Greetings from the Sunshine State!

Welcome to the board! The only advice i ever give (probably because I own a cleaning business) is call on local cleaning companies. The small ones, take the owner out to lunch and give them 10 - 15% of a jobs profit, for all of the work they refer to you from their clients. You mark up the bill 10-15%, everyone's happy, the cleaner pleases his/her client, you get in the door. Maybe get some referrals from the customer, and do this all the time. I have ongoing business relationships with contractors to come in and do work, which i make money on, and my clients are happy also.

Just my experience.

I should add, the types of businesses i'm referring to are commercial and residential janitorial companies. They have many accounts and don't usually have the time or people to do specialized cleaning such as carpet cleaning, air duct cleaning, etc.


Edited by JaredW

Honestly, i stay away from restaurants. About two years ago i invested in a high pressure steam cleaner for degreasing floors and equipment. I still have the unit, but it still hasn't paid for itself. I bought it with the intention of using it for restuarant and food service commercial properties and never fully followed up on the investment. Too many other contracts and not enough time. I mostly clean and manage my team. We clean commercial and industrial warehouse and office spaces. I average about $45 an hour per contract, so the profit margin is very high. I prefer these types of contracts due to the small startup costs and the routine of nightly service visits.

The carpet cleaning is simply a service i have offerred to my existing customer base and customers of my brothers handyman service. Honestly, I do not look for work anymore, i have too much.

However, i have seen several post on restaurant cleaning on this forum, do a search on the word and you may find some people who can give you more info on the types of services and the money to be had. Good luck.

As a side note: Impressive equipment in your original post. I started with a tax refund of $565 and a stack of 25 black and white flyers i printed off my computer with the last remaining ink in my printer. I'm not bragging, but i'm proud to say that i'm doing pretty well now.

I hope you find useful info on this forum, there are a lot of experienced and helpful people here (and some jokers).