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Earn what you're worth.
If you clean for a cleaning business, you're getting paid way less than your hustle and expertise is worth.
The math is simple. If you get paid an hourly wage, your boss takes home at least 50% of what your skills are worth. Your skills are "charged out" around $50-80 per hour and you make $15-25 per hour.
The only way out of this "labour trap" is to start your own cleaning business. That's where we come in.
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Starting a cleaning business on a shoestring
The USA is the world’s largest market for cleaning services, and the industry is projected to grow considerably in the years ahead. If you’ve got a knack for cleanliness and a good work ethic, starting your own cleaning business could be the shortest—and most profitable—path to gainful self-employment.
There’s more info on the startup costs for a single person cleaning business in the next section. But even if your budget is tiny, you can start your cleaning business right away using basic household supplies.
Here are three core steps to getting your cleaning business off the ground and earning income:
- Do trial cleaning for friends and family
Before taking on clients, offer free, professional cleaning services to friends and family. It’s your chance to test the waters, and see whether professional cleaning is the right business for you.
After all, your rugs are immaculate, your windows crystal clear, and every square inch of porcelain in your bathroom gleams—but that doesn’t necessarily mean your cleaning skills meet professional standards.
Plus, when you offer professional cleaning services, time is of the essence. At home, you’re free to linger lovingly over a stretch of stained grout in your shower. But when cleaning for clients, working quickly and efficiently earns you more income (and repeat business).
Offer your services only to those who are willing to provide candid feedback. Your goal is to make sure your skills are up to professional standards—and, if they aren’t, to close the gap.
- Decide which services you’ll offer
If you’re starting out on a shoestring with basic household cleaning supplies, you’ll be limited in what you can do for clients; large scale commercial cleaning is out of the question.
But consider your options: there may be services you can provide that never even occurred to you. And getting a sense of what’s out there can help you plan how to expand your business in the future.
- Look for a niche
Finding a niche for your cleaning services can help you quickly expand your business while outmaneuvering larger companies less able to offer highly customized services.
A niche describes a particular subset of customers and their needs. You may be able to study a niche and create pricing packages specially designed for it.
Some example cleaning service niches:
- Homes in a 55+ trailer park
- Home-based childcare businesses
- Garages and workshops
- Craft and sewing rooms
- Homes with many pets
- Greenhouses and solariums
- Home gyms
- Storage rental services that need units emptied
- Landlords who need apartments cleaned after tenants move out
Our Services At Apni Dukan
- Weekly residential cleaning
- Monthly or quarterly deep cleaning
- Rug and carpet cleaning
- Apartment move-out cleans
- Window cleaning
- Dust removal from vents and furnaces
- Upholstery cleaning
- Hoarder cleanouts
- Pressure washing house exteriors
- Junk removal
- Chimney sweeping
- Blinds cleaning
