few industries can claim the variety and depth of opportunities that professional cleaning can.

The cleaning industry offers two chief market groups: consumer and commercial. The consumer arena consists primarily of residential maid services, along with carpet cleaners, window cleaners and a variety of other cleaning services required on a less-frequent basis.

The commercial arena is dominated by janitorial services, which typically provide a wider range of services than maid services, along with other cleaning companies, such as carpet and window cleaners that target businesses rather than individual consumers.

While it's recommended that you decide on a niche and concentrate on building a business that will serve your chosen market, it's entirely realistic to expect to be able to serve multiple markets successfully.

One of the main reasons people start businesses is to make money. For some it’s a blessing to make money doing something they love. I’m not saying that you have to love house cleaning in order to have a successful house cleaning business; however it would be a good idea if you didn’t hate it.

How much money you make depends on how big you want your business to be. It could be a one person operation where you set up at home and service areas close to home, or you could set up a commercial office and hire people to work for you.

As I Specialize In Home Cleaning - Here are the basic simple steps to get you started in your own house cleaning business.

(A.) Decide exactly what kind of house cleaning services you will offer.

Here you decided what cleaning you are willing to do; like making beds, vacuuming, mopping and waxing floors, dusting and so on.

Also note what you won’t do, e.g. laundry. You can also decide to specialize, e.g. by cleaning carpets only, or cleaning suspended ceilings only, etc..

(B.) Setting the pricing of your house cleaning service.

To have an idea of how to charge for your housecleaning service, use your knowledge of competition.

Check your telephone directory and the classified ads section in your local newspapers for cleaning businesses, call them up, pretend to be a prospective client, and find out exactly what cleaning services they offer and how much they charge.

With this information gathered decide the best price to charge for your cleaning service.

(C.) Compute your startup costs.

To do this you need to consider, tools, material, transport, advertising, insurance etc. Write down a list all the tools and material you need, like cleaners, sponges, mops, carpet cleaning equipment etc.

Next find out the cost of each item on the list and write it down next to the item.

You will have to estimate your cost of transporting of your supplies. That of course will depends on where your client is located and your means of getting there. (Having your own vehicle would be to your advantage).

Advertising: You can use free advertising (word of mouth) and paid advertising, classifieds, telephone directory ads etc.

Phone calls to your local newspaper and the telephone company who publish your telephone directory will tell you the cost of placing ads.

Once you’ve gathered all this information, calculate your total startup costs.

(D.) Naming your business.

Choosing an appropriate name for your house cleaning business is important.

Here are a few examples I got of the internet, ‘Maid Brigade’, ‘All Shine Cleaning’, ‘White Glove Cleaning Service’.

You should avoid using ‘Your Name Cleaning Services’. Using your own name as part of your business name is over done by many house cleaning businesses.

Brainstorm and come up with a name that helps you stand out of the crowd.

(E.) Learn the zoning regulations of your community.

Check the city clerk’s Office or your local library for a copy for a copy of the zoning laws governing your community. Your reason for doing this is that some zoning regulations prohibit home businesses in a community.

(F.) To promote your business do a few free cleaning jobs.

Bear in mind you’re not actually doing them for free. You’re doing them in exchange for references (Word-Of-Mouth Advertising) as these add to your credibility for future paying clients and are invaluable.

You can offer these free cleaning jobs to friends, non profit organizations in your communities etc.

(G.) Build your service by getting your first paying client, then get another and another and another and so on.

Tell everyone you know that you’ve started a cleaning business and place small ads in the local newspapers.

In the beginning you need to spend most of your time and money getting paying clients.

However, the more clients you get the less time and money you spend on marketing and more time you spend on cleaning and making your clients happy.

And, this is just the beginning. Once you start making money take a house cleaning business course to help you better manage your business in terms of growth, accounting, taxes, insurance, better marketing strategies and more.

Overview Of The Cleaning Business

You can start your cleaning service on a shoestring budget.

In Fact, you can start a house cleaning business on a small budget. You could purchase all the supplies you need to start for under 100.00.

There's Huge Demand and Job Security

In the busy world we live in today, people are so busy with their jobs and family that they don't want to spend their free time cleaning.

And most just don't have the time. So they are obligated to hire outside help for cleaning. There is a huge demand for professional cleaning services.

A Good Income Potential

You have the opportunity to grow your cleaning business to be as big as you want it to be.

You can start out working by yourself and easily make 500.00-600.00 plus per week. If you decide to grow your business and add employees you can make much more.

Be Your Own Boss

This is perhaps the best reason to start your own business. You face no more required time clocks to punch as you can set your own schedule and work the hours and days you want.

You Get Paid Daily

This is one of the great benefits of running a house cleaning business. You will receive checks everyday.

No more waiting a week, two weeks or even a month to get paid.

You Set Flexible Hours

You can work as many or little hours as you want. If you have children in school, you can get the kids off to school and clean two houses and be home before the bus arrives.

You Choose Who You Work For

Only you choose the clients you wish to work for. If someone doesn't treat you fairly you can replace them with another client who will appreciate you.

You Can Work Close To Home

You pick out what area you want to work in. No more long, long drives to work and back.

You Can Feel Good About Yourself

Take it from me, starting your own business can be very exciting and rewarding, while nothing measures up to the joy and bliss of being in charge of your own destiny.

At Your Pace You Can Add supplementary lucrative Cleaning Services

After you are established you can start additional cleaning services such as carpet cleaning, office cleaning, new construction cleaning, model home cleaning, party cleaning and assistance, house sitting, pet sitting or an errand service.

Millie Louise

(Millie Louise, is currently offering the best selling book "How To Start & Manage A Highly Profitable Cleaning Service" a step-by-step course to building your own cleaning service.)