I am starting a Janitorial Cleaning Service,I have everything i need but what do i charge?

Question

Myself and my partner have started our own cleaning service.We just dont know how to market and dont know what to charge? Im in Atlanta.

We want to do commercial buisness's such as arby's starbucks,places like that.But we just dont know how much to put our bid in for(Charge $$$$). We dont want to under charge or over charge.And how should we present our company to other buisness's

If we base it on the square footage what would be a good price to start @.Thats the whole thing we dont even know what to start at or how to market it to the actual company.

Answer 1

Take a survey of cleaning services in the Atlanta area to get an "average marketplace rate". You can solicit business by offering services below the market price (just enough to break even), eventually raising the prices as business picks up.

Compare "apples to apples" - size of business (No. of employees, pay rates, benefits, etc.), clients (offices, strip malls, fast food/coffee shops, barber/beauty shops, etc.) and location.

Take out a small ad in a local or neighborhood paper, post flyers at supermarkets, other areas where people gather, join local Chamber of Commerce, ask friends, relatives to "spread the word".

Answer 2

Hi, I would charge $20 per man hours.But to make money you will want to hire someone to work with you and someone working with your partner,and pay them 8 to 8.50 per hour.To leave flyer's or business cards go between 2 and 4 this would be slower times for them.And join the Chamber of commerce that will help you meet people.

Good luck

Answer 3

Base it on square footage, or the size of a clean-up job if it is a one time. Give a discount to regular customers to help keep business. Good luck.

Answer 4

you can post a notice in apartment buildings and run a small add in your local newspaper, charge per room say 15.00 per room per week

Answer 5

Thirteen geese.